Rare and very interesting photos

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The MUSE BROTHERS- The two black albino brothers from Roanoke, Virginia is unique even in the bizarre world of sideshow.

They were initially exploited and then later hailed for their unintentional role in civil rights.

Born in the 1890’s the pair were scouted by sideshow agents and kidnapped in 1899 by bounty hunters working in the employ of an unknown sideshow promoter. Black albinos, being extremely rare, would have been an extremely lucrative attraction.

They were falsely told that their mother was dead, and that they would never be returning home.

The brothers began to tour. To accentuate their already unusual appearance, their handler had the brothers grow out their hair into long white dreadlocks. In 1922 showman Al G. Barnes began showcasing the brothers in his circus as White Ecuadorian cannibals Eko and Iko.

When that gimmick failed to attract crowds the brothers were rechristened the ‘Sheep-Headed Men’ and later, in 1923, the ‘Ambassadors from Mars.They traveled with the Barnes circus for a long while. The brothers also toured with Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus in the 1920’s.

In 1927, their mother tracked them down and demanded their release.

However, the Muse brothers missed circus life, so they returned to show business. During their first year back they played Madison Square Garden and drew over 10,000 spectators. In the 1930’s the brothers toured Europe, Asia and Australia.

They performed for royals and dignitaries, including the Queen of England. George Muse died in 1971, but Willie lived until 2001 and died at the age of 108.

:smh: at their exploitation.

:yes: that they lived long lives.

I love this thread.

c/s. :yes::yes::D:D:yes::yes:

Walker Evans photo of Atlanta’s “Negro Quarter,” 1936

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the remnants of an old slave quarters that looks EXACTLY like this is located about 5 miles from where i'm typing this right now.
 
:smh: at their exploitation.

:yes: that they lived long lives.



c/s. :yes::yes::D:D:yes::yes:



the remnants of an old slave quarters that looks EXACTLY like this is located about 5 miles from where i'm typing this right now.

If I'm reading your thoughts correctly.

Do you mean Simpson Road sir?
 
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Japanese-American human rights activist, Yuri Kochiyama.
She cradled Malcolm X’s head as he laid dying.
 
If I'm reading your thoughts correctly.

Do you mean Simpson Road sir?

no sir... i'm speaking on Laurel Valley plantation.

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Japanese-American human rights activist, Yuri Kochiyama.
She cradled Malcolm X’s head as he laid dying.

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: Wow!!!!!!!
 
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1870′s – Looking East on Flagler Street

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They say this was Biscayne BLVD in 1910, which used to be called Avenue B. But it looks more like 2nd Avenue or 1st Avenue.
 
PHOTO – The Original McDonald’s Menu with Prices of the food back in the 50′s
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1970s and 1980s — The construction of Walt Disney World in Orlando
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Current day Ocean Drive at 16th Street (The current location of the Loews and the Royal Palm Hotels)
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1913 – Photo of a 45-foot Wale Shark held for display in East Miami
 
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01 Jan 1983, Miami, Florida, USA — Clash between young African-Americans and Ku Klux Klan members in Miami after the murder of a 20-year-old
 
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Miners and prospectors climb the Chilkoot Trail during the Klondike Gold Rush.
 
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Washington, D.C., circa 1916. “Slaves reunion. Lewis Martin, age 100; Martha Elizabeth Banks, age 104; Amy Ware, age 103; Rev. Simon P. Drew, born free.” Cosmopolitan Baptist Church, 921 N Street N.W.

black people are STRONG today bc black people were even STRONGER back then.

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Too True you on the money with that :yes:
 
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Edward Bouchet (1852 – 1918) was the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. from an American university and the first African-American to graduate from Yale University in 1874. He completed his dissertation in Yale's Ph.D. program in 1876 becoming the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. (in any subject). His area of study was Physics. Bouchet was also the first African-American to be elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Bouchet was also among 20 Americans (of any race) to receive a Ph.D. in physics and was the sixth to earn a Ph. D. in physics from Yale
 
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Thomas L. Jennings (1791–1856) was an African American tradesman and abolitionist. He was a free black who operated a dry-cleaning business in New York City, New York and was the first African American to be granted a patent. Jennings' skills along with a patent granted by the state of New York on March 3, 1821 for a dry cleaning process called "dry scouring" enabled him to build his business. He spent his early earnings on legal fees to purchase his family out of slavery, and supporting the abolitionist movement. In 1831, Jennings became assistant secretary to the First Annual Convention of the People of Color in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which met in June, 1831.

Jennings' patent resulted in a considerable amount of controversy. The U.S. patent laws of 1793 stated that "the master is the owner of the fruits of the labor of the slave both manual and intellectual," thus slaves could not patent their own inventions, the efforts would be the property of their master. Thomas Jennings was able to gain exclusive rights to his invention because of his status of being a free man. In 1861 patent rights were finally extended to slaves.
 
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Hiram Rhodes Revels (September 27, 1827 – January 16, 1901) was the first African American to serve in the United States Senate. Because he preceded any non-white in the House, he was the first person of color in the U.S. Congress as well. He represented Mississippi in 1870 and 1871 during Reconstruction.
 
WOW!!!

You ain't even lying.

:smh:

i grew-up 10 min or so from here. my ancestry probably goes back to freed slaves from this plantation.

i bring all of my friends thru there... no matter where they from and no matter what race, religion, or political beliefs they may have. lots of them break down (with tears) when they see this place in real life.

also, this place is certifiably haunted, for sure. they say at night you can hear slaves screaming for mercy as they were beaten. some people say they hear kids playing at the lil school and near the church.

there's a story about a slave who escaped this plantation named, "booten." they say he ran away so many times that they beat him to near death with the owner saying that if he survived, he'd give him his freedom. months later, he walked off the plantation. they tried to 'break' him... but he broke them & got his freedom.

the land is private, but the road is public, and you can drive thru but you can't enter the property. these homes and other buildings have survived all the hurricanes that have ripped thru here for 100's of years.

a LOT of movies are shot on this land. i think the last one was "interview with a vampire."
 
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John Baxter Taylor Jr. (November 3, 1883, Washington, DC – December 2, 1908, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American track and field athlete, notable as the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine, and the most prominent African American member of the Irish American Athletic Club. He was a member of the Sigma Pi Phi, the first black fraternity.

Less than five months after returning from the Olympic Games in London, Taylor died of typhoid fever on 2 December 1908 at the age of 26. In his obituary, The New York Times called him "the world's greatest negro runner.
 
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Roumain was born on June 4, 1907, in Port-au-Prince to wealthy parents. His grandfather, Tancrède Auguste, served as the President of Haiti from 1912 to 1913. He was educated in Catholic schools in Port-au-Prince, and, later, in Belgium, Switzerland, France, Germany and Spain. At twenty years old, he returned to Haiti and formed La Revue Indigene: Les Arts et La Vie (The Indigenous Review: Arts and Life), along with Philippe Thoby-Marcelin, Carl Brouard, and Antonio Vieux.
He was active in the struggle against the United States' occupation of Haiti. In 1934 he founded the Haitian Communist Party. Because of some of his political activities, his participation in the resistance movement against the United States' occupation, and most notably, his creation of the Haitian Communist Party, he was often arrested and finally exiled by then President Stenio Vincent.
During his years in exile, Roumain worked with and befriended many prominent pan-African writers and poets of the time, including Langston Hughes. During this time he was also affiliated with Columbia University in New York City, where he conducted ethnographical research. With a change in government in Haiti, Roumain was allowed to return to his native country. Upon returning, he founded the Office of Ethnology. In 1943, President Elie Lescot appointed him chargé d'affaires in Mexico, where his newly found creative freedom permitted him to complete two of his most influential books, the poetry collection Bois D'ébène (Ebony Wood) and the novel, Gouverneurs de la Rosée (Masters of the Dew).
Much of Roumain's work expresses the frustration and rage of people who have been downtrodden for centuries. He included the mass of the people in his writing and called on the poor union to move against privation.
 
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Edward Bouchet (1852 – 1918) was the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. from an American university and the first African-American to graduate from Yale University in 1874. He completed his dissertation in Yale's Ph.D. program in 1876 becoming the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. (in any subject). His area of study was Physics. Bouchet was also the first African-American to be elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Bouchet was also among 20 Americans (of any race) to receive a Ph.D. in physics and was the sixth to earn a Ph. D. in physics from Yale

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Thomas L. Jennings (1791–1856) was an African American tradesman and abolitionist. He was a free black who operated a dry-cleaning business in New York City, New York and was the first African American to be granted a patent. Jennings' skills along with a patent granted by the state of New York on March 3, 1821 for a dry cleaning process called "dry scouring" enabled him to build his business. He spent his early earnings on legal fees to purchase his family out of slavery, and supporting the abolitionist movement. In 1831, Jennings became assistant secretary to the First Annual Convention of the People of Color in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which met in June, 1831.

Jennings' patent resulted in a considerable amount of controversy. The U.S. patent laws of 1793 stated that "the master is the owner of the fruits of the labor of the slave both manual and intellectual," thus slaves could not patent their own inventions, the efforts would be the property of their master. Thomas Jennings was able to gain exclusive rights to his invention because of his status of being a free man. In 1861 patent rights were finally extended to slaves.

old school, BLACK POWER.

:yes::yes::yes:
 
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Moremi Ajasoro, Princess of the Yoruba, was a figure of high significance in the history of the Yoruba peoples. She was a member-by-marriage of the royal family of Emperor Oduduwa, the progenitor of the Yoruba people. She was the wife of King Oranmiyan of Ife (and later Oyo). A woman of tremendous beauty and a faithful and zealous supporter of her husband and the Kingdom of Ile Ife. At this time there were neighboring tribes called Igbo, who were regularly and successfully raiding the people at and around Ile Ife
 
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