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Really, Only 28 Days!

February 27, 2023

By Jaden, Class of 2021 The first people on earth were Black People. They lived in Africa a very long time ago. One of the places Black people lived was Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. They were hunters and fishers. At first, they had no clothes, tools, or houses. Then, they invented thousands of things. The first […]

Creole Lady of New Orleans

February 15, 2023

Shared by Dannie Gore, Sr. A mixture of Negro, Indian and White, these gentlewomen were sometimes educated in France, and were wealthy, had many slaves, and spoke French. Some whites of supposedly inmixed strain pretended to scorn them but they and their men were a power in the city. The word “Creole” itself is […]

Judson Whitlocke Lyons U.S. Register of the Treasury

January 15, 2023

Presented by Dannie Gore, Sr. Judson W. Lyons (1860-1924) was the 2nd African American Register of the United States Treasury, appointed by President William McKinley 1898-1906. One of America’s highest ranking African American government leaders at the time. Lyons’ signature appears on many notes during that period, including the 1899 $5 Silver Certificate commonly called […]