Today's blog was written by Kaitlin Rogers, Archives Technician at the National Archives at College Park “Jazz will be the classical music of the future” -Dizzy Gillespie 12/4/1982 Dizzy Gillespie playing while attending PBS Taping "Performance in the White House Series" with Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz in the East Room (NAID 75852519) John Birks … Continue reading Happy Birthday Dizzy Gillespie!
African Americans & the Arts in the Federal Government This series of blogs were written by Tina L. Ligon, Supervisory Archivist at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland This year the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is celebrating the countless contributions of African Americans in the arts. The … Continue reading African American Artists & the Kennedy Center Honors
“There are people out there dying every day, so when you wake up, you just have to thank the Man Upstairs for another day on this planet. There's not much else we can ask for.” ~Dikembe Mutombo On September 30, 2024, Hall of Fame basketball player Dikembe Mutombo passed away at the age of 58, … Continue reading Tribute to Dikembe Mutombo
African Americans & the Arts in the Federal Government This series of blogs were written by Tina L. Ligon, Supervisory Archivist at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland This year the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is celebrating the countless contributions of African Americans in the arts. The … Continue reading African American Artists & the Presidential Medal of Freedom
African Americans & the Arts in the Federal Government This series of blogs were written by Tina L. Ligon, Supervisory Archivist at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland This year the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is celebrating the countless contributions of African Americans in the arts. The … Continue reading African American Artists & the Harmon Foundation
“One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.” ~ James Earl Jones, Jr. On September 9, 2024, EGOT actor James Earl Jones, Jr. passed away at the age of 93, at his home in Pawling, Dutchess County, New York. Best known for his command of the … Continue reading Tribute to James Earl Jones, Jr.
Today’s post is by Rachael Salyer, Archivist in the Textual Reference Branch at the National Archives in College Park, MD. “I have travled this country over [...] and want to get home” - C.L. Daniel, World War I Veteran and Victim of the Tulsa Race Massacre Detail of Photograph of Soldiers Reading, 1918 (NAID 17343141)* … Continue reading Honoring C.L. Daniel, World War I Veteran and Victim of the Tulsa Race Massacre
Today's blog was written by Kaitlin Rogers, Archives Technician at the National Archives at College Park Motto: “Prairie View Produces Productive People” On August 14th, 1876, Alta Vista Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas for Colored Youth, now known as Prairie View A&M University, was established by the Texas legislature. The school was created to … Continue reading Happy Founder’s Day Prairie View A&M University
Today's blog was written by Kaitlin Rogers, Archives Technician at the National Archives at College Park “The Most Dangerous Creation of Any Society is the Man Who has Nothing to Lose.” ~James Baldwin James Arthur Baldwin was born on August 2, 1924, in Harlem, New York. His mother Emma Berdis Jones married David Baldwin when … Continue reading Happy 100th Birthday James Baldwin!
Today's blog was written by Kaitlin Rogers, Archives Technician at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland. "Knowledge, Leadership, Service" Harmon Foundation Collection: Tuskegee Institute, Booker T. Washington Monument (NAID 26174885) On July 4th, 1881, Booker T. Washington opened the Tuskegee Normal School for Colored Teachers in Tuskegee, Alabama’s African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. Five … Continue reading Happy Founder’s Day Tuskegee University
