Month: April 2014

Family, Farming, and Community: Photographs of African American Life in Putnam County, Georgia in 1941

by RediscoveringBlog, posted in Black Women, Finding Aids, Labor, New Deal Era, World War II Era

Today’s Blog is written by Barbara Lewis Burger, a retired National Archives Still Picture Senior Archivist. A significant percentage of African Americans lived in rural communities until the middle of the 20th century.  According to the U.S. Census Bureau, by 1900, the black population was slightly more than 8.8 million or 11.6% of the U.S. … Continue reading Family, Farming, and Community: Photographs of African American Life in Putnam County, Georgia in 1941

“Remember Fort Pillow”: The 150th Anniversary of the Fort Pillow Massacre

by RediscoveringBlog, posted in American Civil War, Military

“…the black men who were killed at Fort Pillow...and elsewhere, fighting as gallantly and as bravely as any men under the flag, be their complexion what it will, should be recognized by the Government…” (Congressional Globe, 38 Cong., 1 sess., June 24, 1864) April 12, 2014 marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Fort … Continue reading “Remember Fort Pillow”: The 150th Anniversary of the Fort Pillow Massacre