Author Archives: Ligon
If Not for the Public Outcry: The Tuskegee Syphilis Project/ Study
Today’s blog was written by Timmia King, undergraduate student at Howard University and spring intern in the Textual Processing Division at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment was conducted from the years 1932 to 1972, … Continue reading
“Roll Over Beethoven”: Tribute to Chuck Berry
“I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn’t paint.” ~ Chuck Berry On March 18, 2017, Rock ‘n’ Roll legend Chuck Berry passed in his home in St. … Continue reading
Two Views: Marcus Garvey the Leader and the Threat
Today’s blog was written by Timmia King, undergraduate student at Howard University and spring intern in the Textual Processing Division at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland Coming into this project, I did not think I would find many … Continue reading
Posted in Diaspora, World War I Era
Tagged Marcus Garvey, RG 163, RG 21, RG 24, RG 59, Student Intern, Timmia King, United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)
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Black History Month 2017: Blogs Related to Military
Happy Black History Month! This year the Rediscovering Black History blog at the National Archives would like to highlight select posts from the past. This public blog was created to inform researchers, scholars, students, and anyone interested in records related … Continue reading
Black History Month 2017: Blogs Related to Black Power
Happy Black History Month! This year the Rediscovering Black History blog at the National Archives would like to highlight select posts from the past. This public blog was created to inform researchers, scholars, students, and anyone interested in records related … Continue reading
Black History Month 2017: Blogs Related to the Post-Reconstruction Era
Happy Black History Month! This year the Rediscovering Black History blog at the National Archives would like to highlight select posts from the past. This public blog was created to inform researchers, scholars, students, and anyone interested in records related … Continue reading
Black History Month 2017: Blogs Related to the Civil Rights Movement
Happy Black History Month! This year the Rediscovering Black History blog at the National Archives would like to highlight select posts from the past. This public blog was created to inform researchers, scholars, students, and anyone interested in records related … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Civil Rights Protest & Issues
Tagged Alexis Hill, Bayard Rustin, Black History Month 2017, Christina Violeta Jones, Damon Turner, DOJ, Emmett Louis Till, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King Jr, Mary Kate Eckles, Miranda Booker Perry, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Netisha Currie, Selma_Alabama, Shaina Destine, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing, Stacey Chandler, Tina L. Ligon, Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Black History Month 2017: Blogs Related to Black Education
Happy Black History Month! This year the Rediscovering Black History blog at the National Archives would like to highlight select posts from the past. This public blog was created to inform researchers, scholars, students, and anyone interested in records related … Continue reading
75th Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor: Dorie Miller, War Hero
Today’s blog was written by Dr. Tina L. Ligon, Supervisory Archivist at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland At 7:48 am on December 7, 1941, Japanese fighter planes and bombers began their surprise attack on the US Naval base … Continue reading
