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Chowan Beach, Hertford County, North Carolina (1926-2004)

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Chowan Beach was an African American playground founded in 1926 when Eli Reid of Winton, in Hertford County, North Carolina, converted an abandoned fishing beach along the Chowan River into a family-oriented resort for African Americans. The area was originally settled in the Colonial era but the ravages of the American Revolution and later the U.S. Civil War eventually broke the linkage to the original settlers.?? By the mid-1920s when Reid acquired the land from Hertford County, the old fishing village, the last known settlement, had long been abandoned. Under Reid???s ownership Chowan Beach became a place of quiet dignity where middle class African Americans could vacation for a day or a week.?? Reid, a World War I veteran and trustee of First Baptist Church of Winton, used his veterans and church connections to attract the first visitors. Many of those visitors would continue to return to Chowan Beach for the next four decades.?? In the 1920s and 1930s the area???s sandy beaches were the main attraction.?? By the 1940s, Reid built guest cottages, bathhouses, and a dance hall to accommodate a growing number of regular visitors.?? By the end of World War II Chowan Beach had taken on the […]

For centuries, Psalm 68:31 "Princes shall come forth out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch forth her hands unto God," also known as the Ethiopian prophecy, has served as a pivotal and seminal text for those of African descent in the Americas. Originally, it was taken to mean that the slavery of African Americans was akin to the slavery of the Hebrews in Egypt, and thus it became an articulation of the emancipation struggle. However, it has also been used as an impetus for missionary work in Africa, as an inspirational backbone for the civil rights movement, and as a call for a separate black identity during the twentieth century. Utilizing examples from Richard Allen, Maria W. Stewart, Kate Drumgoold, Phillis Wheatley, Martin Delany, W.E.B. DuBois, Marcus Garvey, and Ralph Ellison, Kay reveals the wide variety of ways this verse has been interpreted and conceptualized in African American history and letters for more than two hundred years.

So Confederates want Public Schools(State funded Schools) to stop teaching African and African American History? How about this, we can publish volumes of compendiums on stolen African and African American inventions and patents by europeans.

1242, the 400 Years of African-American History Commission Act, introduced by Representative Bobby Scott. Creating a commission to commemorate the contributions by African Americans to this nation is an important first step in promoting reconciliation for the harm done to so many over the past 400 years. https://civilrights.org › Library Support H.R. 1242, the 400 Years of African-American History ...

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Uptown Records (1986-1999) •

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Uptown Records, one of the earliest hip-hop labels, was founded in 1986. It signed artists such as Mary J. Blige, Jodeci, Heavy D and the Boyz, and Father M.C. Uptown Records was founded by Andre Harrell, a former member of the group Dr. Jackell and … Read More