The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was centrifugal to the trajectory of African American history, life, and culture in the nation because it brought about securing the political, social, educational and economic equality of rights to eliminate Continue reading
Kate Moriarty Dr. Miller African American History 7 May 2019 San Diego African American Museum of Fine Arts Museums, in general, play an important role in educating the greater community and preserving culture and history. More specifically, African-American museums do Continue reading
From cave drawings to elaborate paintings, humans have created works of art to record events and evoke emotions using visual pictures. So with the inception of photography in the early 1800s, this new art form was created for the same Continue reading
San Diego Native Turned Historical Figure San Diego is one of the largest cities in the United States and it is filled with an abundance of culture and history. Being that San Diego is known for its Continue reading
Edward Anderson: The first African-American to file a lawsuit Edward.W Anderson was a very famous black entrepreneur, and involved in the rise of San Diego’s civil-right movement. Originally from Kentucky and son of former slaves, he arrived in San Continue reading
Martin Luther King’s Visit to San Diego ‘The Visit That Changed Everything’ The beginning was a dream, but it wasn’t just any dream, it was The Dream: to win the equality and search of opportunities for Africans Americans and white Continue reading
Benjamin Gelman Blog Post #2 Dr. Miller 23 April 2019 African American Presence in the US Military San Diego is the eighth largest city in the United States; as it is located on the west coast, it has a strong Continue reading
Kurtis Tyler Dr. Miller HIST 128 Reverend George Washington Woodbey: San Diego’s Socialist Preacher George Washington Woodbey was born into slavery on October 5th, 1854 in Johnson County, Tennessee[1]. He learned how to read after the abolishment of slavery, Continue reading
Black history is composed of many years of culture, oppression, discrimination, resistance, and a fight for equality. Particularly in the era following the Civil War, we saw the rise of intense discrimination in response to the outlawing of slavery. The Continue reading
A Dive Into Change For San Diego: Rulette Armstead Imagine if you were the first in your family to achieve a family goal. On a larger scale, imagine if you made significant history in the city of San Diego, “America’s Continue reading
