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Exonerate Marcus Garvey! Sign the White House petition before October 22, 2011
Marcus Garvey with quote on mental emancipation, the next stage of human development.
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Marcus Garvey is the source for Bob Marley’s well known phrase in “Redmption Song:”
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; None but ourselves can free our minds.
That famous lyric originated with Marcus Garvey. In his 1937 speech “The Work That Has Been Done” given at Menelik Hall in Nova Scotia Garvey states:
We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind.
The mental emancipation Garvey spoke about has yet to become significantly widespread among the human race. One indication humanity has yet to achieve mental emancipation is the fact criminal charges are still on the records of the United States Federal Government. Does such fact Garvey’s of universal emancipation warrant his exoneration? With such a powerful statement having influence on people worldwide to the extent they seek further knowledge as to source of Bob Marley’s lyrics it would seem the answer is in the affirmative.
The only evidence used to convict Marcus Garvey was actually an absence of evidence. At trial a single empty envelope was presented. Allegedly the envelope once contained a flyer which suggested the Black Star Line owned a ship named for Phillis Wheatley, the first African-American to have published poetry. Garvey was out of the USA at the time and therefore could not have created such a flyer if one actually existed.
More information on the Garvey Case can be found in the article by Professor Justin Hansford. Jailing A Rainbow can be read at the link below:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1321527&
The Honorable Henrietta Vinton Davis on Reparations
Here’s a little speech by Lady Davis reflecting her spirituality and her understanding of our need for reparations.
“As I think of our people, I feel that that great law of nature, the law that runs throughout all nature and is irrevocable, the law of compensation, we have to pay. The white man has forgotten that great law of compensation. When he committed his dastardly deeds, he thought that he would not have to pay for them. But he has had to pay for them with his blood. That is what has been demanded by God and so he will have to pay the price more and more. He will have to pay for the 300 years of slavery tat he put upon the Negro people. He will have to pay for all the money that he failed to give them in compensation for their labor. He will have to pay for the dragging and wrenching from the Negro mother’s breast of her little babe. He will have to pay for the stripes he helped to put upon the back of the Negro by way of punishment, as he said. And this accumulated debt of hundreds of years, the Anglo-Saxon is beginning to pay for and he will have to pay to the last penny. He has only commenced to pay the compensation that that great law of nature requires of all of us.
We must all pay our debts; and the white man’s debts to the world, his debts to the darker races and the people of the world, have only just commenced to be paid.”
- Honorable Henrietta Vinton Davis,
July 11, 1920 (Negro World 7-17-20)
This Flag of Mine: Towards 100 Years of Red, Black and Green
“This Flag of Mine: Towards 100 Years of Red, Black and Green“ is a short documentary on the history of the RBG.
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2011 marks 91 years of Red, Black and Green. “This Flag of Mine: Towards 100 Years of Red, Black and Green” is a short documentary on the history of the flag. Part two will be released later this year covering the history of the flag from the 1960s up to the present.
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August, 13 2020 will be the 100th anniversary of an historical event which continues to reverberate among the human race today.
The Red, Black and Green flag was presented to the world as the flag of all African people on August 13, 1920. It was resolved to be the symbol of African nationhood and the entire African race in declaration 39 of the 1920 Declaration of Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World.
It had been 20 years since Will A. Heelan and J. Fred Helf put pen to paper and wrote the song “Every Race Has a Flag But the Coon.” Before then, people of African ancestry saw no use for a flag other than of the country where they lived. The power of a symbol for people of African ancestry has been recognized ever since.
More than 90 years ago over 20,000 members of the Universal Negro Improvement Association gathered at Madison Square Garden. They were attending the first month long International Convention of the Universal Negro improvement Association, chaired by Marcus Mosiah Garvey.
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Marcus Garvey prophet, legend and first National hero of Jamaica founded the UNIA in 1914.
His work with the UNIA influenced people like Kwame Nkrumah, Jomo Kenyatta, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Bob Marley, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King,Jr., and W.E.B. Dubois with his concept of African Redemption.
Marcus Garvey was a builder of institutions. He along with the members of the UNIA started the Black Star Line Shipping Company. Garvey also was publisher and editor of the widely distributed Negro World weekly newspaper. He is known for saying: “Show me the race or nation without a flag and I will show you a race of people without any pride.”
Why is the red, black and green our flag? First, flags are cloth designs communicating or signifying identity. Additionally, flags are for a nation, to publicly display patriotism or unity.
The colors Red, Black and Green resonate with black people everywhere.
The colors Red, Black and Green resonate with black people everywhere.
The colors are said to have originated the flag of the Zanj or Zinj empire of Iraq.
Red has powerful symbolic meaning. The color Red is for the color of blood shed in the cause of Black Liberation down through the centuries. In nature red is a color of warning. Red also indicates fruit is ripe for eating. It gets the viewers attention, carries a strong reaction and informs us what we see is important.
Black points to the color of our noble people. The color represents Africans at home and abroad. The original name for Ancient Egypt, which everyone knows is in Africa, was Kemet. KMT in the original Kemetic language means the “Black Land” or “Land of the Blacks.”
Black does not emit or reflect light; it absorbs all frequencies of the visible electromagnetic spectrum. Light interacts with atoms and molecules to convert to other forms of energy. As black absorbs light, it absorbs energy making black a thermal energy collector.
Black is a color of authority and power. Judges and lawyers wear black robes. Priests, rabbis, and ministers wear black as well. Black is worn on important occasions. Black limousines are usually in abundance at such events.
Sports teams have modified their uniforms so they have black in their away colors as it is perceived to impart a psychological advantage to the wearer.
In accounting being “in the black” means all one’s debts have been paid and a profit is being generated.
Black is also the color of the universe as is easily seen by looking at the night sky.
Scientists have determined the universe consists primarily of Dark Matter. This matter accounts for the gravitational pull in effect throughout the universe.
MELANIN!!!
What makes black people black? MELANIN!!!
Melanin is the aromatic chemical which makes black people black. It comes in several colors including red, yellow, brown and black. That’s why black people come in all colors.
Green symbolizes the enormous, abundant, natural wealth of our Motherland Africa. In every natural sense Africa is the most blessed. Africa is a continent where land, people, mineral and plant resources have always been in abundance.
During the African Independence explosion and civil rights movement of the 1960s the RBG saw a resurgence of popularity. In addition to the RBG being used as a model for flags in countries gaining independence such as Kenya, Zambia, Sudan, Libya, Ghana and others it was used as a symbol for unity in the United States of America.
Along with independence came the need to express a national identity. One expression of national identity occurred in Jamaica. This was accomplished through the naming of “National Heroes” the first of which was Marcus Garvey. Garvey’s enshrinement in Kingston’s National Heroes Park on November 15, 1964 drew worldwide attention to his widow, Amy Jacques Garvey.
During the sixties she authored two books “Garvey and Garveyism” and “Black Power in America: The Power of the Human Spirit.” Garvey and Garveyism was originally published in 1963, going through at least four printings by 1978. In it she laid out what Marcus Garvey did for Jamaicans in particular and Africans the world over in general.
In Black Power in America: The Power of the Human Spirit, she explored the idea of Black Power and its origins with the words, works and deeds of Marcus Garvey.
Amy Jacques Garvey also wrote a pledge to the flag entitled “THIS FLAG OF MINE”
“THIS FLAG OF MINE”
by
Amy Jacques Garvey
Regardless of what is told of it,
Here’s to this flag of mine
The Red, Black and Green
Hopes in its future bright
Africa has seen.
Here’s to the Red of it,
Great nations shall know of it
In time to come.
Red blood shall flow of it,
Historians shall write of it,
Great flag of mine.
Here’s to the Black of it
Four hundred millions back of it,
Whose destiny depends on it
The RED, BLACK and GREEN of it,
Oh, Flag of Mine.
Here’s to the Green of it
Young men shall dream of it,
Face shot and shells of it
Waving so high.
Here’s to the whole of it
Colors bright and pole of it
Pleased is my soul with it
Regardless of what is told of it,
Thank God for giving it
Great Flag of Mine.
Now you know the true history of the flag of all people of African ancestry. Rally round the Red, Black and green flag by displaying it in your home, school, office and car. Celebrate the Red, black and Green flag. Wear Red, black and Green, gather publicly worldwide and pledge allegiance to our flag, especially on August 13th of every year. Tell everyone the true history of OUR FLAG…the Red, Black and Green
Displaying the Red, Black and Green celebrates the Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, the Aims and Objectives of the UNIA, Africa’s coming redemption and a renewed African identity. Pride in our people and knowledge of our true history will grow…a history directly connected to the origin of the entire human race.
The red, black and green flag conjures up images of Egypt better known as Kemet, Ethiopia and Timbuktu. Visions of the Ghana, Mali and Songhay empires spring to mind as well. Kerma, Napata and Meroe of the Nile valley in addition to The Great Zimbabwe include just a few of the great civilizations which the red, black and green flag inspires us to contemplate.
We can rightfully boast to the whole world…all history, all culture, all thought originated in Africa and emanated outward.
Awareness of Africa and our true destiny as African people will expand. We will deliberately and intentionally enter our rightful place in history, for as Dr. John Henrik Clarke still tells us “all history is a current event.”
Cultural Tourism DC immortalizes Henrietta Vinton Davis with a plaque on her former residence
Cultural Tourism DC announced that it will unveil a plaque at the former residence of the Honorable Lady Henrietta Vinton Davis on May 8, 2010 at 2pm.
Miss Davis’ residence has been a part of Cultural Tourism DC’s African American Heritage Trail for nearly a decade. The recognition comes on the heels of a “Livication” program honoring Miss Davis at Washington, DC’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library held on Sunday March 14, 2010. The program was a collaborative effort between the Henrietta Vinton Davis Memorial Foundation and the Martin Luther King, Jr, Memorial Library. The event was the kickoff for an exhibit recognizing Miss Davis’ significance as an elocutionist, dramatic reader and Shakespearean actor.
Her career marked a turning point in the history of Africans in America. She earned a living as a performing artist at a time when there were few with the training and skills to perform with her.
It is significant to note her home is walking distance to the newly christened Atlas Performing Arts Centre on H street. Additionally, the African Continuum Theatre is resident of the Atlas.
Women’s History Month exhibit honors Lady Henrietta Vinton Davis
Below are a few photos of the exhibit reviewing the life of Lady Henrietta Vinton Davis at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC.
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- A visitor to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library reads the biography of Henrietta Vinton Davis with the exhibit.
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- Photograph of the women’s history month exhibit honoring Lady Henrietta Vinton Davis at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC
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- Banner in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library announcing the exhibit on the life of Lady henrietta Vinton Davis
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- Biographical article on display with the Women’s History Month exhibit honoring Lady Henrietta Vinton Davis in Washington, DC at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library
Henrietta Vinton Davis Day Proclaimed in Baltimore
Mayor Sheila Dixon has proclaimed August 25, 2009 as “Henrietta Vinton Davis Day” in Baltimore.
Recorded Cases of Black Female Lynching Victims 1886-1957: More on Black Women Who Were Lynched
The lynching of Laura Nelson
After seeing the connection between Henrietta Vinton Davis and Black Women who was lynched (they have no markers on their graves) posted Dr. Daniel Meaders’ pamphlet on Black Women Who Were Lynched in America. Reading that caused me to wonder if more women were lynched than Dr. Meaders found.
That led to the revelation of “STRANGER FRUIT”: THE LYNCHING OF BLACK WOMEN THE CASES OF ROSA RICHARDSON AND MARIE SCOTT”by MARIA DELONGORIA. The information below is extracted from Appendix A: Recorded Cases of Black Female Lynching Victims 1886-1957. This list indicates approximately one hundred and fifty four women who were lynched.
m= mother d=daughter s=son f=father c=cousin w=wife h=husband #=age of victim b=brother s1=sister
* some sexually related aspect (evidence of rape, sexual assault and/or ‘relationship’)
** approximate date
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Date
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Name
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Lynched with
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County/City State
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Allegation
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| 1870 | ||||
| Sept | Mrs. John Simes | Henry Co KY | Republican | |
| 1872 | ||||
| Nov | Mrs. Hawkins (m) | Fayette Co KY | Republican | |
| —– Hawkins (d) | Fayette Co KY | Republican | ||
| 1876 | ||||
| May | Mrs. Ben French | Warsaw KY | murder | |
| 1878 | ||||
| 4 Nov | Maria Smith | Hernando MS | murder | |
| 1880 | ||||
| 29 July | Milly Thompson | Clayton GA | ||
| 6 Dec | Julia Brandt (15) | Joe BarnesVance Brandt | Charleston SC | theft/murder |
| 1881 | ||||
| *4 Sept | Ann (Eliza) Cowan (35) | Newberry SC | arson | |
| 1885 | ||||
| 29 Sept | Harriet Finch | Jerry FinchJohn PattishalLee Tyson | Chatham Co NC | murder |
| 1886 | ||||
| Sept | —– | Cummins Pulaski KY | ||
| 25 July | Mary Hollenbeck | Tattnall GA | murder | |
| 18 Aug | Eliza Wood | Madison TN | murder | |
| 1887 | ||||
| 28 April | Gracy Blanton | W. Carroll LA | theft | |
| 1891 | ||||
| 15 April | Roxie Elliott | Centerville AL | ||
| 9 May | Mrs. Lee | Lowndes MS | son accused of murder | |
| 1 Aug | Eliza Lowe | Henry AL | arson | |
| Ella Williams | Henry AL | arson | ||
| 28 Sept | Louise Stevenson | Grant White | Hollandale MS | murder |
| 1892 | ||||
| 3 Feb | Mrs. Martin | Sumner Co TN | son accused of arson | |
| 10 Feb | Mrs. Brisco(w) | AK | race prejudice | |
| 10 Feb | Jessie Dillingham | Smokeyville TX | train wrecking | |
| 11 March | Ella (15) | Rayville LA | attempted murder/poisoning | |
| 2 Nov | Mrs. Hastings(m) | son (16) | Jonesville LA | husband accused |
| Hastings(d,14) | Jonesville LA | father accused of murder | ||
| 21 Dec | Cora | Guthrie,Indian Territory | ||
| 1893 | ||||
| 19 March | Jessie Jones | Jellico TN | murder | |
| 18 July | Meredith Lewis | Roseland LA | murder | |
| 15 Sept | Emma Fair | Paul HillPaul ArcherWilliam Archer | Carrolton AL | arson |
| 16 Sept | Louisa Carter (Lou)(m) | Jackson MS | poisoning a well | |
| Mahala Jackson (d) | Jackson MS | poisoning a well | ||
| 1893 | ||||
| Nov | Mrs. Phil Evens (m) | Bardstown KY | ||
| Evans (d) | Bardstown KY | |||
| Evans (d) | Bardstown KY | |||
| 4 Nov | Mary (Eliza) Motlow | Lynchburg VA | arson | |
| 9 Nov | Rilla Weaver | Clarendon AK | ||
| 1894 | ||||
| 6 March | unknown Negro woman | Pulaski AK | ||
| 16 July | Marion Howard | Scottsville KY | ||
| 24 July | Negro woman | Simpson Co MS | race prejudice | |
| 1895 | ||||
| 20 March | Harriet Tally | Petersburg TN | arson | |
| 21 April | Mary Deane | Greenville AL | murder | |
| Alice Green | Greenville AL | murder | ||
| Martha Green | Greenville AL | murder | ||
| 1 July | Mollie Smith | Trigg County KY | ||
| 20 July | Mrs. Abe Phillips (m) | unnamed child (1)Hannah Phillips (d) | Mant TX | |
| 23 July | Negro woman | Brenham TX | ||
| 2 Aug | Mrs. James Mason (w) | James Mason (h) | Dangerfield TX | |
| *28 Aug | Negro woman | Simpson MS | miscegenation | |
| 26 Sept | Felicia Francis | New Orleans LA | ||
| 11 Oct | Catherine Matthews | Baton Rouge LA | poisoning | |
| 2 Dec | Hannah Kearse | (Walker,m)Isom K. (s) | Colleton SC | stealing a bible |
| 1896 | ||||
| *12 Jan | Charlotte Morris | Jefferson LA | miscegenation/living with white “husband” | |
| 1 Aug | Isadora Morely | Selma AL | murder | |
| 18 Nov | Mimm Collier | Steenston MS | ||
| 1897 | ||||
| 9 Feb | Negro woman | Carrolton MS | theft/arson | |
| 5 March | Otea Smith | Julietta FL | murder | |
| 12 May | Amanda Franks | Jefferson AL | murder | |
| Molly White | Jefferson AL | murder | ||
| 1898 | ||||
| 22 Feb | Dora Baker | (d,2)Frazier Baker(f) | Williamsburg SC | race prejudice |
| 9 Nov | Rose Etheridge | Phoenix SC | murder | |
| 13 Nov | Eliza Goode | Greenwood SC | murder | |
| 189923 March | Willia Boyd | Silver City MS | ||
| 1900 | ||||
| 2 March | Mrs. Jim Cross (m) | Lowndes AL | ||
| Cross (d) | Lowndes AL | |||
| 7 July | Lizzie Pool | Hickory Plains AK | race prejudice | |
| 25 July | Anna Mabry | New Orleans LA | race prejudice | |
| 28 Aug | Negro woman | Negro man | Forrest City NC | theft of peaches |
| 1901 | ||||
| 5 March | Ballie Crutchfield | Rome TN | theft | |
| 20 March | Terry Bell | Terry MS | ||
| 1 Aug | Betsey McCray (m) | Belfiield (s) | Carrolton MS | knowledge of murder |
| Ida McCray (d) | Carrolton MS | knowledge of murder | ||
| 4 Oct | Negro woman | Marshall TX | assault | |
| 1902 | ||||
| 15 Feb | Bell Duly | Fulton KY | ||
| 27 Dec | Mrs.Emma Wideman | Oliver Wideman | Troy SC | murder |
| 1903 | ||||
| Negro woman | murder of Mrs. Frank Matthews | |||
| 8 June | Negro woman | Negro men (4) | Smith County MS | murder |
| 24 June | Lamb Whittle | Concordia LA | ||
| *25 July | Jennie Steers | Beard Plantation, Shreveport LA | murder by poison | |
| 28 Oct | Jennie McCall | Hamilton FL | by mistake | |
| 1904 | ||||
| 7 Feb | Holbert (w) | Luther Holbert | Doddsville MS | burning barn |
| *14 June | Marie Thompson | Lebanon Junction KY | murder | |
| 30 August | unknown | Bates Union AK | ||
| 1906 | ||||
| 7 Nov | Meta Hicks | Mitchell GA | husband accused of murder | |
| 1907 | ||||
| 20 March | Negro woman | Stamps AK | ||
| Negro woman | Stamps AK | |||
| 21 May | Mrs. Padgett (m) | Son | Tattnall GA | son accused of rape |
| Padgett (d) | Tattnall GA | brother accused of rape | ||
| 1908 | ||||
| 3 Oct | Mrs. D. Walker (m) | Fulton KY | race hatred | |
| Walker (d) | Fulton KY | race hatred | ||
| 1909 | ||||
| 9 Feb | Robby Baskin | Houston MS | murder | |
| 30 July | Emile Antione | Grand Prairie LA | assault | |
| 1910 | ||||
| April 5 | Laura Mitchell | Lonoke AK | murder | |
| *25 Aug | Laura Porter | Monroe LA | disreputable house | |
| 1911 | ||||
| *25 May | Laura Nelson | L.D. (14)(s) | Okemah OK | murder |
| 2 Sept | Hattie Bowman | Ed Christian | Greenville FL | theft |
| 1912 | ||||
| ** | Pettigrew (d) | Ben Pettigrew (f) | Savannah TN | |
| ** | Pettigrew (d) | Savannah TN | ||
| Negro woman | Codele GA | |||
| *23 Jan | Belle Hathaway | John MooreEugene HammingDusty Cruthfield | Hamilton GA | tenants of murdered man |
| 11 Feb | Negro woman | Negro children (3) | Beaumont TX | |
| 13 Feb | Mary Jackson | George Saunders | Marshall TX | |
| 25 June | Ann Boston | Pinehurst GA | murder | |
| 1914 | ||||
| 13 Mar** | Mrs. Joe Perry (m,w) | Joe Perry (h)SonChild | Henderson NC | |
| *31 Mar | Marie Scott (17) | Muskogee OK | murder | |
| 28 May/June** | Jennie Collins | Shaw MS | aiding in escape | |
| 17 June | Paralee Collins (m) | Issac (s) | West Plains MO | |
| *12 July | Rosa Richardson (27-35) | Providence/Santee SC | murder | |
| 25 Nov | Jane Sullivan (w) | Fred Sullivan (h) | Byhalia MS | burning a barn |
| 1915 | ||||
| 15 Jan | Eula Charles | (Barber,d)Dan Barber (f) | Jasper County GA | parents accused of bootlegging |
| Ella Charles | (Barber,d)Jesse Barber(b) | Jasper County GA | parents accused of bootlegging | |
| May | Briley | Pescott AK | ||
| 17 Aug | Hope Hull | AL | ||
| *8 Dec | Cordella Stevenson | Columbus MS | ||
| 1916 | ||||
| 19 Aug | Mary Dennis | Newberry FL | aiding in escape | |
| Stella Long | Newberry FL | aiding in escape | ||
| 4 Oct** | Mary Conley | Arlington GA | complicity in murder | |
| 1917 | ||||
| 1 March | Emma Hooper | Hammond LA | murder | |
| 1918 | ||||
| 17 May | Mary Turner (pregnant) | Brooks Co GA | taught a lesson | |
| 4 June | Sarah Cabiness | unnamed children(2)Bessie Cabiness(d)Pete (s)Tenola Cabiness(d)Cute Cabiness (d) | Huntsville TX | threatening white man |
| 4 Sept | Mrs. James Eyer | Marion GA | ||
| *21 Dec | Alma House (pregnant) | Andrew Clark | Shubuta MS | murder |
| 1919 | ||||
| 5 May | unknown Negro woman | Holmes MS | race prejudice | |
| 1920 | ||||
| 2 Nov | unknown Negro woman | Ocoee FL | race prejudice | |
| 18 Nov | Minnie Ivory | Willie IvoryWill Perry | Douglass GA | murder |
| 1921 | ||||
| 9 April | Rachel Moore | Rankin MS | race prejudice | |
| 1922 | ||||
| 25 June | Mercy Hall | Oklahoma City OK | strike activity | |
| 1923 | ||||
| 5 Jan | Sarah Carrier | Rosewood FL | race prejudice | |
| Lesty Gordon | Rosewood FL | race prejudice | ||
| 29 Sept | Negro woman | Pickens MS | ||
| 31 Sept | Negro woman | Holmes MS | race prejudice | |
| 1924 | ||||
| 23 June | Penny Westmoreland | Marcus Westmoreland | Spalding GA | |
| 19 July | —– Sheldon | Meridian MS | ||
| 11 Sept | Sarah Williams | Shreveport LA | ||
| 1925 | ||||
| *25 April | Annie Lowman (m) | Aiken SC | defending her daughter | |
| 1926 | ||||
| 25 April | Lily Cobb | Birmingham AL | ||
| 25 May | Eliza Bryant | Duplin NC | success | |
| 8 Oct | Bertha Lowman(d,s1) | Demon (b) | Aiken SC | lynched after acquitted of murder |
| 11 Nov | Sally Brown | Clarence (c) | Houston TX | |
| 1928 | ||||
| 25 Dec | Negro woman (1) | Eros LA | dispute w/ whites | |
| Negro woman (2) | Eros LA | dispute w/whites | ||
| 1930 | ||||
| 12 Feb | Laura Wood | Salisbury NC | ||
| 5 July | Viola Dial (pregnant) | Narketta MS | race prejudice | |
| 6 July | Mrs. James Eyers (w) | Markeeta MS | race prejudice | |
| 10 Sept | Holly White | Pigg Lockett | Scooba MS | |
| 1931 | ||||
| May | Mrs. Wise | Frankfort VA | resisting Klan | |
| 1946 | ||||
| *25 July | Dorothy Malcolm(w) | Roger Malcolm (h) | Monroe GA | able to identify mob members |
| Mae Dorsey (w) | George Dorsey (h) | Monroe GA | able to identify mob members | |
| 1956 | ||||
| *25 March | Angenora Spencer | Hyde NC | miscegenation | |
| 1957 | ||||
| 18 Nov | Mrs. Frank Clay | Henderson NC | dispute |
*Crystal Nicole Femister has a similar chart in the Appendix of her dissertation “Ladies and Lynching”: The Gendered Discourse of Mob Violence in the New South, 1880-1930. Having used overlapping sources accounts for similarities although there are differences in categories, variations of names, locations and some of the other content.
Livication 2009
PRESS RELEASE
4/9/2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:
Nnamdi Azikiwe
202-483-6097
email: info@ladydavis.org
website: http://www.ladydavis.org
blog: http://henriettavintondavis.blogspot.com
AUGUST 25, 2009 is HENRIETTA VINTON DAVIS DAY
-Events to recognize cultural icon-
Washington, DC –Today the Henrietta Vinton Davis Memorial Foundation announced plans to host Livication Day 2009. The Foundation has as its mission to raise awareness of the life and legacy of Shakespearean actor, elocutionist, dramatic reader and activist Henrietta Vinton Davis.
Miss Davis remained relatively unrecognized until July 1983 when an article entitled “Henrietta Vinton Davis and the Garvey Movement” by Professor William Seraille was published in the journal ‘Afro-Americans in New York Life and History’. Nearly a year later, acknowledgment of her contributions increased with the publication of the book ‘Shakespeare in Sable’ written by Professor Errol Hill of Dartmouth University. In 1994, actor Clayton LeBouef received a commission to write a play on her life entitled ‘Shero: The Livication of Henrietta Vinton Davis.’ Her home in Northeast Washington, DC has been listed on Cultural Tourism DC’s African American Heritage Trail since 1999.
In 2008, DC Mayor Adrian Fenty issued a proclamation designating August 25 ‘Henrietta Vinton Davis Day.’ The designation furthers the Foundation’s efforts to raise awareness of Miss Davis’ life and garner funds to place a marker at her grave. The decree issued in 2008 acknowledges Davis as the first African American to work at the DC Recorder of Deeds office beginning in 1878, before Frederick Douglas was appointed Recorder. The proclamation also recognizes Miss Davis’ significance as a cultural icon. She made her career debut as a Shakespearean actor, elocutionist, dramatic reader and impressionist in Washington, DC on April 25, 1883 where she was introduced by Douglas, a family friend.
The proclamation also acknowledges the success of Miss Davis as a public speaker. During 1919, a year remembered for its “Red Summer,” she joined the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League headed by Marcus Garvey.
The Livication Service will be conducted at her grave site located in National Harmony Memorial Park 7101 Sheriff Road Largo, MD (phone:301-772-0900). on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. Other activities are also in the planning stages.
About Henrietta Vinton Davis
For thirty-five years after her debut performing “Shakespearean delineations”, original plays and dramatic readings with her own performing company, and local troupes throughout the United States, South America and the Caribbean, Henrietta Vinton Davis broke new ground as a successful theatrical artisan in the United States. Her dedication to her craft gained her recognition as the first African American “woman of the stage.”
As a leader of the African Redemption Movement beginning in 1919, Davis made use of her acting skills to promote the aims and objectives of the UNIA. Her ability to “transport her listeners” to another place with her oratorical skills played a key role in both attracting members to the organization and promoting the Black Star Line Shipping Company. As such, she was elected to numerous positions including International Organizer, and Third Assistant President General of the UNIA. Additionally, as Vice President and a Director of the Black Star Line. Davis was the de facto authority aboard the Black Star Line’s flagship vessel, the S.S. Yarmouth, on its maiden voyage. The ship was laden with a cargo worth upwards of $5.000.000 destined for the Caribbean. On the ship’s return Marcus Garvey proclaimed Miss Davis “the greatest woman of the [African] race today” in a meeting at the UNIA’s Liberty Hall.
About The Henrietta Vinton Davis Memorial Foundation
Initially organized to raise funds solely to place a marker at the grave of Lady Henrietta Vinton Davis in 2005, the mission of The Henrietta Vinton Davis Memorial Foundation has evolved to include educating the general public on her life by producing plays, publishing books, producing documentary videos and conducting symposiums educating the general public about her life and the times in which she lived.
A scene from the play Christophe by William Edgar Easton
Proclamation for Henrietta Vinton Davis Day
PRESS RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE
08/09/2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:
Nnamdi Azikiwe
202-483-6097
email: info@ladydavis.org
website: http://www.ladydavis.org
blog: http://henriettavintondavis.blogspot.com
D.C. MAYOR ADRIAN FENTY DECLARES AUGUST 25 HENRIETTA VINTON DAVIS DAY
-Proclamation recognizes cultural icon-
Washington, DC –The Henrietta Vinton Davis Memorial Foundation announced today that DC Mayor Adrian Fenty has proclaimed August 25, 2008 ‘Henrietta Vinton Davis Day.’ The designation comes on the day the Foundation plans to unveil a marker at Miss Davis’ grave in National Harmony Park located in Landover, Maryland. The Foundation plans to host a memorial service at the grave site that day at 10:00 A.M.
The decree acknowledges Davis as the first African American to work at the DC Recorder of Deeds office beginning in 1878 before Frederick Douglas. The proclamation also recognizes Miss Davis’ significance as a cultural icon. She made her debut in her career as an actor, elocutionist, dramatic reader and impressionist in Washington, DC on April 25, 1883 where she was introduced by the then Recorder of Deeds, Frederick Douglas.
Furthermore, the proclamation acknowledges the success of Miss Davis as a public speaker. During 1919, a year remembered for its “Red Summer,” she joined the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League headed by Marcus Garvey.
About Henrietta Vinton Davis
For thirty-five years after her debut performing “Shakespearean delineations”, original plays and dramatic readings with her own performing company, and local troupes throughout the United States, South America and the Caribbean, Henrietta Vinton Davis broke new ground as a successful theatrical artisan in the United States. Her dedication to her craft gained her recognition as the first African American “woman of the stage.”
As a leader of the African Redemption Movement beginning in 1919, Davis made use of her acting skills to promote the aims and objectives of the UNIA. Her ability to “transport her listeners” to another place with her oratorical skills played a key role in both attracting members to the organization and promoting the Black Star Line Shipping Company. As such, she was elected to numerous positions including International Organizer, and Third Assistant President General of the UNIA, as well as, Vice President of the Black Star Line. On the maiden voyage of the Black Star Line’s flagship vessel with a cargo worth upwards of $5.000.000 to the Caribbean, Davis was the ranking member of both the UNIA and the Black Star Line.
About The Henrietta Vinton Davis Memorial Foundation
Initially organized to raise funds merely to place a marker at the grave and to the legacy of Lady Henrietta Vinton Davis in 2005, the mission of The Henrietta Vinton Davis Memorial Foundation has evolved to include educating the general public on her life by producing plays, publishing books, producing documentary videos and conducting symposiums educating the general public about her life and the times in which she lived.
Proclamation for Henrietta Vinton Dav
