Oldest Living Pullman Porter Looks Back
By Ann M. Simmons, Los Angeles Times July 5, 2010 When Lee Wesley Gibson began his new job as a coach attendant with Union Pacific Railroad in 1936, the country was in the grips of the Great Depression. Millions of Americans were out of work. Like so many others around the country, Gibson moved from [...]
Posted at 1:50 pm on July 5, 2010 | leave a comment | Filed Under: African American, America, Black American, Black News, Black People, Diversity, Ethnicity, Race Relations, Racism | Tagged: Black is Black ain't, Pullman Porter | read on
Yup, I’m a racist’ t-shirts sold at Lexington’s July 4th Festival
At least now we can recognize them. Where are their formal white hoods? Reblogged from G. Skilling – Louisville Independent Examiner In the age of Twitter news travels fast. So when I heard that there were people at the Lexington July 4th Festival selling t-shirts with the slogan, “Yup, I’m a racist” emblazoned on the [...]
Posted at 1:36 am on July 5, 2010 | 2 comments | Filed Under: African American, America, American, Black American, Black News, Black People, Diversity, Ethnicity, Identity politics, News, Race Relations, Racism, White People, Whites | Tagged: Lexington Kentucky, Tea Party | read on
