Any History Buffs?

The first day Sweden switched to driving on the right side of the road in 1967.

 

Pattern of trails left by British and German aircraft after a dogfight.

 

Shell Shock
The severe and creepy effects of shell shock, what we now know as PTSD, on a WWI soldier.

 

It changed a whole lot.

 

Making of the first Batman, 1966

 

The neck brush, designed to help clean children's neck while they were playing, 1950

 

Horrible...
Jewish women from the Mizocz Ghetto in the Ukraine were forced to wait a line for their execution by Germans and Ukrainian collaborators.
Some are even holding babies.

 

Young Woman Hitching a ride to Woodstock, 1969


At Woodstock, nobody cared about the color of your skin or the style of your hair–everyone came together for the giving and receiving of love.

 

Black beaches that broke barriers ( there's several to highlight, when l have some more time to post them)



Charles Douglass, the youngest son of abolitionist and activist Frederick Douglass, was an infantry veteran of the Civil War and long-time employee of the Treasury Department. He and his wife were turned away from a restaurant in the Chesapeake Bay because of their race - so he decided to purchase the plot of land directly next door. He turned the 40 acres into Highland Beach, and bought the space for just $5,000 in 1893 - the equivalent of about $130,000 today


Choosing not to permit commercial properties in the town, it remains entirely residential. Covering under a mile of land, it hosts about 60 homes and a total of just over 100 people


Charles even built a house for his father on the land, which he called Twin Oaks – but Frederick unfortunately passed away before he saw it completed. It is now home to the Frederick Douglass Museum and Cultural Center


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The(this) beach land was inherited by the sisters whose family first purchased the 180 acres as farmland in 1902. The sisters founded Carr’s Beach and Sparrow's Beach in 1931 – which operated as separate entities but were side-by-side and run by the two women. The space was much more commercial and publicly attended by African Americans of all classes - as children were taught to swim, adults looked on from the nearby bar and teens danced the night away during weekly performances


Despite being strongly African American in its foundation, the beach later became known for drawing an interracial crowd, and the burgeoning music influence served as an equalizing factor among blacks and white..

...tbc later.

 

One of the unsung parts of Black History.

 

I remember see a small exhibit at the Volvo Museum in Sweden years back.

 

It's quite revealing. The pics are outstanding (44 in all). I definitely was in awe.
In my African American History course, this wasn't covered. I would like to have learned of it but l understand the sheer volume of important history would trump this. However, t l would like to have known about Frederick's son's efforts, at least.

 

I had read about this deliberate fire over the years but had never seen film footage. It's beyond comprehension they would burn down a burgeoning business district and leave 300 dead...didnt know it was over a WW. Was anyone held accountable? Did they recover from it? On a general nite, was this modelled after Harlem?

 

1. No one was held accountable. In fact the media & government wouldn't even acknowledge until the last 20-30 years. Johnnie Cochrain was working on a case to get reparations for Greenwood & some folks believe he was mysteriously killed because of that.
2. They eventually rebuilt Greenwood without any help or funding from the local government within 5 years of the Tulsa race riots. But Greenwood fell off economically & population-wise in the 1960's because of integration.

3. I don't think so. But, I'm not really sure.

 

Didn't Johnnie Cochran die of a brain tumor? Ive never heard that conspiracy theory before. Sounds ludicrous though- seeking reparations isn't murder-worthy, is it? Plus his cancer was well documented.

 

Love these..seeing his personal side and handwriting..
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When Malcolm X went on Vacation:
Extraordinary trove of postcards, which shows he was never off-duty, comes up for auction and is set to fetch $40,000


(In Egypt)


California, November 1957: Malcolm X said the 'dead are really stirring in this section of the grave yard' during a time when he fostered very radical beliefs and advocated black separatism



Oklahoma, June 1958: In this letter he included a picture of a skunk on the front of the postcard saying 'with a little effort you can be a real stinker' - at this time he was touring the country speaking out against police brutality against blacks



Florida, September 1958: In this letter he penned how 'from the cotton fields to the Orange Groves, Islam is on the march'




Florida, October 1958: Malcolm X sent letters featuring denigrating images of blacks, such as a drawing of an older black woman spanking a young boy for not reciting his prayers properly



Kuwait, September 1964: Malcolm X softened his attitude after completing a religious pilgrimage to Mecca - here he writes how 'I've seen what a mess can be made of things by narrow-minded people', referring to the Nation of Islam



Ethiopia, 1964: In this letter he says how he visited 'another Ancient Land that is fast leaping out of the past and into the future, even ahead of us'



Kenya, October 1964: Malcolm X toured the Middle East and Africa returning to the US in November 1964



Saudi Arabia, 1964: In this letter he said 'greetings from Arabia where I have just completed my sacred pilgrimage to the Holy City of Mecca'



December, 1964: Malcolm X paid a visit to the Oxford Union - three months later he was shot dead in Harlem

 

I hope the family and estate release his 16mm home movies.

 

The British Film Institute recently rediscovered & restored this early colour film shot in various locations in central London by Claude Friese-Greene in 1927.
To the right is a modern recreation shot in 2013.

 

Fabulous. No question that camera that used that color film was big indeed. Very interesting. There was a film about Claude Friese-Greene made in the early 50's.