Tag: african american history

• March 26, 2013

  Senior Honors Thesis Proposal

  This is what I really been working on the past few weeks. The deadline for the proposal is April 1st and I wanted it in ahead of time to be reviewed by my professors. I had to make a ton of changes which did not bother me because I wanted it as perfect as possible.…
• March 8, 2013

  For Evers: I Will Leave You With This For Now

  No post for the next week or so, I am off to Russia in a few hours. We will be touring Moscow and St. Petersburg. A little nervous, beyond scared, but I had to realize the reality of the country and educate myself before I go, which turned out not the best thing to do.…
• March 5, 2013

  For Evers: “His Is A Story That Must Be Told And Retold. Too Few Young People Know His Story, and That is a Tragedy Greater Than His UnTimely Death”

  The above quotation comes from former Executive Director of the NAACP, Benjamin Hooks. After searching through dozens of catalogs for hours on Ancestry, I realized I needed a few more leads and decided to start reading. For this research to be complete, I still need the following: 1. Potential slave owners. I searched first through…
• February 21, 2013

  For Evers: I Affirm That I have Verified The Above Answers and That They Are True

  Read the previous post on information regarding the 1930 and 1940 United States Federal Census on the Evers. 1920 Federal Census As I stated before, Medgar Evers only appears in two census that the public can view. Starting with the 1920 Census… Individuals within this household: Jim Evers (NOTE: When I first started writing, I…
• February 14, 2013

  For Evers: Family Matters

          Well, we are finally starting the ancestry of Medgar’s Evers. Check out previous posts on his wife’s, Myrlie Evers-Williams, ancestry.  This post will cover only the 1930 Census and 1940 Census. Other post will cover the 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 Census along with military records and individual biographies on…
• February 8, 2013

  For Evers: Actually You Can Go Further

  Last post, I made the decision to move on to Medgar Evers’ ancestry and close the chapter on his wife’s. Well, I decided to dig a bit more before I completely close that chapter and it was worth it.   Whereas there has been deposited in the General Land Office of the United States a…
• February 1, 2013

  For Evers Part II: For Whom I am Named

    NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim February 2013 as National African American History Month. I call upon public officials, educators, librarians, and all the people of the…
• January 29, 2013

  For Evers: Myrlie Evers-WIlliams

  I was in the grocery store, ear phones in my head jamming to Stevie Wonder. Old school I know. I was anxious to get out of the store, same story too many stares and I rush to the shortest line fumbling to grab a bag. Here, in Lithuania, you grab a plastic bag before check…
• January 19, 2013

  New Project

  Finish my first week of classes here in Lithuania. They are not hard, well actually it was only the first week which is the easiest week, but from the looks of it I am hoping for an academically good semester. I am still trying to create an independent study to make my senior year a…
• December 28, 2012

  New Year, New Findings

  Happy New Year In five days I leave for Lithuania to study abroad for a semester. I still need to shop, pack, and figure out some passport and insurance stuff. Other then that I am ready to go and experience something different. With this break from school I have been catching up with the Voice…