Tag: Mississippi
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Geraldine L. Wilson and Black Consciousness Workshops for Mississippi’s Head Start Teachers
Geraldine Wilson, Photos & Prints Division at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, NYPL Geraldine Wilson arrived to Mississippi during the concluding weeks of Freedom Summer, a summer-long collective call for action to civil rights in the state. There are many questions surrounding her late arrival and her activism during that summer. Wilson…
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Geraldine Wilson’s Commencement Speech at Tougaloo College, 1975 [Part I]
First and foremost, thank you for the 20,000 views on the blog! It may be a small milestone, but still a milestone. I will post an update about graduate life. My favorite photo of Geraldine. Her head is wrapped and the photo showed her in action [probably in the midst of giving a WORD…
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From the Schomburg: Geraldine Wilson’s Resume
Undated photo, Geraldine Wilson Papers, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture I concluded my summer travels…YAY! Panama was beautiful (will post later about that), gentrified Harlem treated me well, and Pennsylvania was full of reunions and research. I am still processing my research notes from the Schomburg. This time I carefully searched and read through her…
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Geraldine Wilson’s Statement of Purpose
When she applied to graduate school at New York University, Geraldine resided in Jackson, Mississippi where she worked with the state’s Head Start Program. As I researched Geraldine’s biography, I connected with her story, her resilience, and her passion for the education of African American children. It helps that her archival collection at the Schomburg…
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Victims of Hate, Part II
Image Source Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn, July 1964 People commit crimes like this because they are ignorant. They need to be educated. Georgia Penn, wife of Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn In the summer of 1964, Lt. Col. John D Howard, Major Charles E. Brown, and Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn travelled from Washington, D.C. to Fort…
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The Family Poet: Mrs. Geraldine Wilson
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture holds the largest archival holding of information regarding the Flowers family, particularly letters between Rachel and her niece, Geraldine, and documents and artifacts Geraldine collected throughout her lifetime. This includes her academic writings, personal collection of newspapers, personal writing, and even her poetry collection. The next few…
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Geraldine Louise Wilson
Geraldine Louise Wilson was born on December 28, 1931 to Herbert and Hilda Wilson. She was the couple’s first child. The only census with information regarding Hilda is the 1940 Census. The above picture was taken from Temple University’s yearbook from 1955. She lived on 1345 North Alden Street at the time majoring in Elementary…
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Did Google Just Become My Best Friend?: “Re-Introducing” Geraldine Louise Flowers
I have just return from spending three days with my head in boxes of information from the home and office of Hilda Flowers Wilson and her daughter Geraldine Wilson. It almost became emotional for me to hold notes written by Hilda, but I held it all together. I was not about to cry or…
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And The Research Begins
I have just arrived in Jackson, Mississippi after spending a week in New Orleans. I love New Orleans, but it was too much. The city that is and also knowing the situation the city is in concerning poverty, education, etc is heart-breaking. Plus, I am far from a big city girl, I like the…
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Re-Introducing Mrs. Hilda FLowers
I have been home for about almost two weeks now and I am actually preparing to leave soon. In the next few weeks, I will be traveling to Jackson, Mississippi to do research on Rachel Flowers’ sister, Hilda Clifford Flowers Wilson. Now, that I am home, I am reunited with my research again and…
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