Houston County Black Heritage

"Their DNA is BURIED in your SOUL" ~ "WE are the HOPE and the DREAM of the SLAVE"
"Their DNA is BURIED in your SOUL" ~ "WE are the HOPE and the DREAM of the SLAVE"
John learns that his Great-Great Grandfather, (2 years after he was freed from slavery) voted in 1867, 100 years before he could...
John learns that his Great-Great Grandfather, (2 years after he was freed from slavery) voted in 1867, 100 years before he could...
John Lewis has crossed over the final bridge. The last of the "Big Six" civil rights leaders is gone. If courage had a name, it was his, and he leaves us at a time when the stakes of all he struggled for could not be higher. For John Lewis, voting was sacramental, and he shed his blood for us to exercise this most fundamental of rights. Forevermore, generations, starting with this one, will honor him by casting their ballots, a secular communion meant to strengthen our democracy. His roar as 'the conscience of the Congress' will echo down through history. Few who ever lived have done more to inspire change. "His truth goes marching on."
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., July 18, 2020
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- NEW!!
- WOMEN OF THE MOVEMENT
- EVENT
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- HIGHLIGHT
- STATUES-MONUMENTS
- JUNETEENTH in HOUSTON COUNTY
- The Clark Brothers
- The House That Peter Built
- Houston County Training School
- Nathan Toomer / Jean Toomer
- Music Makers of Houston County
- Nimrod Jackson
- The Baby Catcher
- Black Wall Street - Greenwood, OK
- Austin Thomas “A.T.” Walden
- The COLOR of MONEY
- Rare Slave Narratives in Their Voices
- Mose Davis - Slave Narrative
- ANCIENT AMERICA
- AFRICA BEFORE the INVASION and the SLAVE TRADE
- REPARATIONS
- BASEBALL LEGENDS of Houston County
- YESTERDAY'S BUSINESSES
- FRANK DUHART, Ex-Slave Interview
- THE BLACK CHURCH
- THE CULTURE CORNER
- JOHN LEWIS
- VOTE!
- ELECTION VIOLENCE IN AMERICA
- History Maker- Elector from Houston County
- ARCHIVES
- CONTACT
- SHOP