BLACK HISTORY MONTH

This February every year, begins a new segment of our pride and learning of our history. Although we as a people have had our precious memory taken from us, we should be concern 24/7. Each and everyday we really should learn as much as we can and pass this information on to our children. This site will engage a part of our history, which is not just "Black History" but "World History" from as far as we can find and present it to you. In order to re-build and our notes and our hearts and give honor due to our ancestors memory. To Note: This site just doesn't want you to know about the civil rights area but a time before slavery, we will try to focus more in inventions and a time way before our people crossed the Atlantic. A time where the first mathematicians and science flowed freely. Be proud and always hold your head up, because you came from a great people that created much. A rich history that claim so much more than the slavery of Black people.

On 2/8 1908 *Cornelius Adolphus ”C.A.” Scott was born. He was an African American newspaper publisher. For 63 years, he worked for the countries oldest and first successful Black daily newspaper. Even through the fear of being lynched, and Jim Crow laws and segregation, as well as police brutality, even less opportunity in housing and jobs for for the Black communities at large. These are the things Blacks had to worry about in order to put food on the table and to support their families. This strong brother also contributed in the selection of Atlanta’s first African-American police officers. Many first begin to happen as a result of people like Scott. There was also a campaign in the 1940's to increase the pa Black teachers pay, who were paid about half as much as white teachers. During the 1950s and 1960s, This newspaper waged and filled its pages with information about court cases and lawsuits filed to desegregate public facilities. --------------------------Read more about this article in the African-American Registry. -------------------------- Reference: Mississippi Department of Archives and History Elbert R. Hilliard, director Chrissy Wilson, editor MHN, P.O. Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205