Maybe Your Great-Grandmother Really Was Cherokee Nov 19, 2009
Some big-name people with that mixed heritage pop up: Crispus Attucks, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Jimi Hendrix and John Hope Franklin. On a broader scale, so much mixing of red and black occurred that the bloodlines of some tribes became racially indivisible. (Slate)
Tombstone tours: Check out these famous boneyards Oct 6, 2009
Here you'll find the graves of Paul Revere, who famously rode a horse in 1775 to deliver warnings about the British Army; victims of the 1770 Boston Massacre, including Crispus Attucks, a runaway slave believed to the be the first African-American killed in the war; and Declaration of Independence signers John Hancock and Samuel Adams ... (This version CORRECTS spelling of Crispus Attucks). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
The Old State House Museum Aug 13, 2009
This ring marks the site where five colonists, including Crispus Attucks, Samuel Gray, and Patrick Carr, were killed by a small group of British soldiers firing into a rowdy crowd. At one o'clock in the afternoon on July 18, 1776, people gathered in the street to hear the Declaration of Independence read from the building's balcony, the first public reading in Massachusetts. (Suite101.com)
Brookline resident receives honorary degree from BC Jun 16, 2009
Wiley also served as a director of the Crispus Attucks Children s Center; she and her husband Fletcher Wiley were honored for 20 years of commitment to the center by the dedication of a playground in their name. At Boston College, Wiley served for 12 years as a trustee and is currently a trustee associate and a founding member of the Council for Women of Boston College. (Brookline TAB, MA)
Ceremony honors blacks in military May 24, 2009
The sixth annual African American Military Heritage Day, which was organized by the Organization of Afro-American Veterans, celebrated black military history from Crispus Attucks, who died in the Boston Massacre to service members serving in Iraq and Afghanistan today. "This is an opportunity once a year to have the community come together, look at our history, and see what should be corrected," said Ralph Browne, the organization's president. (Boston Globe)
Auto Dealers Fight To Stay On The Map Apr 1, 2009
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Concordia celebrates Lutheran Schools Week by drilling three ministers on their knowledge Mar 11, 2009
Stumped the pastors, no one came up with the correct answer - Who was Crispus Attucks. Pastor Lesemann concluded the game with 0 points, Pastor Ratcliffe with 3,000 and the thrifty Pastor Lyons saved most of his points with a small wager. (Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, IA)
Sister Lakes students hook up with Pennsylvania Feb 28, 2009
Sister Lakes students listened to the Pennsylvania pupils present biographies of accomplished Americans which resulted from research for Presidents Day and Black History Month - Presidents Barack Obama and George Washington, Harriet Tubman and Crispus Attucks. Attucks in 1770 became the first casualty of the American Revolution in what became known as the Boston Massacre. (Dowagiac News, MI)
Plan to honor Big Ten's first black player stalls Feb 26, 2009
Garrett, the Indiana Mr. Basketball at Shelbyville High School in 1947, played at Indiana in 1948-51, earning All-American honors his senior year, and coached Crispus Attucks High School of Indianapolis to the 1959 state championship. He died in 1974 at the age of 45. (ESPN -- College Basketball)
Students celebrate Black History Month Feb 25, 2009
Student Eduardo Ortiz learned how Crispus Attucks had played a role in the American Revolution, being one of the first documented casualties. He was in the Boston Massacre, Ortiz said. (Sealy News, TX)
Groundbreaking civil rights book revived Feb 18, 2009
The book portrays Crispus Attucks, a runaway slave, as leading the fight against British soldiers that sparked the famous Boston massacre of 1770. Thousands of black soldiers fought on the American side of the Revolutionary War and distinguished themselves at the Battle of Bunker Hill and other sites. (MSNBC -- Race)
Little is known about five men killed in Boston Massacre Feb 17, 2009
A: Crispus Attucks (1723-1770), a mariner, is said to be the first to die from the gunshots that would become known as the Boston Massacre. The others were Samuel Gray (a ropemaker) and James Caldwell (a mariner). (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Big O, high school teammates finally get their due Feb 14, 2009
The skinny teenager who walked to Indianapolis' Lockefield Dustbowl, eagerly hoping for a chance to compete on the hard-clay court against those big names from Crispus Attucks High School, will always be a part of him ... This winter, for the first time in nearly a quarter-century, Crispus Attucks is fielding a varsity basketball team and the new players want to rebuild the tradition ... "We rallied the whole city, and in the end, instead of calling us the Crispus Attucks Tigers, they were... (MSNBC -- Sports)
Black history is the nation's history Feb 9, 2009
From Crispus Attucks to Buffalo soldiers to Tuskegee Airmen to Ralph Bunche to Condoleezza Rice, the story of black Americans is America's story. That's not to suggest that mainstream America has acknowledged the historic record of its black citizens. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Month robs blacks of part in U.S. history Feb 8, 2009
From Crispus Attucks to buffalo soldiers to Tuskegee airmen to Ralph Bunche to Condoleezza Rice, the story of black Americans is America s story. That s not to suggest that mainstream America has fully acknowledged the historic record of its black citizens. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Is it time to end Black History Month? Feb 8, 2009
mdorf4 wrote on Feb 7, 2009 1:30 PM:" We didn't study black history month when I was in school, so I don't know what it really entails, but it seems like most of black history could be incorporated into American history. Obviously, the Civil Rights Movement needs to be taught in depth, but it is still American history. It's effect was on the entire nation, not just blacks. Crispus Attucks would be covered by the Revolutionary War. The all black units in the Civil War should obviously be covered... (The Pantagraph newspaper)
