Black History: Growing up in Chicago's "Black Belt"

Timuel Black grew up in Chicago's "Black Belt".  His family moved to Chicago during the "Great Migration", in 1919.  (Mine migrated in 1920.)  

African Americans left the South in order to have a better life and a better future for themselves and their families.  They often settled in large cities including Chicago, Cleveland and New York, where they formed their own communities during segregation.  

Black lists the reasons why his parents decided to move North.  

Unfortunately, many of these prosperous, thriving Black communities were destroyed by white supremacists.  See also:   

The Rosewood Massacre  

100 Years Since the Destruction of Black Wall Street.  

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Why are we only just now starting to hear about these thriving Black communities - and the demise of many of them?  Please comment below and please share.  Thanks.  

Black History: The Rosewood Massacre

We keep learning about massacres in which thriving, prosperous African American communities, such as the Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma were destroyed by white supremacists.  So many of these massacres have been forgotten, lost to history, but they are being recalled and their history restored.  The destruction of Rosewood in Gainesville, Florida is one such event.  

How can we learn from this history to create a better future?  Please comment below and please share.  

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Go here for my list of Black/African heritage museums in Africa, the U.S., the Caribbean and Europe.  

Black History Blogs Part 2

Chadwick Boseman Black Panther

I have posted lots more since my previous list of Black history blogs.  I have linked to some of them below.  

Does Black History Matter? Interview with Brother Tony Warner of Black History Walks

Who Were the Scottsboro Nine?

Spree of Executions during Trump’s Final Days

Black Jeopardy with Tom Hanks

Black Jeopardy with Chadwick Boseman

Injustice: The Film the Police Tried to Ban – Interview with Ken Fero

Lockdown Learning: African History Quizzes

Lockdown Learning: Black History Quizzes

What Does the Black Panther Movie Tell Us about Black People?  

Black Panther's African History + the Books to Prove It

100 Years Since the Destruction of the Black Wall Street 

What can we learn from Black history and how can we use this to create a better future?  Please post your answers below and please share this with your networks.  Thanks.  

Go here for my list of Black/African heritage museums in the U.S., Africa, the Caribbean and Europe.