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The Jargon of Hipsters – Black Jive Talk
LEARNING TOGETHER: The Story of America From the 1939 Hepster Dictionary of Jive: “Beat to my socks” means you’re broke. “Blew their wigs” means excited with enthusiasm, gone crazy. “Come...
The Jargon of Hipsters – Black Jive Talk
LEARNING TOGETHER: The Story of America From the 1939 Hepster Dictionary of Jive: “Beat to my socks” means you’re broke. “Blew their wigs” means excited with enthusiasm, gone crazy. “Come...
Life Among the Lowly or The Death of Good Old U...
LEARNING TOGETHER: The Story of America In 1851, a series of stories were published about the life of plantation slaves. Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, an abolitionist, the purpose of...
Life Among the Lowly or The Death of Good Old U...
LEARNING TOGETHER: The Story of America In 1851, a series of stories were published about the life of plantation slaves. Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, an abolitionist, the purpose of...
All Slaves Are Finally Free - Juneteenth
LEARNING TOGETHER: The Story of America On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation became official thus ending slavery in America, at least for some. As you will recall...
All Slaves Are Finally Free - Juneteenth
LEARNING TOGETHER: The Story of America On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation became official thus ending slavery in America, at least for some. As you will recall...
How Newly Freed Slaves Honored Fallen Soldiers ...
LEARNING TOGETHER: The Story of America I bet you didn’t learn this is school… In 1865, newly freed slaves in Charleston, South Carolina gathered at a former Confederate prison camp...
How Newly Freed Slaves Honored Fallen Soldiers ...
LEARNING TOGETHER: The Story of America I bet you didn’t learn this is school… In 1865, newly freed slaves in Charleston, South Carolina gathered at a former Confederate prison camp...
Making Soulful Music - The Banjo
LEARNING TOGETHER: The Story of America The banjo is a musical instrument. Bania or banju as it was called was brought to America by enslaved West Africans. The banjo is...
Making Soulful Music - The Banjo
LEARNING TOGETHER: The Story of America The banjo is a musical instrument. Bania or banju as it was called was brought to America by enslaved West Africans. The banjo is...
A Symbol for Good Hair - The Afro
LEARNING TOGETHER: The Story of America The Afro or ‘fro is a hairstyle that has a texture that is naturally curly, kinky, coarse, nappy, or woolly. It’s kinda the opposite...
A Symbol for Good Hair - The Afro
LEARNING TOGETHER: The Story of America The Afro or ‘fro is a hairstyle that has a texture that is naturally curly, kinky, coarse, nappy, or woolly. It’s kinda the opposite...