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The Future of Black History

The Game Is Changing for Historians of Black America
William Sturkey
© Unknown / Giana De Dier
I first saw the photo at a street fair in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in October 2011. I was at the Historic Mobile Street Renaissance Festival, an annual celebration of Hattiesburg’s Black downtown. That afternoon, Mobile Street filled with thousands of people spending their Saturday in the sun, drinking sweet tea and eating soul food with their friends and neighbors. I was new in town, and I was excited to join them.
Sitting in the window of an abandoned shop was a black-and-white picture of 12 Black men. They appear in two rows, five seated and seven standing. Each man is wearing a suit and politely holding his hat off to the side. There are at least two generations present, as evidenced by their hairlines and facial features. Their faces carry mixed expressions. Most of them look serious, but some are smiling. One man even appears to be smirking, li ....

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The Future of Black History

The Future of Black History
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New York , United States , Freedom School , University Of Southern Mississippi , Lyndonb Johnson , Martin Luther King Jr , Fannie Lou Hamer , E Hammond Smith , Orleyb Caudill , John Lewis , Ted Howell , Charles Smith , Hattiesburg Smiths , Noah Shackelford , Wendell Phillips Smith , Turner Smith , Shammond Smith , Girls Improvement Association , University Of Southern Mississippi Giana De Dier , Citizens Welfare League , Howell Literary Club , University Of Southern Mississippi Center , Smith Drug , Hattiesburg Negro Business League , National Urban League , Historic Mobile Street Renaissance Festival ,