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Ida B. Wells Boycotts the World’s Fair – Part 2

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Richard Guzman

[ Read Part 1 of this post. ] Chicago eventually became Ida B. Well’s home base.  What drew her here, away from her significant writing and crusading in Memphis, was controversy over the “White City” of the 1893 World’s Fair.  Blacks were … Continue reading →

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Bryan Emmanuel Guzman: Ten Years Gone

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Richard Guzman

The video below looks back to the December 2008 dedication of Bryan House, a memorial honoring Bryan Emmanuel Guzman.  This December 9th will mark the tenth anniversary of his passing. Days after Bryan’s death, his oldest brother, Rick, and his … Continue reading →

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Ida B. Wells Boycotts the World’s Fair – Part 1

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Richard Guzman

One of the most important documents of Black writing in American history is Ida B. Well’s pamphlet The Reason Why the Colored American Is Not in the World’s Columbian Exposition, sections of which I included in my book Black Writing from … Continue reading →

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