Black History—Early Friday Night Poetry Corner #272

Harlem Renaissance poet Anne Spencer lived her entire life in Virginia, where she tended her garden, worked as a librarian and teacher, hosted luminaries of Black intellectual and cultural life, and fought for equal rights for African Americans.  Spencer was born Annie Bethel Scales Bannister near Danville, Virginia on February 6, 1882. She was the … Continue reading Black History—Early Friday Night Poetry Corner #272

Black History—Plessy v. Ferguson

Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. The case stemmed from an 1892 incident in which African American train passenger Homer Plessy refused to sit in a car for Black people. Rejecting Plessy’s argument that his constitutional rights … Continue reading Black History—Plessy v. Ferguson