Posts Tagged ‘John Brown’
Shields Green: He Went with the Old Man
“I think I’ll go with the old man.” With these words, on Aug. 21, 1859, Shields Green sealed his fate. The “old man” was John Brown, and Green was a…
Read MoreHarriet Newby’s “One Bright Hope”
“I want you to buy me as soon as possible, for if you do not get me some body else will,” Harriet, an enslaved house servant, wrote on this day…
Read MoreNo place for old men
The elderly Black gentleman in a suit jacket, high neck collar and overcoat approached the front steps to the Tastee Diner in downtown Silver Spring the other Wednesday afternoon, on…
Read MoreOsborne Anderson was a dad!
Osborne Perry Anderson, the sole survivor who wrote the only insider account of John Brown’s Oct. 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry — to seize the federal arsenal and incite a…
Read MoreOn This Day in History: Two of John Brown’s Black Raiders Executed.
John Anthony Copeland and Shields Green were hanged on Dec. 16, 1859 in Charlestown, Virginia (now West Virginia) for their role in the raid on Harpers Ferry. They were two…
Read MoreWhat’s in a book? An interview with Eugene L. Meyer, author of “Hidden Maryland”
“The journalist’s new collection shines a light on “hidden Maryland.” Holly Smith, Editor-in-Chief of the Washington Independent Review of Books, interviewed me on the publication of my newest book Hidden…
Read MoreClaudia Levy Memorial, Hidden Maryland, Five for Freedom
Claudia Levy – a Celebration of a Life Well Lived that Ended Much too Soon: A memorial celebration of the life of Claudia Levy, our dear friend and former colleague…
Read MoreAmerican Exceptionalism, The Betrayal, Newby Marker, The Last Hurrah, Hidden Maryland
Like many of you, I’m still reeling from the latest gun carnage that took the lives of 19 young children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas. An 18-year old with…
Read MoreJobs for Seniors? You Bet!
There are so many positions for seniors these days, you’d think that ageism was a thing of the past. From my LinkedIn feed, here are just a few: The Atlantic…
Read MoreDangerfield and Harriet Newby: Hidden Figures No More
In my book FIVE FOR FREEDOM: The African Americans in John Brown’s Army, I highlight the tragic love story of Harriet and Dangerfield Newby with a chapter titled “One Bright…
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