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Dr. Aida Cartagena Portalatín (June 3, 1918 - June 3, 1994) was a prominent poet, novelist, scholar, and intellectual publisher. She was born in Moca, Dominican Republic. She was the daughter of Olimpia Portalatin and Felipe Cartagena Estrella. She never married or had any children. She was a major proponent of the Negritude Movement in the Spanish-speaking world.

She was an early member of La Poesia Sorprendida (1943-1947, Surprised Poetry), an internationally well-known avant-garde literary journal. Based in the Dominican Republic, the journal published short stories, essays, and artwork from throughout Latin America, though not exclusively. The journal survived only four years; it was exceptional in being allowed to operate under the oppressive dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo (1930-1961). La Poesia Sorprendida published her works and gained international exposure as a writer.

The life, education, and emphasis on a public career that we see in her example were unusual for her time and place. She attended the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, where she earned a Ph.D. in humanities, and the École du Louver in Paris for postgraduate studies with an emphasis on museology and the fine arts. She described how her mother was more traditional about her gender expectations for her daughter, including her worry concerning all her daughter’s international travel, but that her father was “very liberal” and supportive of her goals. One can see the influence of extensive international travel on her work. In her novel Escalera para Electra, the emphasis on the universal, intertwined with the local, shines throughout.

She credited travel and her relationships, more than books, as the key to her education and development as a writer. She said, “I don’t think a poet is born; the poet is made.” She served as a representative of the Dominican Republic at UNESCO, taught art history and archaeology at AUSD, and served as the director of the anthropology museum. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Valaida Snow (June 2, 1904 – May 30, 1956) was a jazz musician and entertainer who performed internationally. She was known as “Little Louis” and “Queen of the Trumpet,” a nickname given to her by W. C. Handy.

She was born in Chattanooga. Her mother, Etta, was a Howard University-educated music teacher and her father, John, was a minister who was the leader of the Pickaninny Troubadours. Raised on the road in a show-business family, she began performing with her father’s group. By the time she was 15, she learned to play cello, bass, banjo, violin, mandolin, harp, accordion, clarinet, trumpet, and saxophone. She sang and danced.

She had 3 sisters all of who were professional singers. She had a brother. She married Ananias Berry (1934) who was a member of the Berry Brothers. She married Earle Edwards (1943) who became her manager.

Many recordings of her performances still exist, including audio recordings and audiovisual recordings of her on stage or in films. There are no commercial recordings of her as trumpeter made in the US, all were recorded in Europe. Before her obituary was published, The New York Times wrote about her only once in a paragraph-long review about a 1949 Song Recital at New York’s Town Hall. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Reginald Doucet (June 3, 1985 - January 14, 2011) was shot and killed during an altercation with Officer Aaron Goff of the Los Angeles Police Department. Goff, a rookie officer, was found justified in the shooting by the Los Angeles Police Commission.

He was born in Prunedale, California, to Reginald Doucet, Sr., and Odessa Doucet. He spent some time playing football at El Camino College and transferred to Middle Tennessee State University, where he graduated with a degree in University Studies and played football. He began modeling and planned to build a training facility for athletes.

According to police reports, at around 3:30 a.m. on January 14, LAPD officers responded to a radio call about a public disturbance and possible theft at an apartment complex in the 5200 block of Crescent Park West. The officers located him, who was reportedly naked and behaving erratically. The officers ordered him to stop and attempted to detain him. He ran to an apartment complex a short distance away after stopping to pick up his shorts.

The officers attempted to detain him, after which he allegedly began to attack both officers, punching them both in the face and head. He allegedly attempted to grab the gun of Officer Goff, which prompted Goff to fire his weapon twice to stop the attack. He was shot in the neck and the leg. His partner, Officer Jonathan Kawahara, was allegedly battered and dazed after the incident. Members of the Los Angeles Fire Department transported him to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The attorney who represented his daughter pointed out that the autopsy report was inconsistent with the testimony of Officer Goff. The physical evidence suggested that the shot to his neck was fired after the shot to the leg from a standing position, which could indicate the fatal shot was fired while he was falling to the ground.

He was survived by his father, mother, and a three-year-old daughter. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #blm

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Reginald Doucet (June 3, 1985 - January 14, 2011) was shot and killed during an altercation with Officer Aaron Goff of the Los Angeles Police Department. Goff, a rookie officer, was found justified in the shooting by the Los Angeles Police Commission.

He was born in Prunedale, California, to Reginald Doucet, Sr., and Odessa Doucet. He spent some time playing football at El Camino College and transferred to Middle Tennessee State University, where he graduated with a degree in University Studies and played football. He began modeling and planned to build a training facility for athletes.

According to police reports, at around 3:30 a.m. on January 14, LAPD officers responded to a radio call about a public disturbance and possible theft at an apartment complex in the 5200 block of Crescent Park West. The officers located him, who was reportedly naked and behaving erratically. The officers ordered him to stop and attempted to detain him. He ran to an apartment complex a short distance away after stopping to pick up his shorts.

The officers attempted to detain him, after which he allegedly began to attack both officers, punching them both in the face and head. He allegedly attempted to grab the gun of Officer Goff, which prompted Goff to fire his weapon twice to stop the attack. He was shot in the neck and the leg. His partner, Officer Jonathan Kawahara, was allegedly battered and dazed after the incident. Members of the Los Angeles Fire Department transported him to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The attorney who represented his daughter pointed out that the autopsy report was inconsistent with the testimony of Officer Goff. The physical evidence suggested that the shot to his neck was fired after the shot to the leg from a standing position, which could indicate the fatal shot was fired while he was falling to the ground.

He was survived by his father, mother, and a three-year-old daughter. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #blm

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Annie Lee Wilkerson Cooper (June 2, 1910 – November 24, 2010) was an African American civil rights activist in the 1965 Selma Voting Rights Movement who is known for punching Dallas County, Alabama Sheriff Jim Clark.

She returned to Selma to care for her elderly mother. Appalled by the fact that although she had been a registered voter in Pennsylvania and Ohio she was unable to register to vote in Alabama, she began to participate in the Civil Rights Movement. Her attempt to register to vote in 1963 resulted in her being fired from her job as a nurse at a rest home. She worked as a clerk at the Torch Motel.

In January 1965, she stood in line for hours outside the Dallas County Courthouse to register to vote until Sheriff Jim Clark ordered her to vacate the premises. Clark prodded her in the neck with a billy club until she turned around and hit the sheriff in the jaw, knocking him down. Deputies then wrestled her to the ground as Clark continued to beat her repeatedly with his club. She was charged with “criminal provocation” and was escorted to the county jail, where she was held for 11 hours before being allowed to leave. She spent the period of her incarceration singing spirituals. Some in the sheriff’s department wanted to charge her with attempted murder. Following this incident, she became a registered voter in her home state.

On June 2, 2010, she became a centenarian. Reflecting on her longevity, she stated, “My mother lived to be 106, so maybe I can live that long, too.” #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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On this day June 2, 1965

Deadly Ambush Targets First Black Deputies in Washington Parish, Louisiana

On June 2, 1965, Oneal Moore was killed when he and his partner, the first two Black sheriff’s deputies in Washington Parish, Louisiana, were ambushed by gunmen with ties to the Ku Klux Klan.

In 1964, when Dorman Crowe, the white sheriff of Washington Parish, Louisiana, sought re-election, he went to the Black community for support, promising to hire two Black deputies during his next term. After winning re-election, Sheriff Crowe kept his promise: Oneal Moore and his partner, Creed Rogers, became the first two Black deputy sheriffs in the parish.

The local Ku Klux Klan was reportedly enraged by Deputies Moore and Officer Rogers’s presence on the force and vowed to retaliate. Approximately a year after Deputies Moore and Rogers were appointed, they were responding to a call about a brush fire when they noticed a pickup truck with a Confederate flag bumper sticker following them.

The pickup truck’s occupants shot at the back of their car, and bullets smashed the deputies’ rear window. As the pickup truck passed them, the occupants fired several additional shots into the deputies’ car. The car crashed into a tree as Deputy Moore, who was driving, was killed instantly by a gunshot wound to the head. Deputy Rogers was severely wounded after being shot in his shoulder and permanently blinded in his right eye.

Deputy Rogers was able to use the radio and call in a description of the pickup truck. A vehicle fitting the description was stopped less than an hour later at a police roadblock. Law enforcement officers discovered several firearms and a noose during a search of the vehicle. The occupant of the vehicle, a known Klan member, was charged with murder and briefly held, but charges were later dropped, citing insufficient evidence. Bail for the suspect was paid by funds raised by local Klan members.

Even though the FBI conducted multiple investigations into the case, no one was ever held accountable for the death of Oneal Moore.

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On this day June 2, 1965

Deadly Ambush Targets First Black Deputies in Washington Parish, Louisiana

On June 2, 1965, Oneal Moore was killed when he and his partner, the first two Black sheriff’s deputies in Washington Parish, Louisiana, were ambushed by gunmen with ties to the Ku Klux Klan.

In 1964, when Dorman Crowe, the white sheriff of Washington Parish, Louisiana, sought re-election, he went to the Black community for support, promising to hire two Black deputies during his next term. After winning re-election, Sheriff Crowe kept his promise: Oneal Moore and his partner, Creed Rogers, became the first two Black deputy sheriffs in the parish.

The local Ku Klux Klan was reportedly enraged by Deputies Moore and Officer Rogers’s presence on the force and vowed to retaliate. Approximately a year after Deputies Moore and Rogers were appointed, they were responding to a call about a brush fire when they noticed a pickup truck with a Confederate flag bumper sticker following them.

The pickup truck’s occupants shot at the back of their car, and bullets smashed the deputies’ rear window. As the pickup truck passed them, the occupants fired several additional shots into the deputies’ car. The car crashed into a tree as Deputy Moore, who was driving, was killed instantly by a gunshot wound to the head. Deputy Rogers was severely wounded after being shot in his shoulder and permanently blinded in his right eye.

Deputy Rogers was able to use the radio and call in a description of the pickup truck. A vehicle fitting the description was stopped less than an hour later at a police roadblock. Law enforcement officers discovered several firearms and a noose during a search of the vehicle. The occupant of the vehicle, a known Klan member, was charged with murder and briefly held, but charges were later dropped, citing insufficient evidence. Bail for the suspect was paid by funds raised by local Klan members.

Even though the FBI conducted multiple investigations into the case, no one was ever held accountable for the death of Oneal Moore.

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On May 25, 1971, 18-year old Jo-Etha Collier was on her way home from her high school graduation in Drew, Mississippi when she was shot in the head by a white man.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/interactive/unresolved/cases/jo-etha-collier

Jo-Etha was walking down the street headed to the store with other youngsters celebrating the end of the school year. A green Ford passed by, a shot rang out and Jo-Etha slumped to the ground. She had been shot below the ear and was bleeding heavily; she died before reaching the hospital.

Jo-Etha was a most unlikely target for a killer’s bullet. Popular with her classmates, she had starred on the girls’ basketball and track teams and had received a specially created award for her school spirit. She had been planning to attend nearby Mississippi Valley State College in the fall.

Fannie Lou Hamer, who lived nearby spoke out against the senseless killing: "She was Black, that was the reason she was shot down,” Hamer said. “This is a tragedy not only for the Black people of Mississippi, but the whole nation.”

Murder charges were filed against Wayne Parks, 25, of Drew; his brother, Wesley, 26, of Memphis, and Allan Wilkenson, 19, of Memphis.

https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/27/archives/negro-girl-is-slain-whites-held-in-south-negro-girl-is-slain-in.html

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Albert Fennar, Rhythmic Cigarettes, Greenwich Village, New York, 1964

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Pure 1920s! The ukulele was very popular at this time. From Pinterest.

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Humberto Mayol, Untitled, 1991

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Private First Class Robert Henry Jenkins Jr. (June 1, 1948 – March 5, 1969) was a US Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroic actions above and beyond the call of duty in March 1969 during the Vietnam War.

He was born in Interlachen, Florida. He attended Central Academy High School. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in Jacksonville, Florida, on February 2, 1968, and received recruit training with the 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, and Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. He was promoted to private first class on April 1, 1968.

He transferred to the Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, where he underwent individual combat training with the 2nd Infantry Training Battalion, 1st Infantry Training Regiment, and infantry special training with the 1st Infantry Training Battalion, completing the latter in May 1968.

He was transferred to the Republic of Vietnam in July 1968 and assigned to Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division. Later that month, he was reassigned as a scout and driver with Company C, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion.

While serving as a machine gunner with Company C at Fire Support Base Argonne, south of the Demilitarized Zone on March 5, 1969, he was killed in action. He was, along with his 12-man recon team, attacked by enemy fire – mortars, machine guns, and grenades. He and fellow Marine Fred Ostrom took up position in a two-person fighting emplacement. When a hand grenade was thrown into the emplacement, he leaped on top of Ostrom, shielding him from the explosion and absorbing the full impact of the grenade. He was mortally wounded and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic act and sacrifice of life.

The Medal of Honor was presented to his family at the White House by Vice President Spiro T. Agnew on April 20, 1970. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence