#hallowedgrounds

[gnomishmath]

The #floors of our #NewHome, somewhere my feet can plant firmly, somewhere I can tread lightly on the world. I love this place already! #SureFooting #HallowedGrounds #GnomeGoesToItaly (at Lusiana)

[evewine101]

The best photo I took during our trip last week to D.C. was through a window of the @whitehouse during our tour - do you agree? IMO no matter what your politics are there is no way to tour the White House without respect and solemnity. #happy4th #happyfourth #happyfourthofjuly #usa #hallowedgrounds #history #forefathers #respect #peace #patriot #patriotic (at Eve Bushman Consulting)

[nmaahc]

The St. Augustine Movement

Photo: Martin Luther King Jr. attempting to be served at the whites only Monson Motor Lodge in St. Augustine, Florida, Dan Warren. 

The St. Augustine Movement took place as part of the wider Civil Rights Movement in St. Augustine, Florida. Several protests in St. Augustine helped to propel the issue of civil rights on the national radar. 

In July 1963, “The St. Augustine Four," Audrey Nell Edwards, JoeAnn Anderson Ulmer, Willie Carl Singleton and Samuel White started a sit-in protest at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in St. Augustine, Florida. The group, along with several other teens, was arrested and taken to jail. The judge offered a deal to the youngsters—they’d be released if they promised not to participate in any more demonstrations. Everyone in the group agreed, except for Edwards, Ulmer, Singleton, and White. The group was sent to reform schools to “rehabilitate’ them. The group remained incarcerated until they were released by special action of the Governor of Florida in 1964.

On June 18th, 1964, black and white civil rights protestors launched a wade-in at the Monsoon Motor Lodge. The hotel's white owner, James Brock, notoriously poured acid into the water to get the protestors out of the pool. The protestors left, but the Civil Rights Act was approved the next day, officially integrating the pool.

The St. Augustine Foot Soldiers Monument remembers those who engaged in peaceful protest during the movement.

By Lanae S., Social Media Specialist, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. 

[nmaahc]

Black History Month 2016

Photo: Dr. Carter G. Woodson, Scurlock Studio Records, ca. 1905-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

The 2016 Black History Month theme is Hallowed Grounds

"If a race has no history, it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated.” - Dr. Carter G. Woodson

In 1915, prominent historian, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, envisioned a celebration to recognize the glorious and varied achievements of African Americans. Woodson, along with other noted scholars, founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH). The group worked to research and publish findings about black life and history in The Journal of Negro History.

In 1926, the group sponsored its first Negro History Week celebration in February to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. An instant hit, communities and educational institutions across the country sponsored events celebrating the legacy of African Americans. As the popularity of Negro History Week grew and the Civil Rights Movement took off -  more people began advocating for an extension of the annual week.

In 1976, President Gerald R. Ford issued a proclamation formally recognizing Negro History Week as Black History Month, saying that Americans should “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.”

In 1986 Congress passed Public Law 99-233 designating February as the “National Black (Afro-American) History Month, noting that February 1, 1986 would mark the sixtieth annual observance of the tradition.

Today ASNLH is known as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) and the association continues to promote the study of black history and culture — year round.

Join us as we celebrate ‪#‎BlackHistoryMonth‬ with ‪#‎HallowedGrounds‬, highlighting important historical sites from throughout African American history.

Lanae S., Social Media Specialist, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. 

[zoenicole04]

Cafe adventures begin! #brisbane #cafes #brekkie #yum #explore #coffee #catchup #friends #greatmorning #hallowedgrounds #happymonday #studybrisbane (at Hallowed Grounds Espresso)

[eleganceandjuneberries]