Peanuts taste gooooood with racism

Posted by Mother of Memory on
Benjamin Roberts filed the first school integration suit on this date in 1848 on behalf of his daughter, Sarah Roberts, after she was barred from a white school in Boston, MA.

Dr. George Washington Carver, scientist and discoverer of over 300 products from the peanut, was successful in getting a Branch Agricultural Experiment Station and Agricultural School at Tuskegee Normal School on this date in 1897.

R. Hearness, inventor, patented the Sealing Attachment for Bottles on this date in 1898. Patent # 598,929.

The home of Malcolm X was bombed on this date in 1965-just days before his assassination.

Comments

blogmother said…
I don't have personal recollections for the first three (perhaps Ola does...), but when Malcolm X died it was a fucking HUGE deal. Even at 15, I knew someone important was sacrificed for something important, and that white people (at least in the south) were out of control.
Friday, February 15, 2008 11:23:00 AM
Mother of Memory said…
I remember in the movie "X" that Denzel Washington was really mad upset when that happened.
Friday, February 15, 2008 3:10:00 PM
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