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A Second Emancipation Proclamation: Free Your Mind

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Jim Allen, Founder/Editor, NuVote Reach

By Jim Allen,Editor, NuVote Reach Photo Credit: FourStory.org The Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in the 10 confederate states, it did not free any slaves in the Border States, nor did it abolish slavery. Because of this, President Abraham Lincoln and other supporters … Continue reading →

American History, Family History: Am I Black Enough For You?

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Jim Allen, Founder/Editor, NuVote Reach

By Jim Allen, Editor, NuVoteReach Dr. Ruby (Lonesome). Allen celebrates her Doctorate conferral in 2012, at age 79, with family members comprising four generations of descendants of 19th century marriages between enslaved Parsons, Brown, Butts and Fulford family members. 2nd … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged 13th Amendment, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Louis Lonesome, Black History Month, Booker T.Washington, Boston Brown, Brown Butts, Brown V Board, Civil Rights, Civil War, Dr. Ruby L. Allen, Dred Scott, Emancipation Proclamation, Ficklin, Fitchett, Fourteenth Amendment, Fulford, Henry Clay, interracial marriage, James K.Polk, John Rolf, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Lesley Gist, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Loving v Virginia, Navigation Acts, Olive Butts, P, Parsons, Pocahontas, Preson Lottie Cooper, Sand Parsons, Stephen Douglas, The Gist of Freedom, Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924, W.E. B. Dubois, Wilson Nero Parsons | 17 Comments

American History, Family History: Happy Birthday Dad and President Lincoln

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Jim Allen, Founder/Editor, NuVote Reach

By Jim Allen, Editor, NuVoteReach My dad, Rev. James Oliver Allen Sr, during his radio/MC days circa 1950 My mom, Educator, Dr. Ruby Cleopatra (Lonesome) Allen, circa 1953 My father’s father, James Walter “Box” (Wilson) Jones, circa 1950 My father’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged 100th Fighter Squadron, 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 15th Air Force, 332nd Fighter Group, Abraham Lincoln, Alston Family, Andrew Johnson, Assault at West Point; The Court Martial of Johnson Whittaker, Black History Month, Capt Andrew D. Turner, Chester A. Arthur, Christmas Family, Civil Rights, Civil War, Curtis Family, Doug Wilder, Dr. Ruby L. Allen, Eleanor Roosevelt, Emancipation Proclamation, Henry Clay, James Polk, John F. Kennedy US Coast Guard, Johnson Whittaker, Jones Family, Lonesome family, Plummer Family, Powell familiy, Ralph Bunch, Reconstruction, Rev. James Oliver Allen Sr., Samuel L. Jackson, Skippers' Darlin' III, St. Mark's RZUA Church, Tuskegee Airmen, Ulysses S. Grant, WANT, Wilson family, WOAK, WRAP | 11 Comments

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A Second Emancipation Proclamation: Free Your Mind

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American History, Family History: Happy Birthday Dad and President Lincoln

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