Iforcolor takes a look back into history.
Media Depictions of the Mammy Archetype by Dale Ricardo Shields “Women of Color were often kept from the polls through a variety of tactics. They faced racial and ethnic discrimination and were often discouraged from voting … These women not only faced discrimination and violence on the basis of their race, but they faced discrimination …
THE SHIELDS BROTHERS The Shields Brothers, a mainstay of Cleveland’s gospel music scene for more than seventy years. by Dale Ricardo Shields “There is a silence into which the world can not intrude. There is an ancient peace you carry in your heart and have not lost. There is a sense of holiness in you …
The Civil Radical Wars of the Black American Soldier by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS “Throughout America’s history, from the Battle of Lexington to the Battle of Fallujah, Black Soldiers have honorably answered the call to duty, serving with great valor and distinction in America’s armed forces. The Army story cannot be told without reflecting on the historical …
THE DEVIL’S PUNCHBOWL by Dale Ricardo Shields “The Devil’s Punchbowl is a place located in Natchez, Mississippi where during the Civil War; authorities forced tens of thousands of freed slaves to live in concentration camps. Westbrook adds that “The Union army did not allow them to remove the bodies from the camp. They just gave …
The Little Rock Nine They Only Wanted To Go To School… Thelma Mothershed, Elizabeth Eckford, Melba Pattillo, Jefferson Thomas, Ernest Green, Minnijean Brown, Carlotta Walls, Terrence Roberts, Gloria Ray. By Dale Ricardo Shields Little Rock, Arkansas September 4, 1957 The original plan was to have the nine children arrive together, but when the …
