The Art of Our Storytellers: Selections from Johnson Publishing Company Collection
Located on the southside of Chicago, The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center is one of my preferred museums. During my most...
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Tammy Gibson
May 285 min read
Menstrual Hygiene Day
May is National Menstrual Hygiene Month. In April 2024, I traveled to the Ivory Coast for an amazing trip. There were several highlights....
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Tammy Gibson
Mar 254 min read
Children of the Angels - Atlanta Children’s Eternal Flame Memorial
Last week, I watched the documentary "Maynard," about the life and career of Maynard Jackson, the first Black mayor of Atlanta (I highly...
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Tammy Gibson
Mar 86 min read
Tech Titan - Annie Easley
A few years ago, three amazing Black women human computers, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson who were instrumental in...
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Tammy Gibson
Dec 13, 20236 min read
The Himbas Of Namibia
In the Summer of 2023, I traveled to Namibia with ThatMan Travels and some amazing, beautiful sistas. When I heard about the trip, I had...
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Tammy Gibson
Nov 4, 20235 min read
Arkansas City, AR Honors John H. Johnson, Founder of Ebony and Jet Magazine with a Statue
November 1, 2023, was beautiful in Arkansas City, AR. It was a day to honor an icon of the black press, John H. Johnson, founder of...
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Tammy Gibson
Jul 25, 20235 min read
Happy Birthday Emmett Louis Till
Today, July 25, 2023 would have been Emmett Louis Till's 82nd birthday. If he wasn't murdered in 1955, he would probably be alive today....
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Tammy Gibson
Mar 27, 20234 min read
Black Graves Matter - Union Baptist Cemetery
This past summer, I visited Union Baptist Cemetery located in Cincinnati, OH. Union Baptist Cemetery is on the National Register of...
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Tammy Gibson
Sep 7, 20226 min read
Self-Driving Tour of Frederick Douglass in Rochester, NY
"My attachment to Rochester, my home for more than a quarter century, will endure with my life." - Frederick Douglass. Frederick Augustus...
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Tammy Gibson
May 30, 20222 min read
Black History Untaught - Memorial Day
As we celebrate Memorial Day to honor the men and women who sacrificed their lives, the history of Memorial Day which was FIRST started...
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Tammy Gibson
May 26, 20223 min read
Sacred Grounds of Historic Tucker Family Cemetery
Tucked away in a quiet neighborhood in Hampton, VA, between two residential homes, is one of the oldest black cemeteries. At rest are...
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Tammy Gibson
Feb 25, 20223 min read
Re-Opening of the America's Black Holocaust Museum
Sunday, February 20, I took a 2-hour drive to Milwaukee, WI. As a member of America's Black Holocaust Museum, I attended a private...
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Tammy Gibson
Feb 1, 20222 min read
Colorful Mural Wall That Divided Blacks and Whites in Detroit
I took a short trip to Detroit to locate the Eight Mile Wall. On the north side of Detroit, the six-foot wall known as the Birwood Wall,...
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Tammy Gibson
Apr 23, 20217 min read
April 23, 1940 Rhythm Night Club Fire
Tragedy happened 81 years ago in Natchez, MS on April 23, 1940. 209 lives were lost at the Rhythm Night Club. I traveled to Natchez, MS...
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Tammy Gibson
Apr 7, 20215 min read
Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda - 27 Years Later
I have to admit, I knew very little about the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. When I planned my trip to Tanzania with African...
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Tammy Gibson
Apr 5, 20212 min read
Tanzania Part II - Hunting With The Hadzabe Tribe
While in Tanzania, a couple of people from African American Travelers and myself got up early in the morning to visit the Hadzabe Tribe...
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Tammy Gibson
Mar 8, 20213 min read
Tanzania Part I - Mt. Kilimanjaro Day and the Maasai Tribe
AFRICA, what a beautiful word. Every year, I make it a point to go to a different country. On my last trip in 2019, I had an amazing...
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Tammy Gibson
Feb 1, 20214 min read
Nearest Green, The Teacher and Jack Daniel, The Student
The history of Nathan “Nearest” Green, like many African American men and women, have been withheld and erased, but hidden no more....
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Tammy Gibson
Nov 3, 20206 min read
People Died, But Did You VOTE?
"I gave a little blood on the Edmund Pettus Bridge to dramatize to the nation that people of color were denied the right to vote. I was...
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Tammy Gibson
Sep 15, 20205 min read
Bombing of the Four Little Girls - Futures Denied
Today marks 57 years that 11-year-old Denise McNair, and 14-year-olds Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley were killed...
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