Women and Civil Rights - Augusta
Four Women discuss Civil Rights and Augusta, GA through personal experiences and insights.
The mission of the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History is to promote the legacy of Miss Lucy Craft Laney through art, history, and the preservation of her home.
LCL Museum: Civil Rights Movement in Augusta with Zena Howard
Part 10 of 10 – Identifying Key Institutions and Catalyst Projects
Zena Howard has over 25 years of experience as an architect and project leader with a career focused on private and public institutions, museum and cultural facilities, libraries, and higher education facilities. More specifically, her experience includes diverse buildings and clients with specialized and/or unique design goals such as environmentally sensitive artifact exhibit areas, historically and culturally significant buildings and locations, and sustainable design in pursuit of LEED® certification and other high performance building goals.
Zena has led many significant and often AIA award-winning projects including The International Civil Rights Center & Museum, Greensboro, NC, Durham County Human Services Complex, Durham, NC, several Durham County Public Libraries, Durham, NC, and the District of Columbia Anacostia and Tenley-Friendship Libraries, Washington DC. Currently, she is the Senior Project Manager for the Smithsonian Institution’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture, now in construction on the Mall in Washington DC. As project leader, Zena is the point person executing the Smithsonian’s multiple decades of planning and investment in this important national museum and achieving critical schedule, budget and quality performance for this client.
She has lectured at multiple institutions including MIT, Howard University, Mississippi State University, Louisiana Tech University, and Tuskegee University. RedWolf Advertising provides design and marketing services including video production, print advertising, web advertising, TV advertising, rack cards, ticket stuffers and mailers, ecards, playbills and art direction.
African American History Month 2016- Hallowed Places in Augusta, Ga.
In celebration of African-American History Month, Augusta University Historian-in-Residence, Dr. Lee Ann Caldwell, discusses Springfield Baptist Church and several other locations of African-American historical significance in a new video titled “Hallowed Places.”
Other locations included in Caldwell’s list of Hallowed Places: Paine College, Augusta’s private historically black college, and Shiloh Orphanage, a community orphanage founded by leaders of the African-American community.
Lucy Craft Laney - Black Gold: Remarkable Achievements of Formerly Enslaved African Americans
Another one of our magnificent ancestors you should have been taught about, but weren't.
Walking Tour
On Thursday, October 20, 2011, Christine Miller-Betts does a walking tour through the Laney Walker historic district in Augusta, Georgia.
Black History Museums
Black History Museums. An Android app collection of 51 African American museums and/or cultural connections across the USA organized by state. There is one museum or connection featured for each state and the District of Columbia. Read or listen to a story about each museum. Discover more by visiting the virtual site of each museum. Touch the photo representing the museum for directions to each location by map. Share the app with your friends. Use the Help tips to easily interact with the app.
* Discover real African American history
* Listen to an audio description of each museum
* Read a summary of each museum
* Take a virtual trip to each museum online
* See photos representing the museums
* Follow the maps for museum locations
* Designed for both Tablets and Phones
* Easy to use
Black History Museums are your gateway to a deeper understanding of the contributions that African Americans have made to our culture. You'll use this African American history app often, but explore at your own pace. You might be surprised by what you find!
One museum was founded to tell the story of Black Cowboys. Another took over 100 years from original vision to final completion. Yet another in Georgia was inspired by former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young.
A famous African American museum still sits in the last building standing of a housing development that was dedicated in 1937 by first lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
Black coal miners who worked in the Appalachian mountain area are saluted in one state’s people of color museum tribute.
This is one valuable resource that will keep you up-to-date about some of the best black history museums around the USA. Several new ones are being built to continue to celebrate all of the contributions made locally and nationally by people of color in the USA.
There are so many interesting museum narratives that we don’t have enough room here to review them on this page. So grab this African American history app and discover the amazing wealth of stories just waiting for you.
Popular Photos of an Unsung HERO in Evans and Augusta, GA!!!
WJBF NEWS Channel 6 UPDATE:
The Famous Community Leader and Online College Professor Dr. Franklyn V. Beckles, Jr., organized the first historic Civil Rights Crusade against Racial Injustice, Corruption, and Bullying in Richmond & Columbia County Schools in the history of the state of Georgia!
Judge James G. Blanchard, Jr., in Columbia County refused to admit crucial evidence that exposed racial injustice, public school misconduct, and police corruption in Evans, GA. Bribed and influenced by the dishonest and corrupt Columbia County Board of Education who suppressed evidence of their criminal activity and racial discrimination by subverting the law!
Civil Rights Profile of a HERO:
Famous Community Leader, Private School Principal, renowned Book Author and Comic eBook Writer: Dr. Franklyn V. Beckles, Jr., organized the first historic Civil Rights Crusade against Racial Injustice and Bullying in Richmond County Schools in the history of the state of Georgia!
Dr. Franklyn Victor Beckles, Jr., has been profiled as a hero on television, comics, magazines, and eBooks for his crusade against bullying in public schools and awareness in finding a cure for Lou Gehrig's disease to save lives!
HIS CHILDREN: Christian Alexander Beckles (Son) 10/23/02, Dayshia Jan’ee Beckles (Daughter) 6/16/09, Aleiyah Rosetrice Beckles (Daughter) 8/2/10, Miracle Victoria Alese Beckles (Daughter) 11/22/13, and Samiyah Nevaeh Beckles (Newborn Daughter) 09/23/15…
Mrs. Adrian Felicia Beckles is expecting to have another baby in (2018) … Dr. Beckles loves children and managing his famous academy -The Children's Christian Center, and plans on having more kids with his beautiful wife!
DR. BECKLES VS. THE RICHMOND COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: A HERO WHO STOOD AGAINST INJUSTICE
By Author: Dr. Nathan Van Sertima
Community leader Rev. Dr. Franklyn Beckles, Jr., a former Richmond County School Teacher and famous children’s rights advocate helped to achieve an historic Civil Rights Crusade against injustice and bullying in Richmond County Public Schools on June 5, 2013 – in Augusta Georgia. He was followed by his wife Adrian, son Christian, and a large group of supporters who marched from Pyramid Music on Broad Street to the Richmond County Board of Education Office in protest to the rapid abuse of children in public schools and to expose the corruption, racism, and history of scandals by the Richmond County Board of Education. The group delivered a petition to the incompetent School Superintendent Frank Roberson requesting the removal of the embattled and dishonest Copeland Elementary School Principal Kim Davis, proving that she had disrespected parents, disregarded their civil rights and aided in abusing students. The Civil Rights Leader Dr. Franklyn V. Beckles, Jr., was the only man in the community with the courage to address the crisis of racial injustice in schools and businesses in the Central Savannah River Area, primarily in Augusta, Georgia. Dr. Beckles successfully led the fight against public school injustice and corruption, as did his father Aiken Technical College Professor Franklyn V. Beckles, Sr., in Aiken South Carolina where he established the first successful all-black private school (Aiken Academy), to combat the public school dropout rate of minority children inspired by the Aiken County Board of Education. In most cases the victims are usually African American men and boys- (read book “The Conspiracy against Black Boys”)...
Jennie: Lucy Craft Laney Museum has new exhibits and a golf fundraiser coming up
Christine Miller-Betts shares the history of the museum and a look at current exhibits.
Frank Thomas: Augusta's First Black Reporter
Frank Thomas was hired at WJBF in 1971, making history when he started.
Hero Who organized the 1st Civil Rights Crusade against Black on Black Crime in Augusta, GA
Famous Community Leader Dr. Franklyn V. Beckles, Jr., organized the first historic Civil Rights Crusade against Racism, Black on Black Crime, and Police Corruption and Bullying in Richmond and Columbia County Schools, and Corporate Job Discrimination in the history of the state of Georgia!
Civil War Cannons from CSS Georgia Recovered in Savannah River
Civil War Cannons Recovered in Savannah River. HD Video by Michael Jordan | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District | Date: 07.22.2015 -- U.S. Navy salvage and EOD divers recover four historic cannons from the wreck of the Civil War ironclad warship CSS Georgia in the Savannah River in Savannah, GA.
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GAME NIGHT LIVE SPOTLIGHT: Lucy C Laney High School
Every week during half-time on Game Night Live, WJBF NewsChannel 6 will spotlight the school featured during our broadcast that night.
What locals love about Augusta, Ga
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There's a lot to love about Augusta! Our locals share their favorite things to do, places to go and restaurants to eat at. If you haven't been to Augusta, Georgia yet, Come On Over!
1st ANNUAL JUNETEENTH AUGUSTA FESTIVAL INTERVIEW
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – For some men, Father’s Day means more than just time with your own children. It also means helping others. An Augusta Juneteenth celebration proved that there are men who reach back into the community to help.
When mid – June hits many African-Americans dig into their ancestry to celebrate Juneteenth.
Herman King, who is part of the organization Band of Brothers, is one of those people.
“We’re approaching the youth from another aspect,” said King who serves as the organization’s Parliamentarian. “We tried many different ways, but first know thyself and know the truth of thyself.”
The group of men known as Band of Brothers is reflecting on a time when America said they were not free more than 150 years ago. So, they put a party together at Pendleton King Park, complete with vendors and wellness checks, to educate people.
“7,000 kids in summer school. That’s unacceptable,” said Ron Allen, Band of Brothers Treasurer. “So, it’s got to be something wrong with the school system. We got parents out here. We have to find a way to educate not only students, but some of the parents.”
Juneteenth became a holiday to reflect on when word spread to the final slaves that President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. That was two years later. Now, this band of brothers is closing the gap in their community this generation. They mentor youth and break down the understanding of why men who look like them sometimes are killed.
Brotha Trav, another member of the group, performed spoken word at the event. He spoke with NewsChannel 6 about what African-American men must do differently.
“There may not be a such thing as true freedom for us as long as we don’t get this part right. Our true freedom has nothing to do with the oppressor. It has everything to do with us. It has everything to do with knowing thyself,” he explained.
Brotha Trav also elaborated on the state of young black males and why there are so many challenges with that group.
“The negative hip hop music that they’re playing all the time. The Molly’s and the Percocets and the drugs and just the glamorization and the glorifying of the dope boy era. That’s not good for us. We need to be able to see these guys, business owners, as positive influences for black people,” he stated.
Band of Brothers plans to focus on mentoring in schools now. They hope to expand soon.
The group also hopes to hold a Juneteenth event every year.
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Augusta, Georgia: Through The Visitors' Eyes
There's a lot to love about Augusta, Georgia. Hear what visitors to our classic Southern town love most.
Sabrina Robinson Ministries, Breath of Life, North Augusta, SC ( Augusta, GA )
This is an excerpt from Expressions of Excellence/Apostolic Anointing ~ Women of Power 2011, hosted by Dr. B.J. Relefourd, Atlanta, GA.
FDR & The Black Cabinet Video
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While Augusta is known worldwide for the Masters® and the coveted green jacket, you'll find that Georgia's second-oldest and second-largest city - also known as the Garden City of the South - is full of history, atmosphere, Southern charm, and activities to engage everyone's interest.