Well we haven't had any stories for a minute from anyone so I thought i would share some little black history tidbits with y'all..WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING I WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE COME FROM!!

Did y'all know this?
A Lesson in Black History


The Statue of Liberty It is hard to believe that after my many years of
schooling
(secondary and post) the following facts about the Statue of Liberty were
never taught.
Hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of people including myself have visited
the Statue of Liberty over the years but yet I'm unable to find one person who
knows the true history behind the Statue...amazing!


Yes, amazing that so much important Black history (such as this) is hidden from
us (Black and White). What makes this even worse is the fact that the current
twist on history perpetuates and promotes white supremacy at the expense of
Black Pride!
During my visit to France I saw the original Statue of


Liberty. However, there was a difference...the statue in France is BLACK!!!!!!
"Ya learn something new everyday!"


The Statue of Liberty was originally a Black woman.

But, as memory serves, it was because the model was Black. In a book called "The
Journey of The Songhai People," as Dr. Jim Haskins (a member of the National
Education Advisory Committee of the Liberty-Ellis Island Committee, professor of
English at the University of Florida, and prolific Black author) points out that
is what stimulated the original idea for that 151 foot statue in the harbor.

He says that the idea for the creation of the statue initially was to
acknowledge the part that Black soldiers played in the ending of Black African
Bondage in the United States.



It was created in the mind of the French historian Edourd de Laboulaye, Chairman
of the French Anti-Slavery Society, who, together with sculptor Frederic Auguste
Bartholdi, proposed to the French government that the people of France present
to the people of the United States through the American Abolitionist Society,
the gift of a Statue of Liberty in recognition of the fact that Black soldiers
won the Civil War in the United States.

It was widely known then that it was Black soldiers who played the pivotal role
in winning the war, and this gift would be a tribute to their prowess.


Suzanne Nakasian, director of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island Foundations'
National Ethnic Campaign said that the Black Americans' direct connection to
Lady Liberty is unknown to the majority of Americans, BLACK or WHITE.

When the statue was presented to the US. Minister to France in 1884, it is said
that he remonstrated that the dominant view of the broken shackles would be
offensive to the U.S. South because the statue was a reminder of Blacks winning
their freedom. It was a reminder to a beaten South of the ones who caused their
defeat, their despised former captives.



Documents of Proof:
1.) You may go and see the original model of the Statue of Liberty, with the
broken chains at her feet and in her left hand. Go to the Museum of the City of
NY, Fifth Avenue and 103rd Street (212) 534-1672 or call the same number and
dial ext. 208 and speak to Peter Simmons and he can send you some documentation.



2.) Check with the N.Y. Times magazine, part II May 18, 1986.

3.) The dark original face of the Statue of Liberty can be seen in the N.Y. Post
June 17, 1986, also the Post stated the reason for the broken chains at her
feet.



4.) Finally, you may check with the French Mission or the French Embassy at the
U.N. or in Washington, D.C. and ask for some original French material on the
Statue of Liberty, including the Bartholdi original model. You can call
in September (202) 944-6060 or 6400.


Please pass this information along!


Be sure to send it to people with children!
Open a dialog and discuss it with your friends!
Let this be the beginning of your quest for the Truth about
American History past and present!
Empower Yourself, Your Family and Your Community

Thanks Ms. Dat, I'm going to have my daughter do that for a history project.

hey Big Al, when you get a chance hit my box!!

Ms. Dat__ way to put it down! how edifying

We have to go out and seek this information about our culture___ cause it ain't gonna be told by his-tory!

meditate on this...

"What became of the Black People of Sumer?,"
the traveller asked the old man," for ancient records
show that the people of Sumer were Black.
What happened to them?" "Ah", the man sighed.
"They lost their history, so they died."

-A Sumer Legend

ebonically brilliant and provocative______________

super d(motordetroit)

THANKS MS.DAT FOR THAT INFORMATION, KEEPING OUR MINDS
OPEN TO THE PASS CAN MAKE OUR FUTURE BRIGHTER.

THANKS YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERYDAY.

That was very informative, I guess i was one of the few who know the history of the Statute, check the Washington Monument's history, it is actually Cleopatra's Needle, The City of Memphis is named after a great Black Civilization on the Nile river, and Hercules the Theban was also the legend of a Black man from the City of Thebes, and as a child your read Aesop's fables, He was also Black as was Alexander Dumas the Author of the tThree Musketeers and the Man in the Iron Mask, who's father was one of Napoleon's greatest Generals, as was Alexander5 Pushkin the great Russian Author, Read Stolen Legacy

thanks for the further insight Ghost!!

I am really struck by your findings Ms. Dat. Thanks for the insight. This is definately something I can pass on to my daughter.

Ghost good read.....it is really hard to study 'the people of the land of the Blacks'or African History because our existence was pretty much wipe-out and concealed by white domination and/or western rule....but any time people reference Egyptian History as Thinites, Memphites, Thebans, Libyans, Ethiopians, Nubians, etc...best believe they are alluding to people of Black descent.

So when people tell us(even some of our own) that Black is only a 'state of mind_'_ remind them that, Ethiopia was named after greek settlers came over to our land and refered to the people of Northern and Southern Africa(or the 'Land of the Blacks') as 'burnt people__ Ethi(burnt) and opia(people)__ 'burntpeople', thus the name which was a desriptive colloquial refuring to the 'Blacks' of Africa!

Ms.dat and Ghost putt'n it down like it t-i-tis!

Mo' good reads' yall'....

'The lost Cities of Africa'
Basil Davison

'Report of the Work of The Egyptian Expedition.
Henry Breasted(I think?)

'The African Origin of Civilization'
Cheik Anta Diop



Black-atcha!

ebonically brilliant and provocative______________

super d(motordetroit)

Hey Ms. dat is there any way we can get some of this info on the internet! That is a fascinating story. I was Clueless too!

E West I would say do a google search, but you will get a lot of junk, i would say to go to a local college library and do a search to get the most accurate information....and Motor D I am glad we finally agree on something LOL...I will be in Detroit for that tourny so you know you and I must conversate!!

'E West' 34 stated.....


**** "I was clueless too" *****

Tell us something new 'E West 34'

what up doe'E West' 34! (what happened to your Pace post?) T-mac said quit hate'n!


Ms Dat__ we just agree to disagree. besides remember, I'm just provocative

Hope to see ya' in the D!

Black-atcha!

ebonically brilliant and provocative_______________

super d(motordetroit)