Thursday Open Thread |1916 Convention of Ex-Slaves in D.C.

[sheshe2]

Posted on November 5, 2015 by SouthernGirl2


1916 Slaves reunion. Lewis Martin, age 100; Martha Elizabeth Banks, age 104; Amy Ware, age 103; Rev. Simon P. Drew, born free. Cosmopolitan Baptist Church, 921 N Street N.W. (Shorpy)



An article published by the Washington Post on September 25th, 1916, leading up to the convention.

A mass meeting will be held tonight at Cosmopolitan Baptist Church, Tenth and N streets northwest, to appoint committees and make other arrangements for the entertainment of delegates and visitors to the fifty-fourth annual convention of ex-slaves to be held here October 22-30 under the auspices of the White Cross National Colored Old Home Association of the United States and the National Evangelistic Ministers’ Alliance of America. Dr. Simon P. W. Drew, pastor of Cosmopolitan Baptist Church, will preside at the meeting tonight.

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[JI7]

1. These things are always so fascinating to me

So glad you posted this.

[sheshe2]

3. The photos are what drew me in, they always do.

They tell the true story of the suffering and loss, yet their spirit and strong will stand out. Just look at their ages, 100 103 104. I can't begin to image all they endured and all they saw for all those years.

[rbrnmw]

2. K&R

[randys1]

4. THe most patient and reasonable people to ever live, or community.

To be put through a hell that white people literally cant imagine, for that hell to continue on into the 1960's with Jim Crow and then on into 2015 with rightwing racists crawling out of the woodworks, and to come through that with smiles on their faces, love in their hearts and reason in their mind, is simply awe inspiring.

We dont deserve their grace and spirit.

[sheshe2]

5. Hey you, randys,

nailed it.

rightwing racists crawling out of the woodworks, and to come through that with smiles on their faces, love in their hearts and reason in their mind, is simply awe inspiring.

We dont deserve their grace and spirit.

Exactly.