Friday, July 28, 2017

Silent Parade Of 1917

The parade was held on July 28, 1917, along Fifth Avenue in New York City, and as Google points out the only noise, "was the battle away from the battery." Google chose the Google Doodle Silent Parade to honor "one century later."

At that time the parade was also called "silent protest parade". The NAACP organizers wrote in a PR brochure for the parade marched to awaken "conscience country".

On July 28, 1917, Google said, "The only sound on Fifth Avenue in New York City was clunk of the drums, while about 10,000 children, women and African-American men marched in silence in what became known as the Silent Parade."

This was followed by historical violence scenes in East St Louis on July 2, 1917, Williams wrote, where "the white mob's knife shovel, shot and indiscriminately blasted someone with black skin. Men, women, children, elderly, disabled - no one was spared". According to Black Past.org, violence of the audience also called slaughter of San Luis del Este and "was an important catalyst for silent parade. This terrible event took fire six thousand blacks from their homes and left hundreds of deaths."

The silent parade of 1917 was in part a protest against mob violence and lynchings of African Americans, according to Chad Williams at the University of Brandeis "had become even more scary."

Williams told the violence that preceded the parade in a column published by The Miami Herald. "In Waco, a crowd of 10,000 white Texans attended May 15, 1916, lynchning a black farmer, Jesse Washington. A year later, May 22, 1917 a black forest shaker, Ell people, was killed by more than 5,000 white seek revenge in Memphis "Wrote Williams.

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Dallas Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys


A small town Texas boy calmly drove the winning car in the home of the Dallas Cowboys. 

McCoy successful return to its original state won a spectacular return of Tony Romo in the game. 

McCoy led the Washington Ball Kai Forbath 40 yards in overtime, and Dallas could not answer after Romo returned from a back injury surgically repaired by sending the Redskins to 20-17 victory on Monday night that broke the Cowboys six -Game winning streak. 

Play Dallas Stadium for the first time after winning the Texas record forty-fifth in the Big 12 championship game against Nebraska, 2009 - 13-12 on field goals last game - McCoy won his first NFL start in nearly three years after the start of the night with a record 6 15th. 

'' Last second victories, right? '' McCoy said, laughing. '' I grew up as the game on. I felt more comfortable and started to realize the right to protection. We made some plays down the stretch that good teams have to do to win the game. "

This may be just the beginning of McCoy, Robert Griffin III is ready to return from a sprained ankle that kept her sidelined since Week 2 Redskins go to Minnesota on Sunday as their bye week.

Monday, April 1, 2013

Shain Gandee

Shain Gandee

Shain Gandee, one of the stars of MTV's reality show "Buckwild" was found dead along with two other people Kanawha County, West Virginia, authorities said Monday.

"It is very sad and tragic event," Kanawha County Commissioner Kent carper said. "We live in a very small community. Thoughts and prayers are with the family Gandee."

Gandee, 21, was found dead in a car with his uncle, Dwight David Gandee, 48, and Donald Robert Myers, 27, authorities said.

"Earlier in the day after the release of Shine missing Gandee, Office Kanawha County Sheriff's Office received word of the disabled vehicle in a wooded area near Thaxted Hollow, Sissonville, WV Kanawha County," the sheriff's office in a statement. "The representatives and members of Sissonville Volunteer Fire ATV use to access the vehicle, a 1984 Ford Bronco belonging Gandee family. Redeemable was a muddy area along the beaten track. Were the bodies of three people inside."

In a future release of the sheriff's office said the car partially submerged in mud. It was not hard but straight to the muffler does not reach the surface.

Mud covered the lower part of the passenger door Bronco, but the driver's side, where the junior sat Gandee free, the sheriff's office said.
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