The lady circled in red was Lucy Higgs Nichols

 

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The lady circled in red was Lucy Higgs Nichols. She was born into slavery in Tennessee, but during the Civil War she managed to escape and found her way to 23rd Indiana Infantry Regiment which was encamped nearby. She stayed with the regiment and worked as a nurse throughout the war.

After the war, she moved north with the regiment and settled in Indiana, where she found work with some of the veterans of the 23rd.

She applied for a pension after Congress passed the Army Nurses Pension Act of 1892 which allowed Civil War nurses to draw pensions for their service.

 The War Department had no record of her, so her pension was denied. Fifty-five surviving veterans of the 23rd petitioned Congress for the pension they felt she had rightfully earned, and it was granted.

The photograph shows Nichols and other veterans of the Indiana regiment at a reunion in 1898. She died in 1915 and is buried in a cemetery in New Albany, Indiana.

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A Blackman history you need to know

 

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See the young man in this picture? He was 18years old when he was taken at the train station in Mobile, Alabama in 1952. 

There is $1.50 in his pocket. In that bag by his foot are two changed of clothes.( And if his mama was anything like most other mamas in the south, probably some sandwiches and other snacks). He was on his way to Indiana to take a job.

He was going to play baseball for the Indy clowns of the Negros Leagues. Apparently, he was pretty good at it. He played for the Milwaukee Braves for 2 seasons, and for the Milwaukee Braves, before later following them to Atlanta. Eventually, he was the last Negro League player to be on a major league roster.

He still hangs around the baseball world. At the moment, he’s the senior Vice President of the Atlanta Braves.

 Even though the team has changed stadium twice since then, his retired number, 44, still hangs on the outfield wall of the old Atlanta- Fulton County stadium near where he belted a homer to break Babe Ruth’s all time record( which he held for 33years).

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Humanity is mercy

 

            

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An American policeman stopped a young man's car because his driver's license had expired..

 The policeman asked him why do you drive with an expired license? 

The young man replied that he was recently fired from his evening work and that the money he had is enough for him to eat, housing, to perform the duties of living and pay the bills because he was coming from another state for the purpose of studying at the university - and he had a job interview at the time the police stopped him...

The policeman had a choice to enforce the law by forbidding the young man from driving the car...but he chose to apply his humanity...

He stopped his car and got into the young man's car and drove him to the place of the interview and entered with him and apologized to them because he was the reason for his delay.....and he was accepted The young man is in the job and the young man has been granted a temporary driver's license until he gets enough money to renew his license.

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'Black Lives Matter': Anti-racism protests spread beyond U.S. borders

Protesters march for Regis Korchinski-Paquet, who died after falling from an apartment building while police officers were present, in Toronto, Canada, on May 30, 2020. /Reuters

Anti-racism protests are spreading beyond the borders of the United States, with protesters gathering in 'Black Lives Matter' demonstrations in countries including Canada, the UK, Germany and Denmark. 

The marches came as a nationwide anti-racism protest triggered by George Floyd's death broke out in the United States.

A police officer was seen in the footage of an amateur video pressing his knee on the neck of George Floyd, an unarmed male African American, for several minutes although the latter had been arrested, handcuffed and pinned to the ground. The 46-year-old man later died, sparking a nationwide protest in the country. 

So far, protests have erupted in at least 30 U.S. cities. A total of 25 cities in 16 U.S. states have imposed curfews.

With the protests entering its fifth day in the U.S., the marches are now spreading to other countries. 

On Sunday, protesters gathered in London's Trafalgar Square to take part in a demonstration against the death in Minneapolis police custody of Floyd. On the same day, there were also people gathering in Germany's Berlin and Denmark's Copenhagen to show their support of "Black Lives Matter" demonstrations. 

Protesters gather during a demonstration against the death in Minneapolis police custody of African-American man George Floyd, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark May 31, 2020. /Reuters

People react during a protest against the death in Minneapolis police custody of African-American man George Floyd, in Trafalgar Square, London, Britain, May 31, 2020. /Reuters

A woman holds a megaphone during a protest against the death in Minneapolis police custody of African-American man George Floyd, at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, May 31, 2020. /Reuters

Protesters gather during a demonstration against the death in Minneapolis police custody of African-American man George Floyd, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark May 31, 2020. /Reuters

People react during a protest against the death in Minneapolis police custody of African-American man George Floyd, in Trafalgar Square, London, Britain, May 31, 2020. /Reuters

As people were angered by Floyd's death, a case of a black woman in Canada has also sparked wide attentions in the country, triggering thousands of people to take to the streets to decry racism. 

On Saturday, a rally was held in Toronto following the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, who fell from an apartment building while police officers were present.

The march, organized by a group called Not Another Black Life, peacefully followed a route through major city streets and ended at police headquarters downtown.

Protesters, who were chanting "justice for Regis," "not another Black life," "abolish the police" and "no justice, no peace," demanded answers following the death of Korchinski-Paquet. 

The fatality has sparked wide attention after the 29-year-old's mother claimed on social media that Korchinski-Paquet was pushed by police.

It's unclear if anyone witnessed her death as no family members were inside the unit at the time when she died.

Local police launched a special investigation unit to look into the case and have called for anyone with information about the allegations to contact them.

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