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In August 1908, a white mob attacked Springfield, Illinois’s Black community, destroying homes and businesses and lynching two Black men. National outrage over the violence helped spur the movement that created the NAACP the following year.
MORE →Reflects the personal views, recollections, and perspective of the author, Mike Davis.
This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
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Louis Weathersbee is a former NASCAR Grand National Series race car owner who owned vehicles in 1964 and 1965.[1]
Weathersbee has employed famous drivers like Bobby Isaac, Bud Moore, LeeRoy Yarbrough, and Doug Yates.[1] After two years and 38 races as an owner, Weatherbee won in two races (1964 Pickens 200 and the 1964 Savannah 200) in addition to 12 finishes in the "top five" and 18 finishes in the "top ten.[1]" While making only $10345 for the employer ($105,689.41 when adjusted for inflation), Weathersbee's vehicles successfully led 285 laps out of 5400 - the equivalent of 2,882.0 miles (4,638.1 km) of racing action.[1] The average finish of Weathersbee's vehicles was 11th while starting an average of 9th place.[1]
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Louis Weathersbee is a former NASCAR Grand National Series race car owner who owned vehicles in 1964 and 1965.
This is a list of members of the United States Congress who enslaved Black and Indigenous peoples. Slavery was legal in the United States from its beginning as a nation, having been practiced in North America from early colonial days. More than 1,700 members of Congress have been documented as owning slaves.
The 1964 The Glen 151.8 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on July 19, 1964, at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York.
The 1964 Capital City 300 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on September 14, 1964, at Virginia State Fairgrounds (now Richmond Raceway) in Richmond, Virginia. Notable drivers who appeared at this race were Elmo Langley, Wendell Scott, Tiny Lund, Roy Tyner, and Richard Petty. There were 33 American-born drivers on the grid; no foreigners attempted to qualify for this racing event. Vehicles registered from this race varied in year models from 1962 to 1964. NASCAR team owners that were fortunate enough to afford the 1964 model of stock car vehicles found that their vehicles could exceed 175 miles per hour or 282 kilometres per hour in the right circumstances; bringing in an era of unlimited horsepower. Having this level of speed within the sanctioned NASCAR events brought forth many events in addition to tragedies throughout the year in addition to the remainder of the 1960s.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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