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Bringing Black History to Life in the Great Outdoors

Author: Photographs by Chanell Stone | Text by Jame Edward Mills

Stone, Chanell, and James Edward Mills. “Bringing Black History to Life in the Great Outdoors.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 20 Sept. 2021, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/09/20/multimedia/black-national-park-rangers.html.

DMU Timestamp: September 27, 2021 22:57

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Marina L Marina L (Sep 29 2021 6:27PM) : Waterfall [Edited] more Tags: writeout

"A waterfall is water that has awakened. It's awakened to the reality that it's alive, and that it's flowing, and that it's moving through the air. And that awakening in the water seems to wake up something in us, too." -Shelton Johnson, #Yosemite Park Ranger

📹: Kylie Chappell pic.twitter.com/pHIFbJmdju
— Yosemite Conservancy (@YoseConservancy) May 7, 2020

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Christopher S Christopher S (Sep 29 2021 6:33PM) : Captain Jack represents other people who were early inhabitants of national parks who were then outcasts [Edited] more Tags: carleton watkins, yosemite, native americans, writeout

The photo is attributed to Carleton Watkins too, who was one of the first photographers of Yosemite. Not sure of the story behind Captain Jack, but here’s the caption from Flickr Commons: Repository: California Historical Society

Collection: Photographic portraits of Modoc Indians of the Modoc War

Photographer: Heller, Louis Herman

Date: 1873

General note: Printed on mounts: I certify that L. Heller has this day taken the photographs of the above Modoc Indian prisoner under my charge. Capt. C.B. Throckmorton, 4th U.S. Artillery, Officer of the Day. I am cognizant of the above fact. Gen. Jeff. C. Davis, U.S.A.

General note: Photos were published by Carleton E. Watkins. Watkins’ Yosemite Art Gallery advertisement on verso.

Format: Carte de visite

Call Number: PC 006

Digital object ID: PC 006_01.jpg

Preferred citation: Captain Jack, Photographic portraits of Modoc Indians of the Modoc War, PC 006, courtesy, California Historical Society, PC 006_01.jpg

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Ella M Ella M (Sep 29 2021 6:39PM) : Here is a video of Mr.Johnson discussing black history month. There are several other videos of him speaking on that same channel. [Edited] more Tags: writeout

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Kevin H Kevin H (Oct 03 2021 3:32AM) : Thank you for sharing this video

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Marina L Marina L (Sep 29 2021 6:38PM) : [Edited] more Tags: writeout

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Paul H Paul H (Sep 29 2021 6:28PM) : One can find some quick facts about the Buffalo Soldiers at this Smithsonian article from 2017: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/three-things-know-about-buffalo-soldiers-180964199/ [Edited] more Tags: writeout

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Ella M Ella M (Sep 29 2021 6:43PM) : Some more quick facts about the Buffalo Soliders [Edited] more Tags: writeout

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Jake J Jake J (Sep 29 2021 6:56PM) : The first female U.S. soldier? Cathay Williams was a young Buffalo Soldier who posed as a male for 2 years: https://www.historynet.com/buffalo-soldier-secret-life-must-hard-conceal.htm [Edited] more Tags: writeout

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Christopher S Christopher S (Sep 30 2021 5:41AM) : “Black soldiers used military service as a strategy to obtain equal rights as citizens. Paradoxically, they sought to achieve this by engaging in government-led wars meant to overtake the Southwest and Great Plains from Native Americans.” [Edited] more

sad, complicated, tragic

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Christina C Christina C (Sep 29 2021 6:32PM) : An interview with a Buffalo Soldier from 2016. [Edited] more Tags: writeout

91 year old Harold Warren Jr. tells his son, Lee Warren, about serving as a “Buffalo Soldier” during WW II and his feelings about the Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument in Wilberforce, Ohio.

This interview was recorded in partnership with StoryCorps. Learn more at storycorps.org.

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Ella M Ella M (Sep 29 2021 6:34PM) : This situation calls back to a similar instance in US history wherein many Black Americans who served were denied (partially or in whole) their GI benefits [Edited] more Tags: writeout

A quick look at the GI Bill:

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Kevin H Kevin H (Oct 03 2021 3:34AM) : This beautifully describes how powerful stories are as a way to remember ...

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Christina C Christina C (Sep 29 2021 6:50PM) : Knowing them are on vulnerable land, I am looking for related resources about the current work Gullah Geechee people are leading around climate change and rising sea levels. [Edited] more Tags: writeout

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Kevin H Kevin H (Oct 03 2021 3:35AM) : What stories has this tree seen and heard and kept secret?

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Jake J Jake J (Sep 29 2021 6:20PM) : There is a reference to this in The Godfather of Harlem series on Netflix. The main character Bumpy Johnson (played by Forest Whittaker) is a 1960s gangster who is pals with Malcolm X and he names his nightclub the Geechee club, based on his heritage [Edited] more Tags: writeout

The Geechee – Godfather of Harlem

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Jake J Jake J (Sep 29 2021 6:33PM) : Geechee Nation Gang Glory Throne https://www.deviantart.com/g-flux/art/Geechee-Nation-Gang-Glory-Throne-795452702 [Edited] more

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Rich N Rich N (Sep 29 2021 6:35PM) : I'm reminded of how cave art is an ancient form of literacy. https://youtu.be/ZjejoT1gFOc [Edited] more Tags: cave art, 44k, writeout

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Janet I Janet I (Sep 29 2021 6:31PM) : I chose this particular quote because it represents the John Muir most of us grew up knowing. [Edited] more Tags: writeout

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Janet I Janet I (Sep 29 2021 6:33PM) : But then as you research further, you realize that there is so much more to discuss and work through. Know better, do better. [Edited] more Tags: writeout

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Rich N Rich N (Sep 29 2021 6:39PM) : It's a pretty big deal when the Sierra Cub put this out there in the wake of the George Floyd incident last year. It's going to take folk time to work this all out for sure. [Edited] more Tags: sierra club has been working on it too

Pulling Down Our Monuments

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Christina C Christina C (Sep 29 2021 6:39PM) : Important [Edited] more Tags: writeout

Important to support Ms. English in expanding what we know about Muir and how that story is told. What Black outdoor leaders can we also celebrate? Where are their houses? How might we visit them?

Here’s a start: Celebrating Black outdoor leaders

See John Muir’s Tormented Landscape
Why Conservation’s Original Sin Always Returns

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Robin H Robin H (Jun 12 2022 11:51PM) : History of Black Americans more

Such an amazing post I have read. Really puts the insights into Blsck Leaders. To get additional amazing historical insights into Racism, some articles are provided in this section.

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Rich N Rich N (Sep 29 2021 6:24PM) : We've been talking a lot about who has access to public lands. I didn't know this particular face of exclusionary history at national parks. [Edited] Tags: writeout

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