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6 days ago · So the simple celebratory dinner morphed into a transformative event with over one hundred attendees. African Americans were represented by W. E. B. Du Bois, James Weldon Johnson, and others of the black intelligentsia, along with Fauset and a representative group of poets and authors.
1 day ago · Finally, in spite of his massive fame and wealth, Jesse is a craftsman at heart first and foremost, so sitting on his hands and enjoying the cash influx simply doesn’t cut it for him. He therefore wandered on into yet another venture, founding Jesse James Firearms Unlimited to extend his craftsmanship from motorcycles to high-end custom guns.
3 days ago · There are few historical figures with a more complicated life than Jesse James. History considers him an outlaw while many in Missouri still consider him a hero to this day. You can take a virtual walk through his real Kearney, Missouri farm to learn more about this controversial man.
3 hours ago · Extending early print culture traditions of including children’s literature in African American newspapers, Crisis editors W. E. B. DuBois, Augustus Granville, and Jesse Redmon Fauset published an annual “Children’s Number” of the paper from 1912 to 1934 and then The Brownies’ Book, a periodical entirely dedicated to an African American child readership, from 1920 to 1921. 36 The Brownies’ Book included a variety of reading material, from folklore and poetry to biographical ...
5 days ago · As the title explains, this 2007 Western follows Robert Ford, including his interactions with the more famous Jesse James, and exploring what led him to kill James.
4 days ago · This film recycles the ending of the original and picks up exactly where the 1939 film concluded with the assassination of Jesse James in his Missouri home by the Ford brothers. Brother Frank (Henry Fonda, alias Ben Woodson) is out farming with his formerly enslaved servant "Pinky" (Ernest Whitman) when he gets the news.
2 days ago · The name “Jhesse” does not have a high-profile presence in contemporary culture, likely due to its rare usage. Unlike “Jesse,” which boasts various eminent personalities such as Jesse Owens, the famed American track and field athlete, “Jhesse” has a limited footprint in the public domain.
