Oct 13, 2008 (News & Notes ) — The town of Allensworth was the first in California to be founded and funded solely by African Americans. At its height, the town -- founded by a former slave-turned-soldier -- had a bustling economy. As Allensworth celebrates its 100th anniversary, Farai Chideya gets perspective from Lonnie Bunch, Alice Royal, and Thomas Ward.
n p r n e w s
on:
NCPR is supported by:
This is a Visitor-Supported website.
More from NPR
May 20, 2013 — Helicopter images of Moore, Oklahoma show tracts of devastated neighborhoods.
May 20, 2013 — There is one place in the country where a law enforcement agency can trace a gun found at a crime scene back to a buyer: the ATF's National Tracing Center in West Virginia. But the tracing process is usually tedious, involving multiple phone calls and searching, by hand, through paper records.
May 20, 2013 — Shunning the formalities of his office and focusing on poverty, Pope Francis is drawing a sharp contrast between his 2-month-old papacy and those of his predecessors.
May 20, 2013 — The IRS gave some conservative groups extra, improper scrutiny. Now there's a bipartisan request for the IRS to answer dozens of questions. Read the queries and demands for information from the top Democrat and top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee.
May 20, 2013 — The screenwriter, producer, director and actor, whose name has become synonymous with American comedy, talks about his penchant for spoofs and his decades-long friendship with Carl Reiner. Brooks, who is among a handful of people who've won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards, is the subject of a new documentary on PBS.
Celebrating The Allensworth Legacy 100 Years Later
Oct 13, 2008 (News & Notes ) — The town of Allensworth was the first in California to be founded and funded solely by African Americans. At its height, the town -- founded by a former slave-turned-soldier -- had a bustling economy. As Allensworth celebrates its 100th anniversary, Farai Chideya gets perspective from Lonnie Bunch, Alice Royal, and Thomas Ward.The town of Allensworth was the first in California to be founded and funded solely by African Americans.
At its height, the town — founded by a former slave-turned-soldier — had a bustling economy with a schoolhouse, a church and a library.
As Allensworth celebrates its 100th anniversary, Farai Chideya gets perspective from Lonnie Bunch, Alice Royal, and Thomas Ward.
Bunch is the founding director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Royal, a one-time Allensworth resident, is the author of Allensworth: The Freedom Colony: A California African American Township.
Ward offers a different perspective on embracing Allensworth's history; he is a bike ride coordinator for the Colonel Allensworth Century and Fun Ride and owner of Crankin' Time Cycling.
Copyright 2013 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.9(MDAxNzgwMTg5MDEyMTQ4Nzc4MjdiNWVmMw004))
Missing some content? Check the source: NPR
Copyright(c) 2013, NPR
