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Dr. Avis Williams is just days away from stepping into the role of superintendent of New Orleans public schools. Today we look back on her interview with WWNO's Education reporter, Aubri Juhasz, to learn about her journey to this role and what she hopes to bring to the position. Today is the fourth of July, and it's a time when many reflect on centuries of American history. But there are some who are concerned with preserving historical narratives every day. In April, we spoke to one of the owners of Richardson Funeral Home in Amite, Louisiana, Valarie Richardson, and historian and genealogist Dr. Antoinette Harrell, to learn how they are using old funeral programs to unearth stories about the Black community. As we take today to celebrate the preservation of history, we hear an encore of this conversation. Today's episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Karen Henderson. Our managing producer is Alana Schreiber and our digital editor is Katelyn Umholtz. Our engineers are Garrett Pittman, Aubry Procell, and Thomas Walsh. You can listen to Louisiana Considered Monday through Friday at 12:00 and 7:30 pm. It's available on Spotify, Google Play, and wherever you get your podcasts. Louisiana Considered wants to hear from you! Please fill out our pitch line to let us know what kinds of story ideas you have for our show. And while you're at it, fill out our listener survey! We want to keep bringing you the kinds of conversations you'd like to listen to. Louisiana Considered is made possible with support from our listeners. Thank you! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week on Conversations with Kenyatta, I'm joined by Antoinette Harrell, and it's a fascinating conversation.We dive not only into her work but what it means to be a genealogist and an activist, in an episode that's sure to inspire you in multiple ways.
I talk with Dr. Antoinette Harrell, renowned community activist, genealogist and historian specializing in African American History in Louisiana. For the past two decades she has researched peonage and modern day slavery across sixteen states. This work was featured in the VICE documentary, The Slavery Detective of the South. Antoinette shares what led her to genealogy, how travel became intertwined with her family history research, and how she began helping others uncover their roots. She also talks about what peonage is, what she is doing to raise awareness about this little known history, recommendations for researching enslaved ancestors, and tips for planning genealogy research trips.You can learn more about Antoinette Harrell on her website, and follow her on YouTube.Visit my website to learn more about me, and say hi on social media: @jetsetlisetteSee Full Show NotesEnjoyed this episode? If so, please rate and review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.Partners & OfferingsWaypoint Goods designs accessories that support and inspire women travelers, including their signature travel scarf with hidden zipper pocket. Enter JETSET at checkout for a 15% discount.
Funeral Programs serve as a wonderful legacy and memento to remember a cherished love one. These programs are given at funerals and are written with great care to honor the dearly departed. This show will discuss the genealogical value of Funeral Programs and how genealogist/family historians can partner with funeral homes, churches and others to gather, organize and compile these programs to tell the community story. Dr. Antoinette Harrell, is a renowned genealogist, author and local historian specializing in Tangipahoa and St. Helena Parishes of Louisiana. Her books include several children's genealogy activity books and the first ever publication "Images of America - African Americans in Tangipahoa and St. Helena Parishes. In addition to her books, she is also the host of Nurturing Our Roots Genealogy Zoom Sessions. Dr. Harrell has been featured in many national and international magazines and other media such as on Vice for her peonage and genealogy research attracting over 3 million viewers. Opening music: Sweet Mello Spice by AK Alexander Productions
I chat with genealogist Antoinette Harrell about her research on family histories of African-Americans (descendants of American chattel slavery) and the unique challenges that arise for this specific group when doing the legwork. We also discuss what the advent of DNA means in the quest for self-knowledge and the increasing need of families to record, question and to take interest in their lineage in a time where escapism through screens runs amok overshadowing the desire to take notice of their own stories from the past.
Join Author Dr. Antoinette Harrell for a discussion of her new publication - Images of America: African Americans in Tangipahoa and St. Helena Parishes. Leonard Smith III, wrote the foreword for this publication. Dr. Harrell will discuss how she encouraged and mobilized the community to donate photos for this first ever publication in Tangipahoa and St. Helena Parishes. The Images in this series celebrates and documents the priceless images of African American people in the two Louisiana Florida Parishes. Each photograph and each title presents the distinctive stories from the past. Images of African American educators, farmers, pioneers, elected officials, business owners, and others are featured in this rich collection. The rich images tell the story and history of the undocumented history of people who called the Florida Parishes home.
Happy 2019! Join Bernice Bennett and her Genie Friends tonight for an open mic discussion on what your goals are for 2019. Joining me are Shannon Christmas, Janice Lovelace, Ph.D., Angela Walton-Raji, Antoinette Harrell, Shelley Murphy, Nicka Sewell- Smith, Leonard Smith and many more. We will discuss DNA, documentation, resources, history, leaving a legacy and much more. The call in number is 646-200-0491 and press 1 to speak to the host. Music by AK Alexander Productions
Antoinette Harrell is a genealogist who has done extensive research and exposed instances of peonage in the US south in the 20th century. What this means is that African descended people were living as slaves on plantations in the United … More ... The post Antoinette Harrell – Genealogist, Historian, and Activist appeared first on Paradigms Podcast.
Antoinette Harrell a Peonage Detective has spent countless hours in the National Archives in Washington, D.C., conducting peonage research in Class 50 (Peonage) Litigation Case Files, 1907 – 1973. The Class 50 litigation case files were created or accumulated by the Civil Rights Division in carrying out the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) responsibilities in matters arising under statutes implementing the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Many African Americans were physically forced or sometimes beaten to return to former employers to work off their debts. The files contain correspondence, memorandums, telegrams, newspaper clippings, transcripts of testimonies, FBI reports of investigations, and indictments. Antoinette has spent the last five years interviewing and documenting the history of Donald Jeffery who lived his entire life on Ballground Plantation. VICE Documentary is producing a 30-minute documentary on her research. Her peonage and involuntary servitude research has been featured in People Magazine, Nightline, ABC News and many other National and International Publications.
In this week on Necessary Blackness Podcast, we sit down with Antoinette Harrell a genealogist, activist and peonage detective to discuss the brutal treatment, rape and dehumanizing conditions at the now closed, Arthur G. Dozier Reform School in Marianna, Florida. Antoinette, details the harrowing and ugly truth of a school now existing in obscurity in … Continue reading The post Necessary Blackness Ep. 18 – They Told Me Not To Tell: A Tale of Modern Day Slavery appeared first on Elementary Genocide.
In this week on Necessary Blackness Podcast, we sit down with Antoinette Harrell a genealogist, activist and peonage detective to discuss the brutal treatment, rape and dehumanizing conditions at the now closed, Arthur G. Dozier Reform School in Marianna, Florida. Antoinette, details the harrowing and ugly truth of a school now existing in obscurity in … Continue reading » The post Necessary Blackness Ep. 18 – They Told Me Not To Tell: A Tale of Modern Day Slavery appeared first on Elementary Genocide.
Join Antoinette Harrell and Stephanie Quiett Martin for a discussion on documenting and preserving family, and community history in the Louisiana Florida Parishes. The Parishes are East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington and West Feliciana. The United States annexed most of West Florida in 1810. It quickly incorporated the area that became the Florida Parishes into the Territory of Orleans, which became the U.S. state of Louisiana in 1812. In 1990, the state of Louisiana formally designated the region " the Republic of West Florida Historic Region, or the Florida Parishes." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Parishes
Join author, genealogist, community activist, television and blogtalkradio show host Antoinette Harrell for a discussion of her dedication to family, preservation of records, genealogical research and social justice. Ms. Harrell brings over 20 years of genealogical experiences that has resulted in the Antoinette Harrell Collections located at the Armistad Research Center in New Orleans and the South Eastern Louisiana State University. She is also the host of her own blogtalkradio show Nurturing Our Roots and a TV show - African Roots. She is the founder and editor of the Tangipahoa African -American News. Ms. Harrell is a leader in community activism and does not just talk about what should be done, she does it! Her most recent advocacy work has resulted in assisting the Black Boy's of the Dozier Reform School to tell their story.
Pastor Johnny Lee Gaddy visits The Context of White Supremacy. At the age of eleven, Mr. Gaddy was remanded to Florida's Dozier Reform School. He attended the school from 1957 to 1961. He was subjected to a constant living hell. Ms. Antoinette Harrell interviewed Mr. Gaddy and many other Dozier victims and ultimately helped Mr. Gaddy write about his experiences in the book, They Told Me Not To Tell: Dozier Reform School Was A Living Hell. He speaks candidly about being raped as a child and witnessing other boys being sexually terrorized with impunity. Mr. Gaddy also details how young black children were enslaved and forced to do grueling farm work that produced a massive profit. Mr. Gaddy reveals "he was in constant fear for his life. He witnessed a child hand in the trash pit and a child foot in the hog pen; the foot was being fed to the hogs." #RacismIsNotAPrivilege INVEST in The COWS - http://paypal.me/GusTRenegade CALL IN NUMBER: 641.715.3640 CODE 564943# The C.O.W.S. archives: http://tiny.cc/76f6p
Antoinette Harrell visits The Context of White Supremacy. A Genealogist, Historian, Peonage Researcher and author, Ms. Harrell has dedicated years researching how hundreds of thousands of black people remained formally enslaved for decades following the Civil War. She's investigated thousands of peonage records to demonstrate how Whites maintained domination over allegedly emancipated black people. We'll review her 2013 book, Dark Days of Horror at Dozier: Rapes, Murders, Beatings & Slavery. The text chronicles decades of barbaric, sadistic brutalization of black boys in a Florida reform school. The now deffunct Dozier school received a immense of attention in recent years. There's a new documentary and continued exhumations have unearthed human remains and further evidence of the inhumanity reserved exclusively for black children. We'll ask Ms. Harrell how she became involved in this work and what this institution exemplifies about the ongoing System of White Power. #AnswersForMiriamCarey INVEST in The COWS - http://paypal.me/GusTRenegade CALL IN NUMBER: 641.715.3640 CODE 564943# The C.O.W.S. archives: http://tiny.cc/76f6p
Join Antoinette Harrell for a discussion on Modern Day Plantations. Most people tour plantations to learn about life in early times. Antoinette Harrell has conducted research on peonage and involuntary servitude for the past twelve years and has visited several plantations throughout the Mississippi Delta where people have lived for generations without leaving. In addition, she has interviewed several people who still live on those plantations. What is life like on these plantations today? Why haven't they left the plantations? Where are these plantations located?
Using Civil Rights Records to Find The Story In Your Community and Family Please join genealogist and family historian Antoinette Harrell for a discussion of how and why researchers will want to explore the Civil Rights records to find relatives that were engaged in the Civil Rights movement throughout the South. Ms. Harrell will use a case example of Mr. Herbert Lee a Civil Rights leader from Amite County, Mississippi to illustrate what was documented in Federal Records about him. Antoinette Harrell, a renowned genealogist, author and blogger whose genealogical research has been featured on Nightline News, People Magazine and many other national and international public media. Harrell is the host and producer of Nurturing Our Roots Television and Nurturing Our Roots Blog Talk Radio and was appointed Honorary Attorney General in the State of Louisiana in 2003 for her studies in genealogy. She is also one of the recipients of the ASLAH Award in 2013 for her outstanding services as a humanitarian activist and film maker and has been featured in “Chronicle On Civil Rights” & Civil Rights History from the Ground Up: Local Struggles a National Movement. The Department of Justice Records are available under the Civil Rights Division at the National Archives. The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, created in 1957 by the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, works to uphold the civil and constitutional rights of all Americans, particularly some of the most vulnerable members of our society. The Division enforces federal statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, disability, religion, familial status and national origin.
Using Civil Rights Records to Find The Story In Your Community and Family Please join genealogist and family historian Antoinette Harrell for a discussion of how and why researchers will want to explore the Civil Rights records to find relatives that were engaged in the Civil Rights movement throughout the South. Ms. Harrell will use a case example of Mr. Herbert Lee a Civil Rights leader from Amite County, Mississippi to illustrate what was documented in Federal Records about him. Antoinette Harrell, a renowned genealogist, author and blogger whose genealogical research has been featured on Nightline News, People Magazine and many other national and international public media. Harrell is the host and producer of Nurturing Our Roots Television and Nurturing Our Roots Blog Talk Radio and was appointed Honorary Attorney General in the State of Louisiana in 2003 for her studies in genealogy. She is also one of the recipients of the ASLAH Award in 2013 for her outstanding services as a humanitarian activist and film maker and has been featured in “Chronicle On Civil Rights” & Civil Rights History from the Ground Up: Local Struggles a National Movement. The Department of Justice Records are available under the Civil Rights Division at the National Archives. The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, created in 1957 by the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, works to uphold the civil and constitutional rights of all Americans, particularly some of the most vulnerable members of our society. The Division enforces federal statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, disability, religion, familial status and national origin.
Join author, lecturer, television and radio host Antoinette Harrell for a discussion of her new book The Department of Justice - Slavery, Involuntary Servitude and Peonage. The 13th Amendment to the Constitution outlawed slavery and certain forms of involuntary servitude. The Department of Justice files contain complaints made by persons (victims) who were being held against their will or forced to work off debts through threats and intimidation by employers or others. Most of the victims were negroes who were beaten to return to former employers to work off their debts. These files contain correspondences, memorandums, telegrams, newspapers clippings, transcripts or testimonies, FBI reports of investigation and indictments. Antoinette Harrell, a renowned genealogist whose genealogical research has been featured on Nightline News, People Magazine and many other national and international public media. Harrell is the host and producer of Nurturing Our Roots Television and Nurturing Our Roots Blog Talk Radio. She was appointed Honorary Attorney General in the State of Louisiana in 2003 for her studies in genealogy. She is also one of the recipients of the ASLAH Award for her outstanding services of as a humanitarian activist and film maker. She has also been featured in “Chronicle On Civil Rights” & Civil Rights History from the Ground Up: Local Struggles a National Movement.
Join author, lecturer, television and radio host Antoinette Harrell for a discussion of her new book The Department of Justice -Slavery, Involuntary Servitude and Peonage. The 13th Amendment to the Constitution outlaws slavery and certain forms of involuntary servitude. The Department of Justice files contain complaints made by persons (victims) who were being held against their will or forced to work off debts through threats and intimidation by employers or others. Most of the victims were negroes who were beaten to return to former employers to work off their debts. These files contain correspondences, memorandums, telegrams, newspapers clippings, transcripts or testimonies, FBI reports of investigation and indictments. Antoinette Harrell, a renowned genealogist whose genealogical research has been featured on Nightline News, People Magazine and many other national and international public media. Harrell is the host and producer of Nurturing Our Roots Television and Nurturing Our Roots Blog Talk Radio. She was appointed Honorary Attorney General in the State of Louisiana in 2003 for her studies in genealogy. She is also one of the recipients of the ASLAH Award for her outstanding services of as a humanitarian activist and film maker. She has also been featured in “Chronicle On Civil Rights” & Civil Rights History from the Ground Up: Local Struggles a National Movement.
OUR COMMONGROUND with Janice Graham Guest, Antoinette Harrell Host, Nurturing Our Roots Television ALTERNATIVE, ACTIVIST EMPOWERMENT TALK RADIO URBAN PROGRESSIVE independent talk radio examining global and community issues, events, thought, ideas and perspectives in and about the African-American community. OUR COMMON GROUND features guests who bring new ideas, creative and innovative solutions and opportunities to challenge the issues of the day. "Of the Race and For the Race" Twitter @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters Facebook.com/OCGTALKRADIO About Us www.ourcommongroundtalk.wordpress.com Program Information and Profiles www.ourcommonground.ning.com Email: OCGinfo@ourcommonground.com
Join author, genealogist, community activist, television and blogtalkradio show host Antoinette Harrell for a discussion of her dedication to family, preservation of records, genealogical research and social justice. Ms. Harrell brings over 20 years of genealogical experiences that has resulted in the Antoinette Harrell Collections located at the Armistad Research Center in New Orleans and the South Eastern Louisiana State University. She is also the host of her own blogtalkradio show Nurturing Our Roots and a TV show - African Roots. She is the founder and editor of the Tangipahoa African -American News. Ms. Harrell is a leader in community activism and does not just talk about what should be done, she does it! Her most recent advocacy work has resulted in assisting the Black Boy's of the Dozier Reform School to tell their story.
Sis Alveda King of MAAFA 21, the niece of slain Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. joins us during the first hour to speak about the Genocide Movement. Sis Antoinette Harrell, Genealogist and Researcher who has been called the modern day Harriet Tubman, in her search found out that Slavery never ended for many in the rural south TODAY! Yes, slavery has not ended in these United States.
Join us as we speak with the relatives of Charles Edward Lewis. Charles Lewis was arrested on August 24, 2011 by Monroe, LA police dept. He was arrested on simple charges..He stole his girlfriends car and failed to stop at a stop sign. Police arrested Lewis and shot him with a stun gun while handcuffed. A short time later Lewis complained of breathing difficulties due to the recent traffic accident. In less than an hour after being seen by the medical staff for his injuries, he was found hung in his cell with a bed sheet. We will discuss this case and others. Join Special Guests- Antoinette Harrell with Nurturing our Roots and Shellia Ross -Aunt of Frederick Jermaine Carter- lynching victim on December 3 2010
Join the show on Monday May 2, as Host Adriane Harden is joined with Antoinette Harrell of Nurturing our Roots and Shellia Ross Aunt of Jermaine Carter to discuss this case. Find out how the family has been affected by this crime and how life really operates in the Mississippi Delta.We will find out what the DA, Cororner and Sheriff are saying about this case. Get the REAL story here. Listen via phone at 347-994-3501 or via internet at the link listed.
Join us as we talk with Antoinette Harrell of Nurturing our Roots Television and Radio Show. She will teach us how to research our ancestry and how slavery still exists in the south. Show call in number 347 994 3501.
TONIGHT, Listen to "The African History Network Show " on Monday, March 7th, 9:00pm – 11:00pm EST as our guest once again will be Antoinette Harrell, Director and Co-Producer of "The Cotton Pickin' Truth: Still On The Plantation". We did Part 1 of our interview with her last Thursday. Tonight we will actually interview one of the people from the documentary who is actually living in modern day slavery. These people live in extreme destitution and poverty. You don't want to miss this interview. Tell your friends. Visit www.AfricanHistoryNetwork.com for more information.
We will talk about Poverty in America and in the rural south. I will BTR Talk show host, Genealogist, Community Activist, Antoinette Harrell on the show. Antoinette has traveled extensively throughout the Delta of Mississippi to expose poverty. She will talk about how today people are still living on plantations. She will talk about the people she has met and helped along the way that don't have plumbing, electric, and other necessities. Join us with any questions or comments or if you or a family member has been affected by poverty call in and speak with us. 347 994 3501 to listen by phone or press 1 to speak to the host.
Antoinette Harrell Renowned and noted Genealogist in Louisiana for the past fourteen years. Analytical, research and persuasive with strong skills in teaching, conducting, documenting, preserving genealogy research materials. She will be discussing people who were held as slaves up until 1970 throughout the United States. Antoinette Harrell has been featured on Nightline News, People Magazine, The Travis Smiley Show, Sunday Morning Journal with Eddie Francis, Harold Clark and many other national and international media publication highlighting this subject