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03/28/2026

I don’t think I have seen as much of Nina Simone’s interviews as I have seen her perform.

02/17/2026

I was recently interviewed by Yasmeen Ludy of Channel 10 News regarding the ancestry of Johnny Ritchey and his family. There are 2 parts to this interview.

Genealogist Yvette Porter Moore helps San Diego's Ritchey family trace their ancestry, overcoming barriers that many Black Americans face in genealogy research.

09/05/2025

The White House recently directed the termination of thousands of grants from federal agencies that serve the history field, including the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Institute for Museum and Library Servies (IMLS), and National Park Service (NPS). This sudden, widespread loss of funding is rapidly creating a crisis for America's history community. We are asking history organizations that have received cancellation letters and emails from NEH, IMLS, and/or NPS to send copies of these notices to AASLH by filling out our survey. Read more at tinyurl.com/479x3r2f.

10/26/2024

Looking through North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970 Bertie Wills, 1761-1784, Vol. B This is page 1. Thought I would post this page so I can remember to go back.

Enslaved people being Willed...Thought I would post in case someone is looking and because they need to be set free.

10/01/2024

I will have the unique opportunity to interview Vicki Morgan, the Steward of Harrison Serenity Ranch, about the life and times of Nathan Harrison; San Diego Counties first Black Homesteader, and at the same time contribute to this talk as we will hold a conversation. This will be our first time speaking to an audience off the mountain, as she regularly give tours of Nate Harrison's homestead. Hope you can make it..Please inbox me and let me know. When: Tuesday, October 22, 2024 @ 6pm
San Diego Central Library

09/04/2024

The Coronado Community Rememberance Coalition went to Montgomery, AL in late June 2024. This is the article that was of our reflections from this trip. My recollections are in this article too.
https://issuu.com/coronadomagazine/docs/aa_-_comag_09-24/33

07/28/2024

In 1714, Captain George Winter of the Mary transhipped a cargo of 111 enslaved persons who had been purchased in Barbados to York River, Virginia, where enslaved labour was used to facilitate extensive to***co cultivation. In the same year, Captain Robert Benn of the Charles transhipped a cargo of 177 enslaved persons who had been purchased in Jamaica to Cartagena to satisfy labour demands in the Spanish Americas.[1] These voyages are examples of the intra-American slave trade. Between 1660 and 1730, the intra-colonial slave trade to North America was dominated by Barbados and Jamaica, while the inter-imperial slave trade to Spanish America operated largely out of Curaçao and Jamaica and was characterised by a series of asiento contracts.[2]

Home   »  Global History Blog   »   An Analysis of the Intra-American Slave Trade to North America and Spanish America, c.1660-c.1730 An Analysis of the Intra-American Slave Trade to North America and Spanish America, c.1660-c.1730 September 5, 2021 Jordan Buchanan By Jennifer Faith Gray I...

07/28/2024

The transatlantic slave trade is largely responsible for bringing to the Americas enslaved Africans. The slave trade is said to have drawn between ten and twenty million Africans from their homeland, with approximately six hundred thousand coming to Jamaica (one of the largest importer of slaves at the time) between 1533 and 1807.

Referred to as the triangular trade, it involved three points, Europe, Africa and the West Indies and represented a complex financial business at its peak in the 18th century. The cruel and inhumane conditions experienced by the Africans from their initial capture, their journey along the middle passage and enslavement in the West Indies demanded that the slave trade be abolished and slaves be freed.

Entire Bibliography | Slave Trade Chronology | Books and Pamphlets | Periodical Articles | Newspaper Articles | Illustrations | Manuscripts | Prints | Audiovisual | View full text book material from the Bibliography | View full text manuscripts & prints The transatlantic slave trade is largely respo...

07/26/2024

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07/17/2024

History with the Root Digger: Let Us Remeber, Lest We Forget.

Sgt. Jule Robinson of San Diego, died at 39 years old from a pnemonia on January 28, 1974.

He was a native of Donaldson, Arkansas and a Resident of San Diego since 1952. He had served in the Navy 1952-1956. He joined the San Diego City Police force on April 15, 1960, and became a sergeant on August 12, 1970.

He was a former assistant director of the Community Relations Division, where he received a commendation for "job interest and efficiency" for helping orgainze the department's first community relations storefront office.

He was a past president of the Ocean View Community Center and served on the boards of the Neighborhood Youth Corps, New Careers Southeast Chamber of Commerce, South East Lions Club, Crisis Center, Community Action Council, University of California Urban Coaliton Task Force, Any Boy Can Board and St. Stephens COGIC.

Sgt. Robinson held an Associate of Arts Degree from San Diego City College and was enrolled at San Diego State University as a Public Administration major.

Robinson is survived by his wife Billie, one son and two daughters.

He was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery. Division 11 Section 1

07/16/2024

I love these old photos: My parents wedding photo taken
August 18, 1957.
(L to R) My Godmother Yvonne LaFargue Greene, Paternal Grandmother Agnes Cully Peters, mom Betty Mae Porter, dad Walter J Porter, paternal grandmother Helen Bunn.
May they all rest in peace.

07/07/2024

Please Help:😀 I am looking to interview African Americans who worked in Science and Medicine. I have a short list, and need some suggestions, and contact info. Please and Thank you.