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Obama The Six Black U.S. Presidents?
(Note this is an email I received and is pre the election of President elect Barack Obama I'm not sure how reliable the sources are, but it was an interesting read. Enjoy)
The Six Black U.S. Presidents
If elected, would Barack Obama, be the first black president of the United States?
What determines if a person is black or of African descent? In the 19th and 20th centuries, the standard for determining one’s race was, one drop of black blood, made you black, socially and in the eyes of the law. So by that standard, it would appear some U.S. presidents would have been considered black or mullatto.
Mulatto (-noun 1. the offspring of one white parent and one black parent: not in technical use. 2. A person whose ancestry is a mixture of Negro and Caucasian. adjective 3. of a light-brown color.
In February of 2004, an article was written by C. Stone Brown, titled “Who Were the 5 Black Presidents?” for DiversityInc magazine. The article was based on a book by Dr. Leroy Vaughn an opthalmogist titled “Black People and Their Place in History”. The following text is a collaboration of his theories and authors.
*Thomas Jefferson the third elected president, who served two terms between 1801 and 1809 was described as the “son of a half-breed Indian squaw and a Virginia mulatto father,” as stated in Vaughn’s findings. Jefferson also was said to have destroyed all documentation attached to his mother, even going to extremes to seize letters written by his mother to other people. Only in recent years did the family of Thomas Jefferson acknowledged he was the father of the (5 or 6) children born to a slave on his plantation, Sally Hemmings.
*President Andrew Jackson, the nation’s seventh president, was in office between 1829 and 1837. A renowned African-American historian J. A. Rogers, author of the “Five Black Presidents” wrote that Andrew Jackson Sr. died before his son, President Andrew Jackson Jr., was born. The president’s mother then went to live on the Crawford farm, where there were Negro slaves and one of these men was Andrew Jr.’s father, Rogers wrote. Vaughn cites an article written in The Virginia Magazine of History that Jackson was the son of an Irish woman who married a black man. The magazine also stated that Jackson’s oldest brother had been sold as a slave.
*Abraham Lincoln, the nation’s 16th president, served between 1861 and 1865. Author Vaughn, states Lincoln had very dark skin and coarse hair and his mother allegedly came from an Ethiopian tribe. His heritage fueled so much controversy that Lincoln was nicknamed “Abraham Africanus the First” by his presidential opponents and cartoons were drawn depicting him as a Negro. In a book, titled “The Hidden Lincoln” written by William Herndon, Lincoln’s law-office partner, said that Lincoln’s father of record, Thomas Lincoln, could not have been Lincoln’s father because he was sterile from childhood mumps and later was castrated.
*President Warren Harding, the 29th president, in office between 1921 and 1923, apparently never denied his ancestry. According to Vaughn, William Chancellor, a professor of economics and politics at Wooster College in Ohio, wrote a book on the Harding family genealogy. Evidently, Harding had black ancestors between both sets of parents. Chancellor also said that Harding attended Iberia College, a school founded to educate fugitive slaves. Professor Chancellor says the Justice Department agents allegedly bought and destroyed all copies of this book.
Harding suffered nervous breakdowns at the age of 24 and had to spend some time in a sanitarium. Between 1889 and 1901, Harding paid five “protracted” visits to the J.P. Kellogg sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan “to recover from fatigue, overstrain, and nervous illnesses.” Some speculate his illness was due to the pressure of not fully disclosing his black heritage and living as “white”.
http://stewartsynopsis.com/8percent/
Warren%20Harding%20and%20Jim%20Crow.htm
*Calvin Coolidge, the nation’s 30th president, served between 1923 and 1929 and supposedly was proud of his heritage. He claimed his mother was dark because of mixed Indian ancestry. This notion was disputed by Auset Bakhufu, author of “The Six Black Presidents” who said in her book that by the 1800s, the New England Indians hardly were pure Indian, because they had mixed so often with blacks. Coolidge’s mother’s maiden name was “Moor” and in Europe the name “Moor” was given to all blacks just as Negro” was used in America. It later was concluded that Coolidge was part black.
*The last elected “black” president was Dwight David Eisenhower who served from 1953 to 1961, the 34th president. Eisenhower’s mother, Ida Elizabeth Stover was a mullato woman making Eisenhower part black. Eisenhower as president moved military integration from a law to reality. He battered Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus with federal force to desegregate Little Rock’s Central High School. He was the first President to elevate an African-American to an executive position in the White House. He established the first regulations to prohibit racial discrimination in the federal workforce. He was the first President since Reconstruction to meet with Civil Rights leaders in the White House. He helped turn Washington, D.C., into an integrated city.
http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/
forum.aspx?tsn=13&nav=messages&webtag=abracerelation&
tid=9705
The only difference between Barack Obama and most of the former “black” presidents is that none of their family histories were fully acknowledged by others or their selves. Even though Obama is half-white, he strongly resembles his Kenyan father. And not only is Obama open about his ancestry, most people acknowledge and recognize him as a black man, which is why people will identify Obama, if elected, as the first black president of the United States.
While here on the G-Hamp Apparel website feel free to look at previous blogs, check out or flickr pictures and check out our shirts on flickr and www.etsy.com (http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16498460)
The Six Black U.S. Presidents
If elected, would Barack Obama, be the first black president of the United States?
What determines if a person is black or of African descent? In the 19th and 20th centuries, the standard for determining one’s race was, one drop of black blood, made you black, socially and in the eyes of the law. So by that standard, it would appear some U.S. presidents would have been considered black or mullatto.
Mulatto (-noun 1. the offspring of one white parent and one black parent: not in technical use. 2. A person whose ancestry is a mixture of Negro and Caucasian. adjective 3. of a light-brown color.
In February of 2004, an article was written by C. Stone Brown, titled “Who Were the 5 Black Presidents?” for DiversityInc magazine. The article was based on a book by Dr. Leroy Vaughn an opthalmogist titled “Black People and Their Place in History”. The following text is a collaboration of his theories and authors.
*Thomas Jefferson the third elected president, who served two terms between 1801 and 1809 was described as the “son of a half-breed Indian squaw and a Virginia mulatto father,” as stated in Vaughn’s findings. Jefferson also was said to have destroyed all documentation attached to his mother, even going to extremes to seize letters written by his mother to other people. Only in recent years did the family of Thomas Jefferson acknowledged he was the father of the (5 or 6) children born to a slave on his plantation, Sally Hemmings.
*President Andrew Jackson, the nation’s seventh president, was in office between 1829 and 1837. A renowned African-American historian J. A. Rogers, author of the “Five Black Presidents” wrote that Andrew Jackson Sr. died before his son, President Andrew Jackson Jr., was born. The president’s mother then went to live on the Crawford farm, where there were Negro slaves and one of these men was Andrew Jr.’s father, Rogers wrote. Vaughn cites an article written in The Virginia Magazine of History that Jackson was the son of an Irish woman who married a black man. The magazine also stated that Jackson’s oldest brother had been sold as a slave.
*Abraham Lincoln, the nation’s 16th president, served between 1861 and 1865. Author Vaughn, states Lincoln had very dark skin and coarse hair and his mother allegedly came from an Ethiopian tribe. His heritage fueled so much controversy that Lincoln was nicknamed “Abraham Africanus the First” by his presidential opponents and cartoons were drawn depicting him as a Negro. In a book, titled “The Hidden Lincoln” written by William Herndon, Lincoln’s law-office partner, said that Lincoln’s father of record, Thomas Lincoln, could not have been Lincoln’s father because he was sterile from childhood mumps and later was castrated.
*President Warren Harding, the 29th president, in office between 1921 and 1923, apparently never denied his ancestry. According to Vaughn, William Chancellor, a professor of economics and politics at Wooster College in Ohio, wrote a book on the Harding family genealogy. Evidently, Harding had black ancestors between both sets of parents. Chancellor also said that Harding attended Iberia College, a school founded to educate fugitive slaves. Professor Chancellor says the Justice Department agents allegedly bought and destroyed all copies of this book.
Harding suffered nervous breakdowns at the age of 24 and had to spend some time in a sanitarium. Between 1889 and 1901, Harding paid five “protracted” visits to the J.P. Kellogg sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan “to recover from fatigue, overstrain, and nervous illnesses.” Some speculate his illness was due to the pressure of not fully disclosing his black heritage and living as “white”.
http://stewartsynopsis.com/8percent/
Warren%20Harding%20and%20Jim%20Crow.htm
*Calvin Coolidge, the nation’s 30th president, served between 1923 and 1929 and supposedly was proud of his heritage. He claimed his mother was dark because of mixed Indian ancestry. This notion was disputed by Auset Bakhufu, author of “The Six Black Presidents” who said in her book that by the 1800s, the New England Indians hardly were pure Indian, because they had mixed so often with blacks. Coolidge’s mother’s maiden name was “Moor” and in Europe the name “Moor” was given to all blacks just as Negro” was used in America. It later was concluded that Coolidge was part black.
*The last elected “black” president was Dwight David Eisenhower who served from 1953 to 1961, the 34th president. Eisenhower’s mother, Ida Elizabeth Stover was a mullato woman making Eisenhower part black. Eisenhower as president moved military integration from a law to reality. He battered Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus with federal force to desegregate Little Rock’s Central High School. He was the first President to elevate an African-American to an executive position in the White House. He established the first regulations to prohibit racial discrimination in the federal workforce. He was the first President since Reconstruction to meet with Civil Rights leaders in the White House. He helped turn Washington, D.C., into an integrated city.
http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/
forum.aspx?tsn=13&nav=messages&webtag=abracerelation&
tid=9705
The only difference between Barack Obama and most of the former “black” presidents is that none of their family histories were fully acknowledged by others or their selves. Even though Obama is half-white, he strongly resembles his Kenyan father. And not only is Obama open about his ancestry, most people acknowledge and recognize him as a black man, which is why people will identify Obama, if elected, as the first black president of the United States.
While here on the G-Hamp Apparel website feel free to look at previous blogs, check out or flickr pictures and check out our shirts on flickr and www.etsy.com (http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16498460)
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
What Obama's victory meant to me.
Last night the world watched as Barack Obama was elected the 44Th president of the United States and its first black president. For me it was a very emotional and special moment. I watched as a man who has inspired me, who I identify with and who I voted for was lifted into one of the most important positions in the country. What blew me away about this moment was the beauty of seeing all these people come together, united as one, to celebrate a man who gave them hope.
Being Hispanic and growing up in a white house hold the issue of race was not important but it was always there. Through out my life I have been labeled as "Mexican" because of my skin or "White" because of where I grew up. The truth is I am neither and I am both at the same time. I am Latino, white, black, Asian, German, Jewish as well as a host of other races and cultures which is a reelection of the people I call friends and family. In Obama I see myself. Some one caught between racial identifies but at the same time represents the very best parts of what it means to be American.
What struck me the most about last night was all the faces of the people in crowd. White, Black, Latino, young and old all came together to celebrate this historic moment. You could see the hope in there eyes and the admiration they had for our new president. People like Jesse Jackson and Oprah Winfrey who are leaders in there own right and last night were humbled to tears. Last night they were not famous celebrities, they were just one of the crowd.
This is where history is made. These are the moments we learned about in school. The moments that Obama himself talked about in his speech. Moments like women got the right to vote or when Martin Luther King gave his "I have a dream" speech. This must have been what it was like to be inspired by JFK. To be apart of it, to experience it for ones self is truly remarkable.
I feel I have to say congratulations to John McCain for putting up a real fight. While I don't agree with his politics, his devotion to America is unquestionable. His concession speech was classy, well spoken and sincere. Where was that John McCain during the campaign? Where was the John McCain from SNL? Last night he too rose above his parties politics and acknowledged the significance the moment with honor and respect.
To me this victory meant the realization of MLK's dream and the dream of millions of American who gave everything to make this world a better place. It represents the American dream and the ideal that anything is possible if we work hard. Last night wasn't about black or white. Republican or Democrat. It was about people coming together. People celebrating the possibility of change and the power of hope. It is a moment that represents the very best of America and a moment that I will not soon forget. Today I am proud to say I am an American.
Congratulations Barack Obama, our 44Th president of the United States of America.
Being Hispanic and growing up in a white house hold the issue of race was not important but it was always there. Through out my life I have been labeled as "Mexican" because of my skin or "White" because of where I grew up. The truth is I am neither and I am both at the same time. I am Latino, white, black, Asian, German, Jewish as well as a host of other races and cultures which is a reelection of the people I call friends and family. In Obama I see myself. Some one caught between racial identifies but at the same time represents the very best parts of what it means to be American.
What struck me the most about last night was all the faces of the people in crowd. White, Black, Latino, young and old all came together to celebrate this historic moment. You could see the hope in there eyes and the admiration they had for our new president. People like Jesse Jackson and Oprah Winfrey who are leaders in there own right and last night were humbled to tears. Last night they were not famous celebrities, they were just one of the crowd.
This is where history is made. These are the moments we learned about in school. The moments that Obama himself talked about in his speech. Moments like women got the right to vote or when Martin Luther King gave his "I have a dream" speech. This must have been what it was like to be inspired by JFK. To be apart of it, to experience it for ones self is truly remarkable.
I feel I have to say congratulations to John McCain for putting up a real fight. While I don't agree with his politics, his devotion to America is unquestionable. His concession speech was classy, well spoken and sincere. Where was that John McCain during the campaign? Where was the John McCain from SNL? Last night he too rose above his parties politics and acknowledged the significance the moment with honor and respect.
To me this victory meant the realization of MLK's dream and the dream of millions of American who gave everything to make this world a better place. It represents the American dream and the ideal that anything is possible if we work hard. Last night wasn't about black or white. Republican or Democrat. It was about people coming together. People celebrating the possibility of change and the power of hope. It is a moment that represents the very best of America and a moment that I will not soon forget. Today I am proud to say I am an American.
Congratulations Barack Obama, our 44Th president of the United States of America.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Sunday, November 2, 2008
G-HAMP Apparel Updatez: 11/2/2008
What's happening G-HAMP Apparel public??? As you already know and prepared to do, election day is right around the corner and people are going to cast their votes this Tuesday in the next couple of days. On a good note, I'm happy that I was able to experience this presidential election of '08 in my lifetime, because it speaks volumes on how the United States of America has evolved and how it continues to grow, breaking beariers from race to gender. From now into the future, I see the United States prospering even further. But there is still a WHOLE lot of work to be done in order to acheive these national goals. In all I'm blessed to be alive, healthy, and humble thanking God everyday as we battle these tough times, but also overcomming obstacles.
G-HAMP Apparel is gearing up, putting together our own campaign on what G-HAMP Apparel is all about demonstrating what we stand for and what we believe in as a clothing line; pushing it forward from a local to a global scale. Through these tough economic times, G-HAMP Apparel is committing towards giving back rather than earning profits. The crux of G-HAMP Apparel is making a positive difference in the community and earning recognition for that more than just earning sales. The G-HAMP Apparel team is working to make that happen and putting together ideas and strategies to achieve our mission is we move forward.
Upcoming things to look for from G-HAMP Apparel:
-New designes geared up for G-HAMP Apparel/ Red Hott promo t-shirts.
-G-HAMP Apparel write-up in the Boston Bizzare Magazine.
I've been employed for the past month as a staff accountant for B.E.L.L org, a non-profit which is geared towards providing additional education tools to youth in lower income to working class neighborhoods. Half of my day goes towards that and the other goes towards G-HAMP Apparel and my personal life so I've been a very busy man of late. But that just means I'll be working even harder on G-HAMP Apparel with pushing forward our agenda.
I hope everybody enjoyed their weekend and I encourage everybody to go to the polls this Tuesday and VOTE...
God Bless,
George H. (Creator and CEO of G-HAMP Apparel)
G-HAMP Apparel is gearing up, putting together our own campaign on what G-HAMP Apparel is all about demonstrating what we stand for and what we believe in as a clothing line; pushing it forward from a local to a global scale. Through these tough economic times, G-HAMP Apparel is committing towards giving back rather than earning profits. The crux of G-HAMP Apparel is making a positive difference in the community and earning recognition for that more than just earning sales. The G-HAMP Apparel team is working to make that happen and putting together ideas and strategies to achieve our mission is we move forward.
Upcoming things to look for from G-HAMP Apparel:
-New designes geared up for G-HAMP Apparel/ Red Hott promo t-shirts.
-G-HAMP Apparel write-up in the Boston Bizzare Magazine.
I've been employed for the past month as a staff accountant for B.E.L.L org, a non-profit which is geared towards providing additional education tools to youth in lower income to working class neighborhoods. Half of my day goes towards that and the other goes towards G-HAMP Apparel and my personal life so I've been a very busy man of late. But that just means I'll be working even harder on G-HAMP Apparel with pushing forward our agenda.
I hope everybody enjoyed their weekend and I encourage everybody to go to the polls this Tuesday and VOTE...
God Bless,
George H. (Creator and CEO of G-HAMP Apparel)
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