Hey! Before retiring, i want to post another year’s thread for wayspots honoring Black History from any nation. I personally made an effort to submit more in this category last year, so I’m excited to show you those. I just submitted many new ones on Feb 1st, so hopefully a few will be approved before the month is over for me to post an update.
It’s fine if you want to post older wayspots, just try not to repeat any that have been posted under this topic in prior years.
Got to a concert early; was astonished to find something there that I could nominate!
B.B. King was an American blue guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
This had been buried in my camera roll for a while because you come across these plaques in the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta airport immediately after the security scanners, so every time I’m flustered trying to put gather all my stuff back to continue on. Jackson was Atlanta’s first African-American Major; the airport’s name was renamed to include his name to honor him, as he also greatly contributed to the expansion of the airport.
The Atlanta airport is a very lovely airport by the way! I am not biased when I say this, definitely not…
There is the [famous?] “plane train” that you can ride between the different concourses, but it is much more fun to walk along the moving sidewalks instead… decorated with different themed art installations or historical signs.
The village of Bamber Bridge hosted black servicemen during World War II. The US military tried to enforce a colour bar which of course was unenforceable in the United Kingdom, and as the locals (who would seldom have seen a black person in the local area) liked the servicemen they responded by putting signs up saying “Black Troops Only” in the village pubs.
Tensions came to a head, and after the Detroit race riots of 1943 it boiled over. MPs attempted to arrest some of the black soldiers drinking in Ye Olde Hob Inn and it deteriorated rapidly into a firefight where one soldier was killed.
What I find interesting about the story is that the local villagers were perfectly happy to accept these black soldiers and defy those other Americans who wanted to impose racist values.
Not my submission, I’ve never paid a visit but I hope I will one day.
Better than Me
“I hope you only turn out better than me” Mural by Dare Coulter depicting Busta Rhymes and his son Trillian as a tribute to black fatherhood.