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Let's make everything about RACE (Unapologetically Black Thread)
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I am tired of white people.
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What type of lame **** is this
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Add another historic figure to the numerous cultural icons to have lived near St. Nicholas Projects in Harlem. At 163 West 131st street as the address Joplin lived in last as one of the world’s most famous composer’s “King of Ragtime” composer Scott Joplin once lived, the back of the Lafayette Theatre is in this pic on the left hand side.
Joplin, born in 1868, was living in Missouri in the 1890s while composing and touring as a musician. According to “King of Ragtime — Scott Joplin and His Era” (Oxford, 1994) by Edward A. Berlin, he copyrighted his “Maple Leaf Rag” in 1899. It was famous enough for the John Wanamaker department store to include it in a 1904 ad for piano rolls in The New York Times.
Joplin arrived in New York in 1907 and is first listed in the city directory of 1910. He lived in an old brownstone converted to a rooming house at 128 West 29th Street, a building that is no longer standing. That address was in the heart of the music publishing district; the term Tin Pan Alley refers to the block of 28th Street from Broadway to the Avenue of the Americas.
In the 1910 census he gave “composer” and “musician” as his occupation, but most of his fellow tenants had service jobs, like houseman and porter.
According to the Berlin book, Joplin gained friends and some prominence in New York, and while here he wrote pieces like “Rose Leaf Rag” and “Fig Leaf Rag.”
But his real goal was to find a backer for “Treemonisha,” the opera that he envisioned as an elaborate stage production with some ragtime music. He was never successful, but Mr. Berlin says that the 29th Street house is the address used by Joplin when he applied for a copyright for “Treemonisha” in 1911.
Later directory listings are spotty, but from 1912 to 1915 Joplin lived in a small apartment house that still stands at 252 West 47th. It was at that address that he formed the Scott Joplin Music Publishing Company with Lottie Stokes, his common-law wife. In the same year he advertised in The Indianapolis Freeman, offering six piano pieces by mail for $1.
For much of his time in New York, Joplin lived in straitened circumstances. The 1916 directory shows him as “music teacher” at another small apartment house, also still standing, at 133 West 138th Street. The 1917 directory lists him at an old row house still standing at 160 West 133rd.
Mr. Berlin says this was probably Joplin’s studio, because he was actually living with Ms. Stokes in the boarding house she ran in the old brownstone at 163 West 131st Street. That was his address when he died of syphilis on April 1, 1917, at age 49.
Joplin, born in 1868, was living in Missouri in the 1890s while composing and touring as a musician. According to “King of Ragtime — Scott Joplin and His Era” (Oxford, 1994) by Edward A. Berlin, he copyrighted his “Maple Leaf Rag” in 1899. It was famous enough for the John Wanamaker department store to include it in a 1904 ad for piano rolls in The New York Times.
Joplin arrived in New York in 1907 and is first listed in the city directory of 1910. He lived in an old brownstone converted to a rooming house at 128 West 29th Street, a building that is no longer standing. That address was in the heart of the music publishing district; the term Tin Pan Alley refers to the block of 28th Street from Broadway to the Avenue of the Americas.
In the 1910 census he gave “composer” and “musician” as his occupation, but most of his fellow tenants had service jobs, like houseman and porter.
According to the Berlin book, Joplin gained friends and some prominence in New York, and while here he wrote pieces like “Rose Leaf Rag” and “Fig Leaf Rag.”
But his real goal was to find a backer for “Treemonisha,” the opera that he envisioned as an elaborate stage production with some ragtime music. He was never successful, but Mr. Berlin says that the 29th Street house is the address used by Joplin when he applied for a copyright for “Treemonisha” in 1911.
Later directory listings are spotty, but from 1912 to 1915 Joplin lived in a small apartment house that still stands at 252 West 47th. It was at that address that he formed the Scott Joplin Music Publishing Company with Lottie Stokes, his common-law wife. In the same year he advertised in The Indianapolis Freeman, offering six piano pieces by mail for $1.
For much of his time in New York, Joplin lived in straitened circumstances. The 1916 directory shows him as “music teacher” at another small apartment house, also still standing, at 133 West 138th Street. The 1917 directory lists him at an old row house still standing at 160 West 133rd.
Mr. Berlin says this was probably Joplin’s studio, because he was actually living with Ms. Stokes in the boarding house she ran in the old brownstone at 163 West 131st Street. That was his address when he died of syphilis on April 1, 1917, at age 49.
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Sam Langford was an African American boxer known as the Boston Tar Baby and the Boston Terror.
He was a well-known and respected boxer on three continents in the early 1900's. Sam Langford was considered to be one of the most punishing punchers in boxing history.
Born in Weymouth Falls, Digby County, Nova Scotia in 1886, Langford ran away from home at the age of 12 and worked his way to Boston. At the age of 16, at 5'7" and weighing 135 lbs, he made his professional boxing debut, winning his first fight. Within eighteen months he fought and defeated Joe Gans, the world lightweight champion. Unfortunately, it was not a title bout, and was characteristic of Langford's 21-year ring career; Langford never held a world boxing title, although he fought and defeated many of those who did. After just three years as a pro, Langford and his manager felt he was ready for the heavyweight big leagues.
In 1906, Langford took on American Jack Johnson, Negro Heavyweight Champion and contender for the world crown. It took Johnson, (who was in his prime and had both a size and weight advantage) 15 rounds to defeat Langford. Thereafter, Johnson never gave Langford a rematch for fear that he might lose his title, and when Johnson won the heavyweight championship two years later, he was even more determined to keep his title, and stayed away from Langford.
Throughout his prime, Langford was in an unusual boxing situation. Although his weight permitted him to fight in weight divisions other than heavyweight, no champion would risk his title against him, and not incidentally, America at the time had no desire to see another black champion. Between 1902 and 1923, Langford fought nearly 300-recorded bouts in every division from lightweight to heavyweight. He was rarely defeated, but never got the title match he deserved. By the early 1920's, Langford's advancing blindness began to cause problems, but not before he won the heavyweight championship of Mexico and Spain in 1923. A knockout by a virtual nobody in 1926 finally convinced him to withdraw from the ring. By 1944 Langford was alone, sightless and living in a Harlem tenement in New York City. However, reporter Al Laney tracked him down while researching an article on old-time black boxers. The resulting publicity prompted Langford's fans to raise a trust fund, enabling him to live out his last years in modest comfort.
Sam Langford died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on January 12, 1956 a year after his election into The Ring magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame. He was the first non-champion ever to be so honored. Langford continues to be remembered for his achievements. In 1972, Weymouth Falls erected a plaque to his memory in its community center. His Cambridge, Massachusetts, grave was given a proper headstone in 1986. CBC radio produced an hour-long drama on Langford's life that was written by Charles Saunders. Now, ninety years after Sam Langford’s professional career was launched, the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada recognize his contribution to Canadian history.
He was a well-known and respected boxer on three continents in the early 1900's. Sam Langford was considered to be one of the most punishing punchers in boxing history.
Born in Weymouth Falls, Digby County, Nova Scotia in 1886, Langford ran away from home at the age of 12 and worked his way to Boston. At the age of 16, at 5'7" and weighing 135 lbs, he made his professional boxing debut, winning his first fight. Within eighteen months he fought and defeated Joe Gans, the world lightweight champion. Unfortunately, it was not a title bout, and was characteristic of Langford's 21-year ring career; Langford never held a world boxing title, although he fought and defeated many of those who did. After just three years as a pro, Langford and his manager felt he was ready for the heavyweight big leagues.
In 1906, Langford took on American Jack Johnson, Negro Heavyweight Champion and contender for the world crown. It took Johnson, (who was in his prime and had both a size and weight advantage) 15 rounds to defeat Langford. Thereafter, Johnson never gave Langford a rematch for fear that he might lose his title, and when Johnson won the heavyweight championship two years later, he was even more determined to keep his title, and stayed away from Langford.
Throughout his prime, Langford was in an unusual boxing situation. Although his weight permitted him to fight in weight divisions other than heavyweight, no champion would risk his title against him, and not incidentally, America at the time had no desire to see another black champion. Between 1902 and 1923, Langford fought nearly 300-recorded bouts in every division from lightweight to heavyweight. He was rarely defeated, but never got the title match he deserved. By the early 1920's, Langford's advancing blindness began to cause problems, but not before he won the heavyweight championship of Mexico and Spain in 1923. A knockout by a virtual nobody in 1926 finally convinced him to withdraw from the ring. By 1944 Langford was alone, sightless and living in a Harlem tenement in New York City. However, reporter Al Laney tracked him down while researching an article on old-time black boxers. The resulting publicity prompted Langford's fans to raise a trust fund, enabling him to live out his last years in modest comfort.
Sam Langford died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on January 12, 1956 a year after his election into The Ring magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame. He was the first non-champion ever to be so honored. Langford continues to be remembered for his achievements. In 1972, Weymouth Falls erected a plaque to his memory in its community center. His Cambridge, Massachusetts, grave was given a proper headstone in 1986. CBC radio produced an hour-long drama on Langford's life that was written by Charles Saunders. Now, ninety years after Sam Langford’s professional career was launched, the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada recognize his contribution to Canadian history.
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Every time I see those old highlights of bball players crossing dudes up in shoes with no sole or ankle support I cringe. Thats a guaranteed injury today.
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Tim Scott is an idiot
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BTW, the EGYPTIANS INVENTED BEER.
Women Dominated Beer Brewing Until They Were Accused of Being Witches
Strict gender norms and fears of witchcraft pushed them out of a centuries-long tradition
When I pose this question to students in my American literature and culture classes, I receive stunned silence or nervous laughs. The Sanderson sisters didn’t chug down bottles of Sam Adams in “Hocus Pocus.” But the history of beer points to a not-so-magical legacy of transatlantic slander and gender roles.
Humans have been drinking beer for almost 7,000 years, and the original brewers were women. From the Vikings to the Egyptians, women brewed beer both for religious ceremonies and to make a practical, calorie-rich beverage for the home.
In fact, the nun Hildegard von Bingen, who lived in modern-day Germany, famously wrote about hops in the 12th century and added the ingredient to her beer recipe.
From the Stone Age to the 1700s, ale – and, later, beer – was a household staple for most families in England and other parts of Europe. The drink was an inexpensive way to consume and preserve grains. For the working class, beer provided an important source of nutrients, full of carbohydrates and proteins. Because the beverage was such a common part of the average person’s diet, fermenting was, for many women, one of their normal household tasks.
Women Dominated Beer Brewing Until They Were Accused of Being Witches
Strict gender norms and fears of witchcraft pushed them out of a centuries-long tradition
www.smithsonianmag.com
The way this it is worded, is suggests the Vikings were before Egypt, of which is impossible.
While the article is pro women, it gives the invention to white women, and then not African women, Black women. It shows how people can be pro Women, yet still be a racist prick.
Women Dominated Beer Brewing Until They Were Accused of Being Witches
Strict gender norms and fears of witchcraft pushed them out of a centuries-long tradition
When I pose this question to students in my American literature and culture classes, I receive stunned silence or nervous laughs. The Sanderson sisters didn’t chug down bottles of Sam Adams in “Hocus Pocus.” But the history of beer points to a not-so-magical legacy of transatlantic slander and gender roles.
Humans have been drinking beer for almost 7,000 years, and the original brewers were women. From the Vikings to the Egyptians, women brewed beer both for religious ceremonies and to make a practical, calorie-rich beverage for the home.
In fact, the nun Hildegard von Bingen, who lived in modern-day Germany, famously wrote about hops in the 12th century and added the ingredient to her beer recipe.
From the Stone Age to the 1700s, ale – and, later, beer – was a household staple for most families in England and other parts of Europe. The drink was an inexpensive way to consume and preserve grains. For the working class, beer provided an important source of nutrients, full of carbohydrates and proteins. Because the beverage was such a common part of the average person’s diet, fermenting was, for many women, one of their normal household tasks.
Women Dominated Beer Brewing Until They Were Accused of Being Witches
Strict gender norms and fears of witchcraft pushed them out of a centuries-long tradition
The way this it is worded, is suggests the Vikings were before Egypt, of which is impossible.
While the article is pro women, it gives the invention to white women, and then not African women, Black women. It shows how people can be pro Women, yet still be a racist prick.
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The Chinese were actually the first to invent beer.BTW, the EGYPTIANS INVENTED BEER.
Women Dominated Beer Brewing Until They Were Accused of Being Witches
Strict gender norms and fears of witchcraft pushed them out of a centuries-long tradition
When I pose this question to students in my American literature and culture classes, I receive stunned silence or nervous laughs. The Sanderson sisters didn’t chug down bottles of Sam Adams in “Hocus Pocus.” But the history of beer points to a not-so-magical legacy of transatlantic slander and gender roles.
Humans have been drinking beer for almost 7,000 years, and the original brewers were women. From the Vikings to the Egyptians, women brewed beer both for religious ceremonies and to make a practical, calorie-rich beverage for the home.
In fact, the nun Hildegard von Bingen, who lived in modern-day Germany, famously wrote about hops in the 12th century and added the ingredient to her beer recipe.
From the Stone Age to the 1700s, ale – and, later, beer – was a household staple for most families in England and other parts of Europe. The drink was an inexpensive way to consume and preserve grains. For the working class, beer provided an important source of nutrients, full of carbohydrates and proteins. Because the beverage was such a common part of the average person’s diet, fermenting was, for many women, one of their normal household tasks.
Women Dominated Beer Brewing Until They Were Accused of Being Witches
Strict gender norms and fears of witchcraft pushed them out of a centuries-long tradition
www.smithsonianmag.com
The way this it is worded, is suggests the Vikings were before Egypt, of which is impossible.
While the article is pro women, it gives the invention to white women, and then not African women, Black women. It shows how people can be pro Women, yet still be a racist prick.
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According to who?
I can guarantee you that Egypt, is waaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy older than China. I can also guarantee you that Nekhebet was one of the reasons for it being created.
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Egypt could be older than China, but that does not mean they started producing beer before them.
"When McGovern traveled to China and discovered the oldest known alcohol—a heady blend of wild grapes, hawthorn, rice and honey that is now the basis for Dogfish Head’s Chateau Jiahu—he was touched but not entirely surprised to learn of another “first” unearthed at Jiahu, an ancient Yellow River Valley settlement: delicate flutes, made from the bones of the red-crowned crane, that are the world’s earliest-known, still playable musical instruments."
The Beer Archaeologist | History | Smithsonian Magazine
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It would not the the first time that so called research was incorrect, then not giving credit where credit is due.
HQT was being used as libation 10,000 years before Christ, even before asia was even in existence.
But hey, I've also heard that Donald Trump has done more for African Americans, than any other president ever.
The culture
Then: In ancient Egypt, beer was so essential it was treated principally as a type of food – it was consumed daily and in great quantities at religious festivals and celebrations. Beer was an essential for labourers, like those who built the pyramids of Giza, who were provided with a daily ration of 1⅓ gallons (over 10 pints). Yet it still had divine status, with several gods and goddesses associated with beer. Hathor, the goddess of love, dance and beauty, was also known as ‘The Lady of Drunkenness’.
A sip of history: ancient Egyptian beer
Food historian Tasha Marks invites brewers Michaela Charles and Susan Boyle to help her recreate a 5,000-year-old beer.
I initially said Nekhebet but it is also Hathor, or more commonly known as HetHeru, The golden Calf, the goddess who did battle with Moses. These Goddesses were also of Nubia, of which is older than Egypt, and they had beer there as well.
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The source is coming from Smithsonian Mag whom you posted in your original post. What you posted could also be incorrect based on what you're saying, but okay.
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I also noted how they tried to attribute such,
Humans have been drinking beer for almost 7,000 years, and the original brewers were women. From the Vikings to the Egyptians, women brewed beer both for religious ceremonies and to make a practical, calorie-rich beverage for the home.
simply to highlight the intentional inaccuracy, correct?
to the Egyptians suggests that they did it later, of which they did not.
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The culture
Then: In ancient Egypt, beer was so essential it was treated principally as a type of food – it was consumed daily and in great quantities at religious festivals and celebrations. Beer was an essential for labourers, like those who built the pyramids of Giza, who were provided with a daily ration of 1⅓ gallons (over 10 pints). Yet it still had divine status, with several gods and goddesses associated with beer. Hathor, the goddess of love, dance and beauty, was also known as ‘The Lady of Drunkenness’.
I initially said Nekhebet but it is also Hathor, or more commonly known as HetHeru, The golden Calf, the goddess who did battle with Moses. These Goddesses were also of Nubia, of which is older than Egypt, and they had beer there as well.A sip of history: ancient Egyptian beer
Food historian Tasha Marks invites brewers Michaela Charles and Susan Boyle to help her recreate a 5,000-year-old beer.blog.britishmuseum.org
Dr. Matthew Adams, of the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University and one of the leaders (along with Dr. Deborah Vischak of Princeton University) of the mission, said that the factory was built here to supply beer for royal rituals. The brewery itself was divided into eight large sections each of which contained 40 clay pots for mixing grain and water. In its prime, Adams added, the brewery may have produced as much as 22,400 liters of beer at a time. Beer was an important part of the ancient Egyptian diet that was drunk by everyone from Pharaohs to peasants, and workers were even sometimes paid in beer.
As ancient as the Abydos factory is, it wasn’t the first place that beer was made. The world’s oldest alcoholic beverage likely comes from China, but beer likely emerged in the Middle East. The factory is roughly contemporaneous with ceramic vessels—still coated with a sticky beer residue—found in ancient Mesopotamia. The Sumerian “Hymn to Ninkasi” (ca. 1800 BCE), which was sung in honor of the goddess of beer, includes a recipe that was made by female priestesses. For ancient Sumerians, beer was a staple as it was healthier than drinking water from streams, which was often contaminated with animal waste.
