Hello Joe,
Thanks for bringing this out in the light! I had known
about this for a while now, but assumed that people
were aware of it. Infact that is only a tip off the
iceberg, there are lots of historical facts that are
being (black history)denied our people.
As I am really interested in history, I make it a
point to read on African and Black history. The facts
that I have unveiled along the way are amazing and
very educative.
I think as a people, we definitely owe it to ourselves
to do the research.
Thank you.
--- Joe Sambou <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Date: 2/11/2000 11:21 AM
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> Something to make you wonder, Hmmmm.
>
> Statue of Liberty ???
> >>
> >> Subject: Black Fact
> >> >
> >> > It's amazing the things you can find
> out!!!
> >> > Received this from a friend..
> >> >
> >> > Good day, It is hard to believe that
> after my many years of
> >> > schooling (secondary and post)
> >> > the following facts about the Statue of
> Liberty was never
> >> > taught.
> >> >
> >> > Hundreds of thousands if not millions of
> people including
> >> > myself have visited the Statue of
> >> > Liberty over the years but yet I'm
> unable to find one person
> >> > who knows the true history behind the
> Statue ...
> >> > amazing.
> >> >
> >> > Yes, amazing that so much important
> Black history (such as
> >> > this) is hidden from us (Black and
> White).
> >> > What makes this even worse is the fact
> that the current twist
> >> > on history perpetuates and promotes
> >> > white supremacy at the expense of Black
> Pride.>During my visit
> >> > to France I saw the original Statue of
> Liberty.
> >> > However there was a difference, the
> statue in France is Black.
> >> >
> >> > "Ya learn something new everyday!" The
> Statue of Liberty was
> >> > originally a Black woman, but,
> >> > as memory serves, it was because the
> model was Black. In a
> >> > book called "The Journey of The
> >> > Songhai People", according to Dr. Jim
> Haskins, a member of the
> >> > National Education Advisory
> >> > Committee of the Liberty-Ellis Island
> Committee, professor of
> >> > English at the University Of Florida,
> >> > and prolific Black author, points out
> that what stimulated the
> >> > original idea for that 151 foot statue
> in
> >> > the harbor. He says that the idea for
> the creation of the
> >> > statue initially was the part that Black
> soldiers
> >> > played in the ending of Black African
> Bondage in the United
> >> > States. It was created in the mind of
> the
> >> > French historian Edourd de Laboulaye,
> chairman of the French
> >> > Anti-Slavery Society, who, together
> >> > with sculptor Frederic Auguste
> Bartholdi, proposed to the
> >> > French government that the people of
> France
> >> > present to the people of the United
> States through the American
> >> > Abolitionist Society, the gift of a
> Statue
> >> > of Liberty in recognition of the fact
> that Black soldiers won
> >> > the Civil War in the United States. It
> was widely
> >> > known then that it was Black soldiers
> who played the pivotal
> >> > role in winning the war, and this gift
> would be a
> >> > tribute to their prowess.
> >> >
> >> > Suzanne Nakasian, director of the Statue
> of Liberty, Ellis
> >> > Island Foundations' National Ethnic
> Campaign
> >> > said that the Black Americans' direct
> connection to Lady
> >> > Liberty is unknown to the majority of
> Americans,
> >> > BLACK or WHITE.
> >> >
> >> > When the statue was presented to the US.
> Minister to France in
> >> > 1884, it is said that he remonstrated
> that
> >> > the dominant view of the broken shackles
> would be offensive to
> >> > a U.S. South, because since the statue
> >> > was a reminder of Blacks winning their
> freedom. It was a
> >> > reminder to a beaten South of the ones
> who caused
> >> > their defeat, their despised former
> captives.
> >> >
> >> > Documents of Proof:
> >> > 1.) You may go and see the original
> model of the Statue of
> >> > Liberty, with the broken chains at her
> feet and in
> >> > her left hand. Go to the Museum of the
> City of N.Y, Fifth
> >> > Avenue and 103rd Street (212) 534-1672
> or call the
> >> > same number and dial ext.208 and speak
> to Peter Simmons and he
> >> > can send you some documentation.
> >> >
> >> > 2.)Check with the N.Y. Times magazine,
> part II May 18, 1986.
> >> >
> >> > 3.) The dark original face of the Statue
> of Liberty can be seen
> >> > in the N.Y. Post June 17, 1986, also
> the Post
> >> > stated the reason for the broken chains
> at her feet.
> >> >
> >> > 4.) Finally, you may check with the
> French Mission or the
> >> > French Embassy at the U.N or in
> Washington, D.C.
> >> > and ask for some original French
> material on the Statue of
> >> > Liberty, including the Bartholdi
> original model.
> >> > You can call in September (202) 944-6060
> or 6400.
> >> >
> >> > Please pass this information along!
> >> > Knowledge is Power!
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