Mastodon Feed
Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
Deglassco ("Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco") wrote:
They did not land as strangers. They were returning to a continent that had already been stolen from them. The streets were named for Clay and Ashmun. The flag had stripes and a single white star. The capital was called Monrovia. This was Liberia—built from memory, stitched in exile. A mirror held to the American republic.
1/14
#History #Photography #BlackMastodon
Image: Ad for Firestone's factory and exhibition building at the World's Fair. Source: The Newberry Collection, ca. 1930-1939.
