by danelljones | Sep 6, 2019 | The Latest
Then you should definitely try to get to the Lambeth Local History Fair. It promises to be a fantastic event focused on Black British history. I promise you will not want to miss writer and historian Steve Martin’s talk on A.B.C. Merriman-Labor at 2:30.I had the...
by danelljones | Jul 14, 2019 | The Latest
A.B.C. Merriman-LaborFreetown, Sierra Leone, circa 1904 One hundred years ago today, July 14, 1909, A.B.C. Merriman-Labor died of tuberculosis in the Lambeth Workhouse Infirmary, age 41.The building still stands in South London. I remember the haunting day my husband...
by danelljones | Apr 3, 2019 | The Latest
So, have you been wanting to know a little bit more about A.B.C. Merriman-Labor and An African in Imperial London? Curious to learn a few tidbits that didn’t make it into the book? Or perhaps stories about what it was like to research the life of an African man...
by danelljones | Dec 12, 2018 | The Latest
POP QUIZ: How many books are published in the U.S. each month? ANSWER: 50,000. Or maybe 100,000. The experts disagree. Either way, it’s mind-boggling. For our purposes here, let’s stick with 50,000. Remember, that’s 50,000 books each month. Just to keep...
by danelljones | Nov 12, 2018 | The Latest
Yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War. Here in Billings, Montana, and in other towns and cities and cemeteries around the globe, people gathered together to remember, to honor, to mourn. Lest we forget. But two million men who served in...
by danelljones | Oct 26, 2018 | The Latest
October is Black History Month in the U.K. A time to reflect on the role people of African descent have played in the making of a great nation. But it is also time to consider the struggles of black people. If my research on A.B.C. Merriman-Labor has taught me...
