BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In OUR History (1098 hits)
Charles C. Spaulding
Business Leader And Civil Rights Activist, Charles Clinton Spaulding Was Born On This Date In 1874, In Columbus County, North Carolina.
Spaulding Left Home At Age 20 And Moved To Durham, NC Where He Became Manager Of A Black-Owned Grocery Store.
In 1899, The Newly Established North Carolina Mutual & Provident Association Hired Him As General Manager. A Year Later He Was Promoted To Full-Time General Manager.
Spaulding's Aggressive Advertising Strategy To Give The Company Name Recognition Within The Community Paid Off. North CarolinaMutual & Provident Association Prospered In The First 10 Years, Establishing Subsidiaries And Supporting A Number Of Local Businesses.
In 1919 The Firm Officially Changed Its Name To The North Carolina Mutual Life InsuranceCompany. Under Spaulding's Direction NorthCarolina Mutual Became The Largest Black-Owned Business Of The Time.
By 1923 C. C. Spaulding Had Become The Company's President, A Position He Held Until His Death In 1952. At The Time Of His Death, North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company Had Amassed Assets Of Over $37 Million.
While He Is Most Noted For His Business Leadership, Charles Spaulding Also Devoted Many Efforts To The Growth Of The Black Middle Class. As National Chairman Of The Urban League's Emergency Advisory Council In The 19930's He Campaigned To Secure NewDeal Jobs For African Americans. While Chairman Of The Durham Committee On Negro Affairs He Was Involved In Voter Registration Efforts And Convinced City Officials To Hire Black Police Officers.
Charles Spaulding Also Supported Education For Black Americans. He Served As A Trustee For NorthCarolina College (Now North Carolina CentralUniversity), Shaw University And Howard University.
"In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.
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The story of North Carolina mutual insurance Co. is an inspiring story that Black Americans could be a successful sovereign country and not a third world country.
Supposedly had all these Black Americans you write about were divinely inspired that Black America’s only permanent solution is to desire to become a sovereign people on a portion of this continent that we could call our very own country which borders and work towards that divine inspiration do you think Black America could achieve our sovereign country?
Remember that the Civil Rights lunch counter sit in took place in Greensboro, North Carolina at Woolworth many years after the North Carolina mutual insurance Co. was established.
Therefore, what is the endgame for Black Americans? Is it that we should continue to breathe life into Black History in order that it lives while Black Americans will forever stay a subjugated people?
What it is that you, Mr. Gaddy personally want for Black Americans before your time to die? Do you want to continue to breathe life into Black History or would you rather life into the prospect of our sovereignty? Which option is more intelligently profitable?
As I've told you in previous posts, my mission is to keep alive the stories of OUR people for OUR children. I want them to embrace their past so that they understand what that ideology, like the one one you keep putting out here, is not new, but has its roots in history. They will understand that those who preached Black Sovereignty before you, actually took decisive action and did more than just write. That my friend is the VALUE of History.
When I hear from Educators, Parents & Young People who tell me they are benefiting in some way from my work, I know I'm doing what GOD wants me to do.
All the time you spend insulting and lambasting your readers and critiquing my posts, is not advancing your cause.
If you want to be the next Marcus Garvey or Henry M. Turner, you need to learn the lessons they presented to us. In the words of William Wells Brown, "People Follow Action, Not Words."
Monday, August 2nd 2010 at 10:14AM
Hugh Gaddy
Great one again Gaddy! Keep us remembering..."Lest we too forget."
Monday, August 2nd 2010 at 12:51PM
MIISRAEL Bride
Hello Mr. Gaddy,
Please do not ever think that I am criticizing or lambasting you work.
In addition, I absolutely do not want to be the next Marcus Garvey or Mr. Elijah Muhammad. Marcus Garvey and Mr. Elijah Muhammad were failures, am I right.
Sovereignty is something divine for Black Americans. The Exodus was something divine for the children of Israel.
I am Black America’s first genuine prophet that will lead Black Americans into sovereignty on a portion of this continent that we could call our very own country with borders to pursue life, liberty, happiness and prosperity in our own way. Time is on my side.
hugh i like the way you responded to harry s comments ! real good come back i might have to borrow that ok !
Thursday, September 16th 2010 at 6:21PM
DAVID JOHNSON
LOL THANKS Dave!! Harry & I go through this from time to time. Feel Free To use whatever you need!!
Thursday, September 16th 2010 at 6:58PM
Hugh Gaddy
Gaddy, I remembeer the insurance man coming by to collect the insurance payment from my grand father... such fond memories. (smile)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
tO ALL, THIS GENTLEMAN REMINDS ME OF SOMEONE...can anynoe help...I don't know if it is the part in the hair or eyes or the mustash but he just reminds me of some one in the public eye. (smile)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
@ Harry and anyone else in doubt of this expression as true...
" WE MUST KNOW OUR PAST SO THAT WE CAN BETTER ENJOY OUR PRESENT WHILE PLANNING OUR FUTURE "...(S-M-I-L-E)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
