Black humane history found in great-grandpa's attic near a town called Ark, Virginia

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https://www.animals24-7.org/2021/01/17/black-humane-history-found-in-great-grandpas-attic-near-a-town-called-ark/


Black humane history found in great-grandpa’s attic near a town called Ark, Virginia

January 17, 2021

Letters and a map document the humane & racial justice movements when they were one and the same

Sources differ as to whether John W. Lemon was born in 1867 or 1868, and as to whether he died in 1947 or 1952, but either way, the Lemon homestead was a hub of humane work and black self-help projects for most of John W.’s life.



John W. Lemon. (Beth Clifton collage)



F. Rivers Barnwell of the American Humane Education Society with the Pontiac (1926-1932 vintage) that he drove on his rounds throughout Texas and adjoining states. (Photo courtesy of granddaughter Evangeline Olive Morris.)



Dr. William Key and “Beautiful Jim Key.”
(Beth Clifton collage)





John W. “Preacher” Lemon.



(Richard Carroll portrait)

Richard Carroll (1859-1929) likewise threw himself into the work of the American Humane Education Society for the last 15 years of his life.

(Rev. Richard Carroll was famous as a lecturer and a minister. He was recognized in the State of South Carolina, as one of the foremost Negro Leaders of his time.) http://emilyevaughn.com/richcaro.htm

His son Seymour Carroll (1894-1943), however, probably best brought together the themes of animal advocacy and seeking racial justice.



Poster promoting Seymour Carroll speaking appearance.
(Beth Clifton collage)


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Also a second article, apparently originally printed in January 2019

Four black leaders who built the humane movement

January 16, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

More people recognized William Key, John W. Lemon, Richard Carroll, & F. Rivers Barnwell in their own time than would have recognized ASPCA founder Henry Bergh

https://www.animals24-7.org/2021/01/16/four-black-leaders-who-built-the-humane-movement/

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1. How amazing...

What a find.

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