America's Most Powerful Black Families

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Threads likes this is exposing alot its crazy the timing of reparations being discussed past couple of yrs. The boule n black elite are in the way because their bloodline are the buffer class of white supremacy most of those baby boomers in dat boule class are dying off n arent passing that wealth down. Shyts very interesting because i have family members on my mom side that are boule,noi and grimey n gutta reasons why my fam havent had family reunion or family functions since 99. But i grew up with alot of black ppl with wealthy educated very boule backgrounds. My mom even tried dat boule grooming tactic on ne in 4th grade it was sum soros my mom grew up n end up becoming neighbors yrs later when we moved from south side to Westside. Ive been peeping alot of how rich wealthy black ppl move because ive always been groomed to be in dat crowd n i went against it. Its vert important where u grew up and interact with because those relationships well soon turn into business relationships. Some ppl are stubborn and do their own thing or use their resources to their advantage. My bad for long post but im turning 40 in this decade n just realized i was being groomed at very young age i only had like 4 options by 8th grade i had to decide wtf was my life goin to be like from 18-40. Either college educated boule member,An athlete nba or mlb player,selfmade businessman(75% of the men in my family have their own business or retired early in their field) or working city govt job if all fails n i laned in the plan d role "usps supervisor with no work experience or college degree." Which i got in a form of nepotism being a kingpin n scamm lord wasnt gonna work for me because too many ppl kno me n my ppl which would start a war in chiraq. Black ppl have deep history where u can be related to somebody wealthy rich dat can put u on immediately if u reach out to them but dat bougie snobby aura discourages ppl to not connect with each other

 

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Yeah more Boute’s is pretty common

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Thomas Ezekiel Miller (June 17, 1849 – April 8, 1938)

was an American educator, lawyer and politician. After being elected as a state legislator in South Carolina, he was one of only five African Americans elected to Congress from the South in the Jim Crow era of the last decade of the nineteenth century, as disfranchisement reduced black voting. After that, no African Americans were elected from the South until 1972.


Miller was born in Ferrebeeville, South Carolina, named after his adoptive mother's likely slaver. His origins were unclear although he apparently had majority European heritage. The historians Eric Foner and Stephen Middleton found that his mother was a fair-skinned mulatto daughter of Judge Thomas Heyward, Jr., a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and his father a wealthy young white man, whose family rejected their relationship. They forced him to give up his son for adoption.[1][2] He was adopted by former slaves Richard and Mary Ferrebee Miller, who were freed by 1850.

The boy's European appearance long prompted speculation about his paternity. In 1851, his family moved to Charleston, where Miller attended a school for free colored children. When the Civil War ended, he moved to Hudson, New York. Because of his appearance and high proportion of European ancestry, Miller could have passed for white in the North, but chose to identify as black and return to the South to help the freedmen. Receiving a scholarship, Miller attended Lincoln University, a historically black college in Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1872.

Miller returned to South Carolina, where he was appointed as a school commissioner of Beaufort County that same year. He studied law at the South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina), where black students were admitted for the first time under the Republican state legislature, and graduated in 1875. He was admitted to the bar that year. (After Democrats regained control of the state legislature in 1876-1877, they forced black students out of the flagship college.)[3]


Miller was a prominent leader in the struggle for civil rights in the American South during and after Reconstruction. He was a school commissioner, state legislator, U.S. Representative, and first president of South Carolina State University, a historically black college established as a land-grant school.


Miller was elected as a Republican to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1874, serving three terms until 1880. He was elected to the South Carolina Senate in 1880, serving one term until 1882. He was nominated for lieutenant governor but did not enter the race. He

struggled his entire life to find acceptance in the black and white communities. African-American political rivals dismissed him as a white imposter attempting to take advantage of the post–Civil War black electorate. Yet Miller, who embraced the black heritage nurtured by his adoptive parents, was also ostracized by white colleagues.[4]


From 1923 to 1934, Miller lived in Philadelphia, but he returned to Charleston. He died on April 8, 1938.[9] He asked for the following to be inscribed on his gravestone: "Not having loved the white less, but having felt the Negro needed me more", related to his work for civil rights and his decision to identify as African American rather than white.[10]

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modern descendant

Kenneth Irvine Chenault (born June 2, 1951)

 

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Thomas Ezekiel Miller (June 17, 1849 – April 8, 1938)



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modern descendant

Kenneth Irvine Chenault (born June 2, 1951)

 

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Threads likes this is exposing alot its crazy the timing of reparations being discussed past couple of yrs. The boule n black elite are in the way because their bloodline are the buffer class of white supremacy most of those baby boomers in dat boule class are dying off n arent passing that wealth down. Shyts very interesting because i have family members on my mom side that are boule,noi and grimey n gutta reasons why my fam havent had family reunion or family functions since 99. But i grew up with alot of black ppl with wealthy educated very boule backgrounds. My mom even tried dat boule grooming tactic on ne in 4th grade it was sum soros my mom grew up n end up becoming neighbors yrs later when we moved from south side to Westside. Ive been peeping alot of how rich wealthy black ppl move because ive always been groomed to be in dat crowd n i went against it. Its vert important where u grew up and interact with because those relationships well soon turn into business relationships. Some ppl are stubborn and do their own thing or use their resources to their advantage. My bad for long post but im turning 40 in this decade n just realized i was being groomed at very young age i only had like 4 options by 8th grade i had to decide wtf was my life goin to be like from 18-40. Either college educated boule member,An athlete nba or mlb player,selfmade businessman(75% of the men in my family have their own business or retired early in their field) or working city govt job if all fails n i laned in the plan d role "usps supervisor with no work experience or college degree." Which i got in a form of nepotism being a kingpin n scamm lord wasnt gonna work for me because too many ppl kno me n my ppl which would start a war in chiraq. Black ppl have deep history where u can be related to somebody wealthy rich dat can put u on immediately if u reach out to them but dat bougie snobby aura discourages ppl to not connect with each other

You're almost 40 years old and you write like this?

"mothers know best"

 

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Speaking of which, we've discussed that the growing Nigerian component to the professional Black elite. Until I read members mention them in a thread, I wasn't aware of the extent of the formal Nigerian social, civic, and professional organizations that exist in America. I assume most immigrant groups have informal organizations based on church affiliation or region of origin, but he and others have described a network of formal organizations.

I've known for some time the myriad of nigerian professional and social organizations that are around. I've been invited to a few functions from these organizations.

Many are structured after our black professional organizations. In fact, I'm under the impression many were started by Nigerians that became members of our organizations and then went off to start a Nigerian counterpart.

 

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@LaBellaNicole0416.NYC I've changed it just for you.

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

@LaBellaNicole0416.NYC I've changed it just for you.

Oh word!!!!?? I’m so proud that you did this. thank you. But mostly, I wanted you to do it for yourself.

Let me add you to my “nice” list. Peace and Respect due.

 

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I've known for some time the myriad of nigerian professional and social organizations that are around. I've been invited to a few functions from these organizations.

Many are structured after our black professional organizations. In fact, I'm under the impression many were started by Nigerians that became members of our organizations and then went off to start a Nigerian counterpart.

Thanks. I tagged the member who mentioned those groups earlier in the thread. Lot of juvenile activity on TLR, so perhaps he thought I was tagging to bait him into nonsense.

I especially wanted to get his perspective because I believe he's from the Houston area. I belive that part of the country to be the original real enclave of Nigerian Americans and still the hub of that community. In some ways it is to them what DC and Philly were to the old families discussed in this thread.

I know that the men who would go on to become the first leaders of Ghana and Nigeria attended college in America and pledged Sigma. Would be interesting to know if BGLO inspired groups formed in the college systems there.

I remember now why I brought the topic up. The day we were discussing the Delegate Magazine, I got information about a Nigerian American PAC. The guy behind it is linked to an organization that I saw mentioned here before.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

cont from the same clan(s)..........

Spoiler

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The Evans Brothers:

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Wilson Bruce Evans (1824-1898)
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his brother below: Henry Evans 1817 - 1886 (I marked him and his brother Wilson off in the pic below)

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Wilson Bruce Evans (1824-1898) is/was the uncle to Dr Wilson Bruce Evans (1866-1918) that I posted above.




Dr Wilson Bruce Evans (1866-1918...........his father was Henry Evans)

was the father of the famous/internationally known black opera singer:

Annie Lillian “Lillian Evanti” Evans (August 12, 1890 – December 6, 1967)

Spoiler

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one of the Leary clan (a sister) was married to: Wilson Bruce Evans (1824-1898)

Sarah Jane Leary (Apr 1828-May 1900 )




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They had a daughter:

Sara Jane Evans (1865–1928)




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she was to later marry:

Thomas Sewell Inborden (1865 - 1951)

He and his wife were a big part/founders of the Bricks school

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To bring all of that into modern times:

Melany Hughes is reflected in the glass of a portrait of her ancestor Wilson Bruce Evans. The family is undertaking a project to restore the home of the abolitionist who was arrested follwing the Oberlin Wellington slave rescue. The house was empty for years and at some point the heat went out causing extensive damage to the house..

Descendants work to restore historical Oberlin home

she's continuing the legacy

Spotlight on Our SBELIH General and Acute Care Surgery Specialist Dr. Melany C. Hughes

Spotlight on Our SBELIH General and Acute Care Surgery Specialist Dr. Melany C. Hughes | Stony Brook Medicine

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a few more from that bunch.....

her grandson

Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr., was born on August 8, 1952 (to January 16, 1997)

He was a highly educated engineer and urban planner who distinguished himself as a leading African American art dealer, historian, celebrated art broker, philanthropist, and archivist

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he was related by blood to the people I already mentioned +

and by marriage......

Henry Arthur Callis (January 14, 1887 – November 12, 1974)

was a physician and one of the seven founders (commonly referred to as The Seven Jewels) of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity at Cornell University in 1906. Callis co-authored the fraternity name with George Kelley and became the only Jewel to become General President of the fraternity (1915). Callis assisted in the organization of several chapters, including Xi Lambda Chapter (1924) in Chicago.

 

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@IllmaticDelta I didn't think the Bruce's had any direct descendant that still lived as "black". I thought I heard an interview that LOG did saying that all of his direct descendants eventually passed for white.

How does Wilson Bruce Evans connect to the Bruces? Seems like "Bruce" is a middle name as opposed to a hyphenation.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

@IllmaticDelta I didn't think the Bruce's had any direct descendant that still lived as "black". I thought I heard an interview that LOG did saying that all of his direct descendants eventually passed for white.

Nah, he definitely has "black" identified, living descendants

Nearly all of the Bruce descendants have disappeared or have chosen to obscure their family ties to the family. Some of the descendants live as white people and refuse to acknowledge ties due to racial reasons. And many of the family members who look black don’t necessarily feel the need to embrace the family history.

The inspiring life of U.S. Sen. Blanche Kelso Bruce was shared by author and historian Phil Dixon on Sept. 23, keeping with the “Freedom Matters” theme of the five-year anniversary of Jim's Journey: The Huck Finn Freedom Center, at 509 N. Third St. in Hannibal.

Dixon, a descendant of Bruce, explained the congressman was not only the first African-American U.S. senator to serve a full term, he was later appointed to other prestigious positions. His name was even printed on currency after he was appointed register of the U.S. Treasury.

https://www.hannibal.net/archive/ar...cle_fb2aa24b-1b24-5e21-b769-660063295588.html


His son also had children--->Roscoe Conkling Bruce

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How does Wilson Bruce Evans connect to the Bruces? Seems like "Bruce" is a middle name as opposed to a hyphenation.

IDK exactly

 

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Callis assisted in the organization of several chapters, including Xi Lambda Chapter (1924) in Chicago.

My graduate chapter.

 

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Nah, he definitely has "black" identified, living descendants

Hmmm...

I have to check on that. I remember LOG saying the only folks to show up to Blanche Bruce's portrait dedication in the US Capitol were descendants of his brothers and sisters, because his own descendants didn't want to come forward.

I know Roscoe had children. It was many of his grandchildren that started the process of passing.

I was hoping that Phil Dixon guy would say how he descended from Bruce but he may be a descendant of one of his siblings.

OAN, that Medium article has me LOLing. Roscoe was definitely bratty and I found myself not liking him either. Super elitist. He got the worst traits of both of his parents. I also think he was gay.

The gay children of the black elite certainly lived interesting lives.

This Thurlow Tibbs guy looks like he was.
A'lelia Walker, daughter of Madame CJ Walker.
Norris Herndon, son of Alonzon Herndon of Atlanta.
Roscoe Bruce (possibly).
Langston Hughes (apparently).

Some were able to pass down their family's legacy. Some not so much.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Hmmm...

I have to check on that. I remember LOG saying the only folks to show up to Blanche Bruce's portrait dedication in the US Capitol were descendants of his brothers and sisters, because his own descendants didn't want to come forward.

I know Roscoe had children. It was many of his grandchildren that started the process of passing.

I was hoping that Phil Dixon guy would say how he descended from Bruce but he may be a descendant of one of his siblings.

Found it:

That portrait is of Sen. Blanche Kelso Bruce, Phil Dixon's great-great uncle.

https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/historian-shares-local-personal-connection-to-us-capitol-riot