Jim's Journey: The Huck Finn Freedom Center

06/15/2026

In case you've wondered I always ask my visitors if I can post their photo on JJ page, not my personal page (sometimes I cuss there).

06/14/2026

Preston Jackson she's beautiful in Jim’s Journey, the only non-Hannibalian.

06/13/2026

06/13/2026

See something/say something! My mission.

06/13/2026

Hey y'all Jim's Journey: The Huck Finn Freedom Center is in Qcy today celebrating 2026 Juneteenth. CU tomorrow 1-5.

06/12/2026

This is the Samuel Clemens we put forth at Jim’s Journey. His behavior suggests a belief in educating emancipated "slaves" and reparations. He was quite the humanitarian.

Samuel Clement was the master of quotes that still have relevance today!🎯🎯🎯

“Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835–1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a renowned American author, humorist, and essayist, celebrated as the "father of American literature". He wrote classics like The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, capturing American life with wit and social commentary.”

06/11/2026

Juneteenth falls on Friday, June 19, 2026, and is an official U.S. federal holiday. National Independence Day, it's our hope to celebrate peace and freedom despite a climate of hate and divisiveness.

We are the vendor for Music Under the Stars on June 18th. Come join us for some good food as we dance the night away.

06/11/2026

Roadtrips - a lovely Quincy couple. I've challenged Sydney (pictured here) to do a similiar project highlighting the achievements and contributions of Black Quicians.

A couple of young women, both writers loving on our stories.

Two couples traveling with home on wheels -we focused on Samuel Clemens, the humanitarian. Lamented about the impact high gas prices impacted their trip.

06/10/2026

Welcome to an awesome Juneteenth event. This is especially relevant because voting rights are being challenged as high as the Supreme Court.

For more than 100 years, Missouri has uplifted Marie Byrum, a 26-year-old white woman, as the first female to vote in Missouri, possibly the country. It was election day, August 31, 1920, just five days after the ratification of the 19th Amendment. It was well planned by her father- in- law City Clerk Morris Byrum, and she was trained by the Missouri League of Women Voters, nothing could go wrong. She has been honored with a mural in Hannibal’s Historic District.

What wasn't expected was the number of Negro women who also showed up to make history that rainy morning in late August. Some walked more than a mile to their polling place in Ward One on the corner of Main and North Streets. Many Negro men also showed up that morning, the first in line was 63-year-old Frank Woods (1856-1947), he was #9 on that day's Voter Rolls. Mr. Woods' enslaved parents had been brought here from Kentucky. He was a retired blacksmith, this former Buffalo soldier is buried under a flat granite grave marker at Robinson Cemetery. His wife was voter #115, Elizabeth Woods. In fact, 43 of the voters that day were Negro.

Scouring the local newspapers, it seems that their votes happened without incident. Could it be because many of these voters came in groups or as married couples? The courage shown that day must be acknowledged; the youngest was a 19 year old maid and more than half of them were formerly enslaved residents.