Lieutenant Colonel Charity Edna Adams Earley was the Women’s Auxiliary Corps’s first African American female officer. During […]
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Who Was Mark Clark, The 22-Year-Old Black Panther Assassinated With Fred Hampton?
Mark Clark, an Illinois Black Panther Party defense captain, was only 22 years old when he and […]
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Carrie A. Tuggle: Founded the Tuggle Institute to Service troubled and Homeless Black Boys and Girls
Carrie A. Tuggle has spent her entire life working with troubled and homeless black boys and girls. […]
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Hannibal C. Carter: The Second African American to Serve as Secretary of State in Mississippi
Hannibal Caesar Carter, Mississippi’s second African American Secretary of State, was born on February 11, 1835, […]
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Kenneth Allen Gibson: The First African-American Mayor Of Newark, New Jersey
Kenneth Allen Gibson was elected the first African-American mayor of Newark, New Jersey, a major eastern city […]
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Remembering Johnnie Carr, Unsung Hero Of The Civil Rights Movement
After Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man, […]
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Four Of The Most Revered Masquerades In Nigeria
Masquerades are similar to Halloween in other countries in terms of facial features and other practices. Masquerades […]
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How Nelson’s Dockyard In Antigua Unearthed 700 Names Of African Slaves Long Forgotten
The identities of all the Africans who built Nelson’s Dockyard in Antigua may be lost to history. […]
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The Black Virgin Mary Statue In Canada Has Been Vandalized, According To Officials
Officials in the Canadian city of Ottawa said they did not authorize the alteration of the face […]
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What You Need To Know About The Sacred Antogo Fishing Ritual Of Mali
Rituals are common in most cultures. They are passed down from one generation to the next. Various […]
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Cap 110, The Memorial Commemorating The Last Breaths Of African Slaves Involved In 1830 Boast Disaster
The Memorial Cap 110 is made up of 15 busts, with a concrete base that has been […]
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Ashley’s Sack: The Bag That Exposed The Horrors Of Slavery, Including The Slave Sale Of A 9-Year-Old Girl
It was a gesture made by an enslaved woman named Rose to ensure that her nine-year-old daughter, […]
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How Enslaved Africans Saved Indians During The Great Exodus To Mississippi
The Trail of Tears began after the discovery of gold in Georgia, which fueled whites’ desire to […]
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Here’s How Our Ancient Warriors Dealt With PTSD
Although the general public is aware of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and has a basic understanding of […]
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How Tribesmen Of North Africa Developed Their Own Clothing From Animal Hide 120,000 Years Ago
Their tools are antelope and wild cattle rib bones with thin openings that have been smoothened into […]
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Prospect Hill, One Of Virginia’s Largest Plantations With A Dark Past That Became A Country Inn
Prospect Hill, with 1,576 acres of land, was a thriving slave plantation in the 1700s. It was […]
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The Story Of First African American To Gain His Freedom After Being Caught Under The Fugitive Slave Act Of 1850
James Hamlet lived in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with his wife and two children, until he was apprehended under […]
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The Black War: Violent Conflict Between British Colonists And Aboriginal Australians
The Black War, which lasted from the mid-1820s to 1832, was a bloody conflict between British colonists […]
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Remembering Kariamu Welsh, A Pioneer Of African Diaspora Dance And Professor Of Dance At Temple University
Dr. Kariamu Welsh was a pioneer and trailblazer of African diaspora dance, a dance professor at Temple […]
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Rev. John Jasper: The Slave Who Used biblical References To Challenge The Popular Darwinism Theory In 1878
He is regarded as one of Virginia’s most prominent enslaved preachers. For his community, John Jasper was […]
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Africans First Arrived In Greece 200,000 Years Ago, According To Archaeological Findings
Archaeological evidence suggests that more than 200,000 years ago, a large number of early men from Africa […]