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Black History Fun Fact Friday – The Chicago Black Renaissance
Many of us have heard of The Harlem Renaissance, the literary, musical, and artistic movement that exploded during the 1920s in Harlem New York. Also known as The New Negro Renaissance, the New Negro Movement, the Negro Renaissance, and the Jazz Age, the Great Migration of blacks from the south to northern cities like New… Continue reading
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Unfamiliar Faces – Lost to History: Afro Puerto-Ricans, Cubans, Jamaicans, Haitians
Though many students will learn about slavery in the U.S. at some point, our teachings are usually narrow in that we only learn about the European Slave Trade and the wrongs that Europeans have done. We won’t be told that we weren’t just dropped off in America. We won’t be told that every people, from… Continue reading
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Why I Speak
“We often forget that the current state of Black Americans is directly related to history.” – Black Then Staff It is clear that we live in a system that is unfair and a civilization that is not just. I speak of these things not because I want to focus on the negative experience of blacks… Continue reading
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This Month in Black History – September
This month sped by so fast I almost missed this month’s history wrap up! ****** September 5, 1859 – Harriet Wilson’s novel Our Nig is published September 8, 1965 – Dorothy Dandridge found dead September 8, 1986 – The Oprah Winfrey Show debut September 9, 1739 – The Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in… Continue reading
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This Month in History – August
1834 – Slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire – Slavery Abolition Act 1833 came into effect. August 2, 1850 – The start of The Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century enslaved people in the United States in efforts to escape to free states and Canada. The Underground… Continue reading
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Do Black Lives Really Matter
Abortion is the number one killer of black lives in America. It has killed more Black lives than AIDS, Cancer, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and even the entire Vietnam War, but no one speaks out about this. Alcoholism, drug addiction, child abuse, and molestation plague the Black community, but no one speaks out about this. 70%… Continue reading
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