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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Slave Patrols and American Policing
This post was originally published under another blog series Unfamiliar Faces: Lost to History. Due the current climate I have revised this post and re-categorized it under Black History Fun Facts. Originally Published: July 14, 2015 Revised May 29, 2020 The tragic murder of George Floyd, who sadly joins the ranks of several unarmed black… Continue reading
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Slavery in Libya
Deu 28:68 “And YAH shall bring you back to Egypt in ships, by a way of which I said to you, ‘You are never to see it again.’ And there you shall be sold to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one to buy. “The United Nations (UN) revealed on Wednesday that… Continue reading
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Let’s Talk Education
That’s right, Rachel is giving me the keys to the house (I hope she has coffee??!). My topic of discussion is on the education of blacks in America and how reading and literature came to be such an important part of the learning process in the transition from slavery to freedom. When: Tuesday, March 14,… 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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Lost to History – Unfamiliar Faces: Latasha Harlins and Deadwyler
Rodney King. It is a name that rings all too familiar in the history of Black America. Latasha Harlins however, is a not so familiar face. Latasha Harlins Latasha Harlins died 13 days after the beating of Rodney King on March 16, 1991 at The Empire Liquor Market in South-Central Los Angeles with two dollars… Continue reading
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Tales of African American History Found in DNA
Very interesting article. Check it out: “The history of African Americans poses special challenges for geneticists. During the slave trade, their ancestors were captured from genetically diverse populations across a portion of West Africa. Adding to the complexity is the fact that living African Americans also may trace some of their ancestry to Europeans and… Continue reading
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