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Black History Fun Fact Friday – To Shoot Hard Labour by Joanne C. Hillhouse
This article is part of Antiguan and Barbudan author Joanne C. Hillhouse’s Blogger on Books book review series on her blog http://jhohadli.wordpress.com. Today, she provides insight into the book, To Shoot Hard Labour: The Life and Times of Samuel Smith, an Antiguan Workingman 1877-1982. A Long Preamble The full title of To Shoot Hard Labour,… Continue reading
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The Stella Trilogy: The Research (Book One)
Since the meat of book one focuses on what life was like for a little girl, and then a young woman, growing up in slavery, the bulk of my research had to do with reading slave narratives and studying enslavement through the eyes of women and children. Between Slavery and Freedom centers on Stella’s enslavement… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – The 400th Year
Welcome to the first Black History Fun Fact Friday episode of 2019! BHFFF was founded in 2015 on this blog where we give doses of Black History year around. For more episodes, be sure to visit the page where we have archived all our episodes so far HERE. Q. Why are people talking so much… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Lessons from Spike Lee’s Blackkklansman (Part One)
I have a lot to say so this is only part one as there were multiple dynamics to this film. WARNING: THIS POST HAS SPOILERS. IF YOU DIDN’T SEE THE MOVIE YET, GO SEE IT AND THEN COME BACK TO THIS POST 🙂 What is Blackkklansman about? First, we should know that the story is… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Eugenics and The Caged Man
Welcome back to another episode of Black History Fun Fact Friday. It’s been a long time and we have a lot to cover today. If you’re new to this blog or this segment be sure to visit the BHFFF page HERE for more EPs. The Caged Man Mbuti or Bambuti are one of the several… Continue reading
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