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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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Black History Fun Fact Friday – The Soto Brothers
Two kids had already been killed down the street from the apartment complex that would one day be the center of media attention when Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton would be murdered in his bed this same year. Teens from the Henry Horner projects had been protesting for months, a little over a year to… Continue reading
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So, You Think You Know Everything ???
Do you know everything? I bet you don’t! Lol. Of course I’m going to be looking these up now, but this was fun. *Comments disabled here* Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Medical Apartheid
This Week’s episode of Black History Fun Fact Friday is the recommendation of Harriet Washington’s Groundbreaking book Medical Apartheid. Medical Apartheid is about the deliberate infection of people with deadly or debilitating diseases, exposure of people to biological and chemical weapons, human radiation experiments, injection of people with toxic and radioactive chemicals, surgical experiments, interrogation… Continue reading
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Black Slaves, Native Masters
“I got Indian in my family.” Is something I hear often among the black community. Even in my own family, my mom talks of how her dad was 100% Cherokee Indian and how our family were cow slaughters which explains my maiden last name which is Hereford, a kind of cow. However, while many black… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Negro Spirituals
Welcome Back to Black History Fun Fact Friday. Today we’re talking about Negro Spirituals. “Go down Moses Way down in Egypt’s land Tell ole Pharaoh To let my people go!” When you take someone and make them a slave, the first thing you must do is take away their identity. Starting with the removal of… Continue reading
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A Way To End The Year
I did not intend on writing another post this year. I am preparing for travel this week and getting into major promotion mode for the third installment of The Stella Trilogy. That is until I checked my email and thought, what better way to end the year than to be nominated for your 10th Blog Award? The… Continue reading
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