freedom
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Revolution
Revolution comes from the German word Umwalzung and means a complete change. It is a complete change or replacement of a system. The destruction of the old for the new. What the so-called Black man and woman have been doing is seeking to be included in a system that already exists. We have been fighting… Continue reading
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Fab New Photo Of Harriet Tubman & 10 Amazing But Little Known Facts About Her Life
Speaking of Underground, here are some Fun Facts about Harriet Tubman from the Blackmail4u blog. (I believe Harriet adopted a baby girl too named Gertie) Continue reading
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Underground Trailer! It’s Going Down!
Wheww, yaass. I’m ready. Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – The Attica Massacre
“ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1971, a four-day rebellion of over 1200 inmates at the Attica State Correctional Facility in bucolic upstate New York ended most horrifically after Governor Nelson Rockefeller ordered almost 600 state troopers to storm the prison. Even though the raid took only 10 minutes, when one could finally see through the haze… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Free Frank
This is a man who was free in more ways than one. Welcome back to Black History Fun Fact Friday. Meet, Free Frank. The first African American to found his own town in the United States, Free Frank was born Frank McWorter on September 7, 1777 as a slave in South Carolina to a West… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Sarah Rector
Welcome Back to Black History Fun Fact Friday! I introduce to you Sarah Rector who was just eleven when she received international attention for being a millionaire. In 1913, The Kansas City Star publicized the headline, “Millions to a Negro Girl.” Sarah Rector was born on March 3, 1902, in Twine, Oklahoma, on Muscogee Creek,… Continue reading
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Your Playing Small Does Not Serve The World
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frighten us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? Your playing small does not serve… Continue reading
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