history
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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 – Jan Matzeliger
Growing up, my brother was a collector of the latest Nikes. He was the Air Force One version of the Air Jordan lover. He’ll collect all kinds of pairs of “Air Ones” and stack them in his room or in the basement. It was truly a work of art and since he actually is an… 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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Black History Fun Fact Friday – The Fultz Sisters
As a twin, I could not help but be attracted to this story, and as I studied their life in preparation for writing this article, it wouldn’t take long for me to see the red flags. From the media perspective, you’d think the quads and their families were wealthy, with a house on 150-acres of… 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
