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Black History Fun Fact Friday: The Brown Paper Bag Test
An Instagram video inspired today’s post, where a group of young black people engaged in a debate about whether light skin blacks are treated better than dark skin blacks. This debate spun out of control and eventually led to a full-blown argument that made it difficult for the viewer to comprehend what each party said.… Continue reading
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Truth is Stranger than Fiction
When I started this blog and chose “truth is stranger than fiction,” as the tagline, it was puzzling to people. Someone even reached out to correct, me, saying, “don’t you mean the truth is stronger than fiction?” No. Stranger is the word I meant. What it seeks to communicate is that nothing we can create can be… Continue reading
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Revising The Stella Trilogy: Crafting Authentic Historical Details
In Beyond the Colored Line, book two of The Stella Trilogy, we meet Noah Daniels who is a member of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. There are two books I read that helped me to conceptualize his character in the most authentic way possible: Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton and The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI… Continue reading
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The First “African” Slaves Arrive in Jamestown, Virginia, Aug. 20, 1619
“A Dutch ship carrying 20 Africans arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, on Aug. 20, 1619, a voyage that would mark the beginning of slavery in the American colonies. The number of slaves continued to grow between the 17th and 18th centuries, as slave labor was used to help fuel the growing tobacco and cotton industries in… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – A Brief History of Race Riots in America
New Orleans Riot, 1886 – On July 30, 1886, white men attacked blacks parading outside the Mechanics Institute in New Orleans, where a reconvened Louisiana Constitutional Convention was being held. Republicans in Louisiana had called for the convention as they were angered by the legislature’s enactment of the Black Codes. Wilmington North Carolina, 1898 –… Continue reading
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The Harlem Renaissance No One Talks About – Guest Post by, Yecheilyah Ysrayl…
For some reason I can’t reblog from my mobile anymore. However, that’s not why you’re here… Do be sure to check out my latest article on The Story Reading Ape Blog at the link below. We are covering some basic history on The Harlem Renaissance movement, to include what no one talks about. Click through… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Mostafa Hefny and The Race Card
What if you identified as one race but because of geographical differences you were told you were another race? Even if your skin tone said otherwise? Is it right to determine race by skin tone alone? Does race itself even exist? In today’s episode of Black History Fun Fact Friday, we will explore The Race… Continue reading
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