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Thriving ancient African cities that went extinct after contact with Europeans
Archaeologists in Egypt recently discovered there were villages in the Nile Delta long before the days Pharaohs reigned. The exact site of the discovery is Tell el-Samara, which is situated 87 miles north...
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A pain in the butt of Americans, this Haitian nationalist was killed and displayed in 1919
In 1915, Haitian career military officer, guerrilla leader and nationalist Charlemagne Masséna Péralte led the Cacos against the Americans as they attempted to invade Haiti. He is hailed...
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Meet the turban wearing African Americans who used the Indian symbol to escape segregation
Even after the outlawing of slavery, the Jim Crow Era perpetuated racism and discrimination. Occurring in the Southern states of the United States from the end of the Reconstruction Era in 1877 to...
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Meet the pan-Africanist from Ghana who was the first to send a ship to the U.S. for blacks to voyage back to Africa
In 1913, after traveling to the United States, gold coast merchant and Chief Alfred Sam began a quest to recall African-Americans back to their ancestral home. He enticed prospects by stating...
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Here we go again, another white person referring to a black person as ‘monkey’
Andrew Gillum, the 39-year-old politician has been fast-tracking the scene since he first entered the political arena. At 23, he became the youngest person to be elected to the Tallahassee City Commission. ...
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Black hair is so powerful and resilient that any attempts to malign it always fail
In Jamaica, a school-aged girl named “Z” is being denied admission to a prestigious school because her mother has refused to cut off her dreadlocks. The president of the Kensington Primary...
