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Why there is a fattening room culture among these groups in Nigeria
The fattening practice is a rite of passage of the Kalabari, Efik, and Ibibio clans of Nigeria. It is an initiation ceremony that prepares the maiden to be an elegant and cultured woman. Once in the fattening...
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Lewis Buckner, the Black architect whose buildings erected 143 years ago in Tennessee are still in good state
Lewis Buckner’s work began gaining prominence in the 1870s. By the late 19th century, many of the houses in Sevier County in Tennessee were built by him. building houses throughout Sevier County that...
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How a Jamaican immigrant finally got white shop owners to accept Black customers in Canada
In Canada, racism was not enshrined in its laws like in the United States and the United Kingdom but if one was Black, they were bound to encounter racial discrimination from majority white citizens. Even...
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1928 Bunion Derby: when 5 African Americans proved to Ku Klux Klan that Blacks were suited to long distance running
For the five African Americans out of the 199 runners who were participating in the Bunion Derby of 1928, it was all about the $25,000 prize money. It was a risk they signed up for given the height of...
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This Black man’s invention was the inspiration for the modern-day fire extinguisher
On March 26, 1872, Thomas Jefferson Martin received a patent for his version of the fire extinguisher. The U.S. Patent Office in Washington, D.C listed his work under patent number 125,063 for upgrading...
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Samuel McElwee, the influential Tennessee legislator who started teaching at age 16
Samuel McElwee was raised as an enslaved African American in Madison County around 1857. McElwee was born to Robert and Georgiana McElwee in Madison Country. The family relocated to Haywood County where...