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Explore the rich and inspiring stories of African American history and Black history on Face2Face Africa’s History section. Discover fascinating African American history facts, the achievements of Black history heroes, and influential black history people who have shaped the world. Our articles delve into African history and the legacy of the African diaspora, celebrating the individuals and moments that have defined Black history across the globe. Whether you’re interested in African American history or learning more about pivotal black history facts, this is your gateway to understanding and honoring the past.
Celebrate 101-year-old Bill Greason, who is now the last living Negro League player
For more than 50 years at Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., Bill Greason was a beloved pastor. He baptized children, officiated weddings, and saved souls while reconciling people to God. But long before that, Greason was a Negro Leaguer — a right-handed pitcher whose skills wowed crowds at Rickwood Field, a ballpark in Birmingham…
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Why plantation slavery may been invented on this small African island
Archaeologists believe that plantation slavery may have taken root on a 16th-century sugar...
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Cudjo Bakwante: How an enslaved royal from Ghana became Newark’s 1st Black business owner
His Ghanaian biographer Kofi Ayim describes his story as “one of extraordinary resilience,...
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The intriguing story of the enslaved woman from America behind the new England statue
A new statue honoring Mary Ann Macham, a woman who fled slavery in the U.S. and began a new...
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In historic move, Boston museum returns works by 19th-century enslaved potter David Drake to his descendants
David Drake was known for his large-sized historic pots that could hold 40 gallons of water. His large clay pots were also used for food storage in the 1850s. However, since he was an enslaved man in South...
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Olaudah Equiano: Lost grave of daughter of slave turned pioneer abolitionist found by A-level student
It is well known that Anna Maria Vassa, the eldest daughter of Black British abolitionist Olaudah Equiano, died on July 31, 1797, and was buried in Chesterton. However, the exact site of her grave had...
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The ‘dirty work’ of the civil rights movement revealed
“Don’t get mad — get smart,” Andrew Young’s father, Andrew Sr., once told him, growing up in New Orleans in the midst of racial tensions. Young would learn not to flare up...
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Jesse L. Douglas: Remembering MLK’s close aide whose demise in 2021 has now been confirmed
Rev. Jesse L. Douglas, a close aide to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., passed away in 2021 at age 90. His daughter, Adrienne Douglas Vaulx, said he died in a nursing home in Charlotte, North Carolina,...
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Solid in her own right, Coco Gauff’s grandmom was first Black student to attend an all-white school in Delray
At the same age that tennis star Coco Gauff turned pro, her maternal grandmother Yvonne Lee Odom was making history, desegregating Palm Beach County schools as a student. In 1961, while preparing to captain...
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When Lionel Richie’s parents stopped him from marching with Martin Luther King Jr.
Growing up in the segregated South in the 1950s and 1960s, Lionel Richie longed to be part of the civil rights movement of the time, but his parents didn’t allow him to. While promoting his new memoir,...
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Four Black Saints you have probably never heard about
History was made on Sunday in St. Peter’s Square when Pope Leo XIV declared Carlo Acutis, the 15-year-old tech prodigy known as “God’s Influencer”, the first Millennial saint. ...
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Black Founding Fathers and the Second Declaration of Independence
In 1864, a petition for voting rights was presented in person to Lincoln and Congress by two Creoles of color. I would call this document, known as The 1000 Man Petition, America’s Second Declaration...
