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“They killed my brother. I’m gonna find out who did it.” Alfred Daniel King, brother of Martin Luther King, Jr.said 15 months after King was gunned down at a hotel in Memphis.
January 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
“They killed my brother. I’m gonna find out who did it.” Alfred Daniel King, brother of Martin Luther King, Jr.said 15 months after King was gunned down at a hotel in Memphis.
The Scottsboro Boys were nine young Black men, falsely accused of raping two white women on board a train near Scottsboro, Alabama in 1931. Convicted and facing execution, the case of Charlie Weems, Ozie Powell, Clarence Norris, Olen Montgomery,
January 19, 2025 at 5:54 AM
The Scottsboro Boys were nine young Black men, falsely accused of raping two white women on board a train near Scottsboro, Alabama in 1931. Convicted and facing execution, the case of Charlie Weems, Ozie Powell, Clarence Norris, Olen Montgomery,
Born in 1925, Patrice Émery Lumumba was a radical anticolonial leader who became the first prime minister of the newly independent Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at the age of thirty-five. Seven months into his term, on January 17, 1961, he was executed .
January 18, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Born in 1925, Patrice Émery Lumumba was a radical anticolonial leader who became the first prime minister of the newly independent Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at the age of thirty-five. Seven months into his term, on January 17, 1961, he was executed .
The Poor People's Campaign, or Poor People's March on Washington, was a 1968 effort to gain economic justice for poor people in the United States. It was organized by Martin Luther King Jr. ...
January 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The Poor People's Campaign, or Poor People's March on Washington, was a 1968 effort to gain economic justice for poor people in the United States. It was organized by Martin Luther King Jr. ...
André Pinto Rebouças was a Brazilian engineer and abolitionist, best known for creating one of the world’s first self-propelled torpedoes during the Paraguayan War. He was born on January 13, 1838 in Cachoeira, Brazil. The son of a prominent lawyer and politician and an unidentified Black woman,
January 16, 2025 at 4:36 AM
André Pinto Rebouças was a Brazilian engineer and abolitionist, best known for creating one of the world’s first self-propelled torpedoes during the Paraguayan War. He was born on January 13, 1838 in Cachoeira, Brazil. The son of a prominent lawyer and politician and an unidentified Black woman,
January 14, 2025 at 5:37 AM
St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy has several depictions of Egyptians. In 829 AD, the church unveiled these images of Egyptians, Asiatics and Arabs.
January 12, 2025 at 4:36 AM
St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy has several depictions of Egyptians. In 829 AD, the church unveiled these images of Egyptians, Asiatics and Arabs.
China’s Qing Dynasty, established by the Manchu people who ruled from 1644–1912, is described as having been a vast multicultural empire. But it appears multicultural could also be a more pleasant euphemism for multiracial. Nothing illustrates this better than the black and white photos taken
January 5, 2025 at 3:48 AM
China’s Qing Dynasty, established by the Manchu people who ruled from 1644–1912, is described as having been a vast multicultural empire. But it appears multicultural could also be a more pleasant euphemism for multiracial. Nothing illustrates this better than the black and white photos taken
Celia was a Missouri enslaved woman who resisted r@pe by killing her enslaver and was tried in 1855 and executed for her actions. 70 year old Newsom r@ped Celia since the age of 14. Court records show that over the next four years the r@pes continued,
December 29, 2024 at 2:45 AM
Celia was a Missouri enslaved woman who resisted r@pe by killing her enslaver and was tried in 1855 and executed for her actions. 70 year old Newsom r@ped Celia since the age of 14. Court records show that over the next four years the r@pes continued,
The Baptist War.
December 25, 2024 at 10:40 PM
The Baptist War.
The Georgia Infirmary became the first hospital for African Americans built in the U.S. The hospital was opened on December 24, 1832 “for the relief and protection of aged and afflicted Africans,”
December 24, 2024 at 5:01 AM
The Georgia Infirmary became the first hospital for African Americans built in the U.S. The hospital was opened on December 24, 1832 “for the relief and protection of aged and afflicted Africans,”
“Skin” is a fictionalized retelling of the true and terrible story of Sandra Laing, a South African woman whose race was classified and reclassified by the government, then in the mad grip of apartheid.
December 22, 2024 at 6:13 AM
“Skin” is a fictionalized retelling of the true and terrible story of Sandra Laing, a South African woman whose race was classified and reclassified by the government, then in the mad grip of apartheid.
December 21, 2024 at 6:27 AM
Sign placed in front of the Memphis Zoo, Tennessee, stating the only day of the week that Black people were allowed to visit, 1959
The city had “Negro Thursdays’’ where Black citizens could visit the Brooks Museum, the Memphis Zoo and Pink Palace Museum.
The city had “Negro Thursdays’’ where Black citizens could visit the Brooks Museum, the Memphis Zoo and Pink Palace Museum.
December 20, 2024 at 3:05 AM
Sign placed in front of the Memphis Zoo, Tennessee, stating the only day of the week that Black people were allowed to visit, 1959
The city had “Negro Thursdays’’ where Black citizens could visit the Brooks Museum, the Memphis Zoo and Pink Palace Museum.
The city had “Negro Thursdays’’ where Black citizens could visit the Brooks Museum, the Memphis Zoo and Pink Palace Museum.
They need to be patient.
December 18, 2024 at 3:39 PM
They need to be patient.
“A new report that looked at nearly one million births in 68 hospitals in New Jersey concluded that Black women were 25 percent more likely to have C-sections than white women were. Among women who arrived healthy and who had few risk factors, the gap was even larger,
December 17, 2024 at 5:54 AM
“A new report that looked at nearly one million births in 68 hospitals in New Jersey concluded that Black women were 25 percent more likely to have C-sections than white women were. Among women who arrived healthy and who had few risk factors, the gap was even larger,
Prince Alemayehu was kidnapped by British soldiers and brought to England after his father, Emperor Tewodros II, died by suicide as British forces stormed his mountain-top palace in northern Ethiopia in 1868; following the Battle of Maqdala.
December 14, 2024 at 4:23 AM
Prince Alemayehu was kidnapped by British soldiers and brought to England after his father, Emperor Tewodros II, died by suicide as British forces stormed his mountain-top palace in northern Ethiopia in 1868; following the Battle of Maqdala.
Sen. Charles Sumner gave a speech in Congress in 1860, the first since he was viciously beaten by a South Carolina representative, in which he praised the Qur’an’s emphasis on manumission as a good deed and on human treatment of enslaved men and women!
December 12, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Sen. Charles Sumner gave a speech in Congress in 1860, the first since he was viciously beaten by a South Carolina representative, in which he praised the Qur’an’s emphasis on manumission as a good deed and on human treatment of enslaved men and women!
Friedrich Hagenauer (Herman, born 1490-1500). Bust of a young Black man, ca. 1530. Maple. Staatliche Münzsammlung, Munich.
December 9, 2024 at 3:49 AM
Friedrich Hagenauer (Herman, born 1490-1500). Bust of a young Black man, ca. 1530. Maple. Staatliche Münzsammlung, Munich.
In the 1860s, during the Civil War, Gen. Hussein, the president of the municipal council of the city of Tunis wrote a letter to the U.S advising the nation to go through with abolition of slavery. U.S Consul at Tunis, Amos Perry wrote to U.S Secretary of State,
December 8, 2024 at 6:08 AM
In the 1860s, during the Civil War, Gen. Hussein, the president of the municipal council of the city of Tunis wrote a letter to the U.S advising the nation to go through with abolition of slavery. U.S Consul at Tunis, Amos Perry wrote to U.S Secretary of State,