Many historians agree that the Civil War was America’s “answer” to slavery as an institution. However, most people of the time understood that simple emancipation would not be enough to solve the race problem; whites did not want to integrate with free Blacks. Their solution was far more revolutionary than war; it was the creation of [...]
The Trans-Atlantic slave trade was responsible for the large African presence here in America, but was equally responsible for the presence of our people throughout the Caribbean, and in Brazil, Belize, and Colombia. History was made in these areas that significantly shaped the global destinies of our race, and their history is our history as [...]
No series of articles on the living legends of Black History would be complete without mentioning Dr. Ron Maulana Karenga – a titan among titans in Africalogical thought, organizational capability, and Afrocentric epistemology. From his association with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committees and the Black United Front of the Sixties, to the eulogy of Khalid [...]
Few women in our movement can personify the word “revolutionary” like Assata Shakur. But the word represents only a shadow of her true essence; her courage in the face of America’s imperial might, her knowledge of self, her powerful sense of justice, and her willingness to endure persecution for her values makes her a living [...]
On February 20, 1895, Frederick Douglass attended a meeting of the National Council of Women in Washington, D.C. During that meeting, he was brought to the platform and given a standing ovation by the audience. It would be the last speech he would give. Shortly after he returned home, Frederick Douglass died of a massive [...]
If there is one continum that defines the life of Dr. Clarke, it is his committment to scholarship. Dr. Clarke was born on New Years Day of 1915 to sharecropper parents. At the age of 18, he had left home to escape the degradation of the Jim Crow south and moved to New York to [...]
The men of Black History Month are often widely publicized and given credit for the leadership of mass movements. But the women of our society have played an equal or greater role than many of the popular names that are so often repeated among African Americans. Our proud, Black Queen Mothers must be remembered and [...]
Before there was a Malcolm X, a Kwame Nkrumah, a Marcus Garvey, or a George Padmore, there was Edward Wilmot Blyden, the Father of Pan Africanism. Edward Wilmot Blyden was born in 1832 in the territories now known as the Virgin Islands. Like most Black men of his day, Blyden’s parents were slaves and descendants of [...]
Charles Deslondes. A name that has been lost to history. But of all the figures in Black History, his name alone was responsible for the largest slave action in American history prior to the Civil War. The successes and sacrifices of Charles Deslondes would go on to influence the revolts and rebellions of men like Telemaque [...]
Black History month is observed in the United States in order to give African American men, women, and children a more complete knowledge of their contributions to civilization. It is equally important for other races to make note of the accomplishments of our race as a means of reducing negative racial stereotypes. In week 1, [...]
