WHAT DOES MEMORIAL DAY REPRESENT FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS?
African-Americans are cited as having been the first to commemorate what would become Memorial Day, though it has now been fully co-opted by white America. Photo: Tuskegee Airmen.org…
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Reflections: Juneteenth In the Era of Donald Trump
Rep. Barbara Lee. Photo. Flickr Congresswoman Lee Marks 152nd Observance of Juneteenth. Today we pause to celebrate and commemorate Juneteenth – the day in 1865 when news of…
No Texas, Black Folk Didn’t Come On The Mayflower — Plymouth Rock Landed On Them
Page from Texas Text book Theodore Roosevelt once said: "The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future." Howard Zinn said: "History…
Hundreds Of Africans Perish At Sea Off Libya: Modern Maafa
Coffins of past African victims seeking a better life Millions if Africans perished during the Middle Passage, with many thrown overboard from ships. Nowadays, thousands of Africans drown…