by News Headlines | Aug 10, 2022 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Current News Headlines
A Mississippi grand jury has declined to indict the accuser of Emmett Till in wake of a recently found unserved arrest warrant. The Leflore County grand jury returned a “no bill” verdict, determining that there was not sufficient evidence to indict Carolyn Bryant...
by News Headlines | Aug 9, 2022 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Current News Headlines
This Women’s Month there is very little to celebrate as the freedom of movement of women in our country is no longer apartheid but our very own men who are the perpetrators of rape and other gender-based violence writes Gasant Abarder in a new #SliceofGasant. Abarder,...
by News Headlines | Aug 9, 2022 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black History (Through Reconstruction), Black New-US, Current News Headlines
1. The ‘Emancipation Proclamation’ of the South: Fort Mose, Florida — Tucked in the marshes of St. Augustine lies the site of the first free community of enslaved Africans. Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose, better known as Fort Mose (pronounced Moh-say), was...
by News Headlines | Aug 6, 2022 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
By Dedrick Asanta-Muhammed. During the early 1900s through 1970, millions of African Americans migrated from the deeply segregated agricultural South to the industrial, less segregated Midwest and North. They hoped that escaping from Jim Crow states to cities with...
by News Headlines | Aug 6, 2022 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Current News Headlines
Bayard Rustin was one of the towering figures in the American civil rights movement. A democratic socialist and a lead organizer of the March on Washington, Rustin was also among the most forceful and compelling advocates for a sweeping set of social and economic...
by News Headlines | Aug 5, 2022 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines, Free Black Studies video lessons
Marcus Garvey and the Call for Black Unity INTRODUCTION Marcus Garvey was one of the most controversial leaders in American history. His travels and experiences in Central America, North America, and the Caribbean shaped his anti-colonial views. He preached a gospel...
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