by African Elements News Writer | Nov 18, 2020 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Current News Headlines, Video Essays on Black History and Politics
As early as the 1970s, there was a shift in the political narrative between the Civil Rights era and the era of mass incarceration. That narrative shifted through both Republican and Democratic administrations.
by African Elements News Writer | Jun 15, 2015 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Current News Headlines, Video Essays on Black History and Politics
Guest Lecture: Elbert ”Big Man” Howard Speaks at San Diego’s Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation June 7, 2015
by African Elements News Writer | Apr 7, 2013 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Current News Headlines, Video Essays on Black History and Politics
In this episode, we explore how life was different for African Americans on the frontier. How those differences translate to both danger and opportunity for persons of African descent in the Spanish and English American territories, and the role Africans played in shaping what was to become the American frontier.