by News Headlines | Jan 20, 2023 | Black History (Through Reconstruction), Black New-US, Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Current News Headlines
Sebastian Toral was one of the early Black conquerors in the New World. He played an instrumental role in how the Spanish conquered the southern Mexican state of Yucatán in the 1530s and 1540s.There is scanty information on where Toral was born or his early life but...
by News Headlines | Jan 16, 2023 | Black History (Through Reconstruction), Black New-US, Current News Headlines
The time is overdue to turn the page on backward-looking narratives that have not caused a single Black person in America to better themselves, and to set a standard to which the wise and honest may repair. The path forward — and especially as we mark the occasion of...
by News Headlines | Jan 12, 2023 | Black History (Through Reconstruction), Black New-US, Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Current News Headlines
People enslaved during the 18th century in Charleston, South Carolina were kidnapped from all across Africa and denied the chance to be buried with kin, a new DNA analysis from a local cemetery has revealed. The findings, published Monday (Jan. 9) in the journal...
by News Headlines | Jan 10, 2023 | Black History (Through Reconstruction), Black New-US, Current News Headlines
Stuck in an unfamiliar land, the Africans were forced into slavery on the cusp of the Civil War and were freed after the South was defeated. Although they received their freedom, they had no way of returning home. The survivors pooled their resources and purchased the...
by News Headlines | Jan 10, 2023 | Black History (Through Reconstruction), Black New-US, Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Current News Headlines
A primary school in London has voted to change its name due to the slave trade past of namesake Sir Francis Drake.Of the 450 parents, staff, pupils and local residents who voted, 88 per cent called for a name change.Students will be encouraged to enter a competition...
by News Headlines | Jan 10, 2023 | Black History (Through Reconstruction), Black New-US, Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Current News Headlines
This story was originally published on The Conversation and appears here under a Creative Commons license.Southern Living magazine once described “y’all” as “the quintessential Southern pronoun.” It’s as iconically Southern as sweet tea and grits.While “y’all” is...