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Nearly 100 Years After Tulsa Massacre, City Plans to Search Cemetery for Victims | The New York Times

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020African American History, Black History

In one of the worst instances of racist violence in American history, a group of white people slaughtered black residents of Tulsa. For decades, city leaders rarely acknowledged it in public. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Archaeologists plan to excavate part of a cemetery in Tulsa, Okla., to see if it holds the remains of black residents slaughtered […]

This Ashanti prince became the First Black Mining Engineer in the world in the 1850s | Face2Face Africa

February 9, 2020February 9, 2020Ghana, Technology

Born on April 24, 1827, Ghana’s Kwasi Boakye is the world’s first black mining engineer. The African-Dutch mining engineer was a prince of the Ashanti Empire and the eldest son of Kwaku Dua II, a king of the Ashanti kingdom. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In 1837, along with his cousin Kwame Poku, the prince left to pursue […]

Ghana: How Ghana Went Above and Beyond For Year of Return 2019 | AllAfrica

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020African History, Ghana

Cape Town — Ghana is to launch a multi-million dollar fund aimed at attracting investment from members of the African diaspora in the United States and around the world – a follow-up to the “Year of Return 2019” in which the nation reached out to the diaspora on the 400th anniversary of the arrival of […]

Who were the Moors? | National Geographic

December 13, 2019December 14, 2019African History, KOLUMN Magazine ...

IF THE TERM “Moor” seems familiar but confusing, there’s a reason: Though the term can be found throughout literature, art, and history books, it does not actually describe a specific ethnicity or race. Instead, the concept of Moors has been used to describe alternatively the reign of Muslims in Spain, Europeans of African descent, and […]

Lost Ethiopian town comes from a forgotten empire that rivalled Rome | New Scientist

December 11, 2019December 12, 2019African History, Ethiopia

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient buried town in Ethiopia that was inhabited for 1400 years. The town was part of a powerful civilisation called Aksum that dominated East Africa for centuries and traded with other great powers like the Roman Empire. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “This is one of the most important ancient civilisations, but people [in […]

Why We Need A Serious Reeducation On Slavery | Blavity

October 17, 2019July 22, 2020African American History, Black History ...

Our education systems tend to provide students with a truncated version of the actual horrors of slavery.

The amazing tale of John Edmonstone: the freed slave who taught Charles Darwin in Edinburgh | Edinburgh Live

October 15, 2019July 21, 2020African History, Black History ...

As part of Black History Month, we take a look at a truly inspirational Edinburgh man who Darwin hired to teach him taxidermy

These Moving Photos Show Life in Apartheid-Era South Africa | Global Citizen

October 15, 2019December 20, 2019African History, Apartheid ...

Celebrated South African photographer David Goldblatt took up photography in 1948, the same year the all-white National Party came into power and apartheid began in his country. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Though Goldblatt, pictured above, was just 18 at the time, documenting the impact of apartheid — the government-implemented system of racial segregation in South Africa — […]

Suburbanites in Louisiana Vote to Create a New City of Their Own | The New York Times

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019African American Commuities, African American Politics ...

The referendum to establish a largely white city called St. George on the edge of Baton Rouge, which is racially diverse, grew out of frustration over schools and local control.

Photographs Help Preserve Chicago’s African American History | CBS Chicago

October 15, 2019December 22, 2019African American History, Black History ...

CHICAGO (CBS)– One man from the south suburbs discovered a treasure trove of old photographs that could help preserve the past of African Americans in Chicago.