PBS June 25, 2016 Before there was Rosa Parks, there was Claudette Colvin. Most people think of Rosa Parks as the first person to refuse to give up their seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. There were actually several Read More …
June 23, 2016 David Owen (direct descendant of the pirate Sir John Hawkins) The unofficial Canadian Navy Folk Song. Nothing we have is even close. The year that this song was composed was 1976. The place was Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Read More …
PBS June 23, 2016 Esther Jones, a black Cotton Club singer, was the real Betty Boop The iconic cartoon character Betty Boop was inspired by a Black jazz singer in Harlem. Introduced by cartoonist Max Fleischer in 1930, the caricature Read More …
PBS and Boston Globe June 22, 2016 A medical breakthrough: inoculation was introduced to America by a black person in 1721 Inoculation was introduced to America by a slave Few details are known about the birth of Onesimus, but it Read More …
July 21, 2016 PBS and mental floss A forgotten culture: 1 in 4 Cowboys were black and the Lone Ranger was black. One in four cowboys was Black, despite the stories told in popular books and movies. In fact, it’s Read More …
June 20, 2016 MailOnline Protester, 20, grabbed a policeman’s firearm at Las Vegas rally and said he wanted to KILL Donald Trump, after driving from California and learning how to shoot on a gun range the day before Michael Steven Read More …
NBC News June 18, 2016 Four Questions That Could Decide Who Wins 2016 Election With a grueling primary season almost in the rear-view mirror and the presumptive nominees in place, the campaign’s attention shifts fully toward the general election. And Read More …
Reuters June 18, 2016 Love it or hate it, Hillary is ahead in the polls by a pretty large margin even with a slip after the Orlando shooting. Donald Trump chipped away at Hillary Clinton’s lead in the presidential race this Read More …
David Owen June 18, 2016 Reparations: Following the money of 400 years of slavery profits. Where did the money go? THE REPARATIONS DEBATE has had a resurgence this year. I’ll link those articles but I also looked into following the money of Read More …
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