Horace King: From Captive Carpenter to Master Bridge Architect
September 8, 2015
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Queen Charlotte’s racial identity remains one of the most intensely debated topics in modern British royal historiography. The...
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My favourite anthology is Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby, and I am fortunate to have a signed...
Abram Petrovich Hannibal, also known as Gannibal or Ganibal, was kidnapped from his parents in Africa and brought...
“There are no accomplices here other than you and I. You as oppressor, I as liberator, deserve to...
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“I am a [Black]. My skin is white, my eyes are blue, my hair is blond. The traits...
“Frequently, I have been asked how I got to be this way. How did I, born black in...
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Keti Koti is an Afro-Surinamese commemoration that brings together remembrance, spiritual tradition, and cultural celebration to mark the...
Billy Strachan was a World War 2 RAF hero and civil rights pioneer. A campaigner against colonialism, he...
Georgia Douglas Johnson was among the earliest African American women poets to gain widespread recognition and became one of the most prominent Black women writers associated with the Harlem Renaissance. Although...
[dropcap size=small]M[/dropcap]onroe Nathan Work was a sociologist who founded the Department of Records and Research at the Tuskegee...
Édouard Glissant was one of the great Caribbean writers and thinkers of the twentieth century: a Martinican poet,...
Lewis H. Latimer is considered one of the most important Black inventors of all time, not only for the sheer number of inventions created and patents secured but also for the...
“We must restore the historical consciousness of the African people. The reawakened Africans would then create a new...
Gertrude Emily Hicks Bustill Mossell was an African-American author, journalist, and teacher. The daughter of Charles and Emily...
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was the best known spokesperson for African-American rights during the first half of the 20th century. In 1895, he became the first African American to earn...
Meserette Kentake, founder of Kentake Page, was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, and is of Yoruba descent (mtDNA). Now based in London, she holds a BSc in Counselling Psychology but is most passionate about…
“Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned,...
“We must take the unequivocal position that if the Black race is to perish, the world must perish...
I conclude this series with two istwa that some readers may consider controversial choices: the Cuban Revolution and...
“What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? Are the great principles of...
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A few months ago, I reflected on the meaning of Black history and the ten major events that...
Toni Morrison once wrote, “If there’s a book you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet,...
Dear Subscribers, I’m excited to announce that Kentake Page has undergone a complete transformation—our brand new website is...
People often ask where to begin learning Black history. Usually, they ask for the name of a book,...
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I have been on a rampage, as we would say in Jamaica. It feels as if I am...
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