Joe Louis, the “Brown Bomber,” was one of the most dominant heavyweight champions in boxing history and a...
On 13 May 1888, a brief law signed in Rio de Janeiro brought a formal end to centuries...
On 13 May 1985, the City of Philadelphia carried out a military-style aerial bombing on a residential row house at 6221 Osage Avenue, in the Cobbs Creek section of West Philadelphia....
Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto (1881–1922) was a distinguished Brazilian novelist, journalist, and short-story writer renowned for his...
“Whatever path we seem to take, it always has one end: a racist bullet. A racist bullet murdered...
How will I ever forget you, magic leaf Tormented as I am by your taunts The prodding jeers and the branding iron You command, “[Captive], sing for my offspring!” Burdening me...
Edward Kamau Brathwaite — born Lawson Edward Brathwaite on May 11, 1930 — was a Barbadian poet, historian,...
Jayne Cortez (born Sallie Jayne Richardson) was a visionary African American poet, performer, and cultural activist whose fierce,...
Rudolph Fisher (1897–1934) was a physician, radiologist, writer, musician, and orator whose remarkable, though brief, life had a profound impact on the Harlem Renaissance and African American literary and intellectual history....
I went to the crossroadFell down on my kneesI went to the crossroadFell down on my kneesAsked the...
Cape Coast Fortress stands as one of the largest and best-preserved European fortifications on the West African coast,...
Caesar was an African healer living under forced servitude in early South Carolina whose knowledge of botanical medicine became valuable enough to secure his freedom. In 1750, after years of treating...
