The 1910 Slocum Massacre: An Act of Genocide in East Texas
In late July 1910, a shocking number of African Americans in Texas were slaughtered by white mobs in the Slocum area of Anderson County and...
Author : Meserette Kentake
Remembering Maya: Quotes from Mom & Me & Mom
“Frequently, I have been asked how I got to be this way. How did I, born black in a white country, poor in a society...
“Free Within Ourselves”: Introduction to The Black Scholar Series
The Black Scholar Series is a new initiative by Kentake Page to interview the prominent scholars in the Black/African community, and introduced them and their...
Ten Powerful Quotes by Maya Angelou
“I speak to the Black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.” “The more you know of your history, the more liberated...
Ahmed Baba: The Greatest African Scholar of the 16th Century
[dropcap size=small]A[/dropcap]hmed Baba was one of the greatest African scholars. Amongst the Songhai, he was known as the “The Unique Pearl of His Time”. According...
Queen Judith
Ethiopia was once ruled by a mighty Queen who destroyed Axum and its countryside, the churches and Christian monuments, killing thousands in the process. Her campaigns...
Pearl Bailey
“No one can figure out your worth but you.” Pearl Bailey was born on March 29, 1918, in Newport News, Virginia. The daughter of a preacher,...
Andrew Jackson Beard
Andrew Jackson Beard was born on March 29, 1849. He was a farmer, carpenter, blacksmith, a railroad worker, a businessman and finally an inventor. He...
Al-Kahina: The Queen of the Berbers
Dahia Al-Kahina was “the queen of the Berbers” who led the most determined resistance to the early Arab invasion of North Africa. Arab records describe...
Soledad Brothers
The Soledad Brothers—George Jackson, Fleeta Drumgoole, and John Clutchette—were three African-American men accused of murdering a Euro-American prison guard at California’s Soledad Prison on January...