The Antelope and the Cruel Fate of Black Children in U.S. Law
In 1820, the Antelope was seized off the coast of Florida with approximately three hundred African captives crowded aboard—most of them children, with an average...
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Jody‑Anne Maxwell: Black Girl Genius from Kingston to Scripps
On May 28, 1998, twelve-year-old Jody-Anne Maxwell made history at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. She became the first Jamaican, the first...
Brown v. Board: The Battle for the Minds of African-American Children
On May 17, 1954, the United States Supreme Court issued a landmark decision that transformed the nation’s legal and moral landscape. In Brown v. Board...
“The City That Bombed Itself”: The 1985 MOVE Bombing and the War on Black Life
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...
Cape Coast Fortress: An Architecture of Transatlantic Trafficking
Cape Coast Fortress stands as one of the largest and best-preserved European fortifications on the West African coast, and is one of more than 30...
The Bristol Bus Boycott of 1963: Britain’s Civil Rights Turning Point
In the spring of 1963, Black Bristolians and their allies launched a four‑month bus boycott that would change race relations in Britain. Rooted in the...
July 9, 1841: Four Black Men executed for a bank robbery
On July 9, 1841, four Black rivermen—Madison Henderson, Alfred Amos Warrick, James W. Seward, and Charles Brown—were executed on Duncan’s Island, just south of St....
The Empire Windrush: June 22, 1948
“What were they thinking these 492 Jamaicans, as the Empire Windrush slid upstream with the flood between the closing shores of Kent and Essex? Standing...
The Bronze Woman: The first public statue of a Black woman in England
The Bronze Woman, which was unveiled on October 8, 2008, in the south London town of Stockwell at the Stockwell Memorial Gardens, is a 10-foot...
“Fireburn”: The Three Queens of the Virgin Islands
Three African‑Caribbean women on St. Croix stood at the forefront of a mass insurrection against the Danish government, demanding just wages and humane working conditions....