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I had to go see Equalizer 2 with Denzel Washington. I have been a fan of Denzel since he played Steve Biko in Cry Freedom. I remember going to the Empire cinema in Leicester Square, London, to watch the film o...

"Bury me in the ocean with my ancestors who jumped from ships, 'cause they knew death was better than bondage.” ~Eric Killmonger The Maafa (Atlantic slavery) is my favorite part of history. It is the area of...

i am accused of tending to the past as if i made it, as if i sculpted it with my own hands. i did not. this past was waiting for me when i came, a monstrous unnamed baby, and i with my mother's itch too...

Four Black (African) women created history in the 10000m finals (12 August 2016) in the Summer Games of the Olympics 2016. 37 female athletes from around the world competed in the women's 10000m, the first trac...

The Purple Reign has ended. Prince, the legendary music icon, died suddenly at 57. Prince was my first and only pin-up as a teenager. I remember at the time there was an artistic rivalry between Michael...

"The voyages of Columbus mark the starting point of world capitalism and the beginning of European colonial domination of the world."~Dr. John Henrik Clarke Ten Things to know about Christopher Columbus - "Fat...

In Spirit.... On July 13, 1954, 12 Black children tragically drowned in the Laurentians (Quebec, Canada). They were part of a camping trip organized by the N.C.C. (Negro Community Center). There were 2 ad...

“You see, I know my history and my heritage. The Confederacy is neither the only legacy of the south nor an admirable one. The southern heritage I embrace is the legacy of a people unbowed by racial oppressio...

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 works to a wider audience. The idea came to me d...

“Philosophers have long conceded that every man has two educations: "that which is given to him, and the other that which he gives himself. Of the two kinds the latter is by far the more desirable. Indeed all...