In 1851, in Christiana, Pennsylvania, one of the earliest armed confrontations took place between a group of African-Americans...
“We were here at least 56,000 years ago; Africans came over. The Mongolians don’t come until 2,600 BC...
On August 28, 1963, over 250,000 demonstrators gathered in Washington, D.C., for the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. This monumental event placed immense pressure on President John F....
[dropcap size=small]H[/dropcap]urricane Katrina which formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005, was the deadliest and most destructive...
“As the black spot passed over the sun, so shall the Blacks pass over the earth.” – Nat...
“Your country? How come it yours? Before the Pilgrims landed we were here. Here we have brought our three gifts and mingled them with yours: a gift of story and song...
“A riot is the language of the unheard.” ~MLK The Watts riots, which raged for six days, from...
Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith were two African American men who were lynched on August 7, 1930, in...
“Some people don’t want that part of history told because it makes them or their ancestors look bad, but history is history. You can’t just tell the part that makes people...
“This story is not about what happened to him, it’s everything to do with how he chose to...
On July 13, 1863, anti-draft violence erupted in New York City, resulting in four days of bloodshed, arson,...
Three captive women were among the approximately 155 people accused of witchcraft in the infamous Salem witch trials of 1692. Two women were identified in the court records as Black; the...
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…
