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• Black People : Garvey Vs Dubois

  
  Black People | African Americans | Destee — Authority: 158
  MARCUS GARVEY VS. W.E.B DUBOIS By Andre Austin In 1915 Booker T Washington had died making Dubois the defacto spokesperson for the black race until Garvey came to America the same year from Jamaica. Dubois didn’t like Garvey and said because he was a West Indian he couldn’t speak for Africa or Blacks in America. ...
  12 hours ago

• Georgina Beyer Election To NZ Parliament Tenth Anniversary

  
  TransGriot — Authority: 601
  Today is the tenth anniversary of Georgina Beyers grundbreaking achievement. On this date in 1999 she became the first open transperson in the world to be elected to a national legislative body when she defeated Paul Henry to win the Wairarapa seat for the NZ Labour party and become the worlds first transsexual ...
  4 days ago

• Historian one of 10 human rights award winners

  
  The Toronto Observer — Authority: 436
  Most Torontonians are not familiar with the black experience in Canada, but for Adrienne Shadd, African-Canadian history is in her blood. Shadd is the great-great-grandniece of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, the first black women to publish and edit a newspaper in North America. She is also a direct descendant of Abraham ...
  4 days ago

• Black Women’s Hairstyles: It’s Not Just About The Hair

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  Throughout the decades, the social significance of black hairstyles has remained a relevant part of black history. Unlike other American cultural trends, black hairstyles represent a significant history and pride amongst black women. Where else does one?s self worth and self image play such a high role in society? ...
  5 days ago

• Guest Blogger: Invisible Lives of Caribbean Nannies (by Ecosoul)

  
  THE INTERSECTION OF MADNESS & REALITY — Authority: 496
  ( Editors Note: With it being Thanksgiving, and given that everyone is in a thankful and reflective mood. I wanted to share a post from one of the blogs I frequent: Organic.Intellectual . This post had me particularly thinking of all the Caribbean female relatives in my life who came before me; and, the women who ...
  5 days ago

• Dogcast! Under The Dog Podcast #6

  
  Under The Dog — Authority: 116
  Greetings folks! I hope your week has been good. This week we have our first segment added to the show, but I haven’t named it yet and I can’t think of anything better than blast from the past. I’m sure you can tell which track it is in the tracklisting by that little hint. ...
  1 week ago

• Black People : What is African Culture in America?

  
  Black People | African Americans | Destee — Authority: 158
  This questions REALLY needs to be ask to our young folks most, because what some of them may think is African or Black culture has never been prevalent in our culture until integration. For instance: The origin of Education, Writing, Science, Medicine etc, all have their origins in African and Asian countries and ...
  1 week ago

• British History Month — Online Resources

  
  The British National Party — Authority: 611
  British History Month, the native British equivalent of Black History Month is now in its second year. It promotes the achievements and contributions of our ancestors to our island nation and the world. To help our members spread the message of hope and not hate for our indigenous people, we have provided a ...
  1 week ago

• The Anti-Communism of Barack Obama

  
  Kasama — Authority: 430
  The following presentation was given at the Rethinking Marxism conference. It is detailed and nuanced — but on hearing it delivered by Barbara Foley there was also a very sharp and even emotional impact. It lays bare the fact that Obama’s politics and purpose are the opposite of the hidden socialism he is accused ...
  1 week ago

• Negro League Baseball Museum Proposed For Baltimore

  
  NewsOne — Authority: 629
  From BaltimoreSun.com: Baltimore would become home to the first East Coast museum devoted to Negro League baseball teams and players, under a $4.1 million plan that has been approved by the Dixon administration. The plan calls for redeveloping Pennsylvania Avenue’s historic Sphinx Club and adjacent properties ...
  1 week ago

• Black People : "Day Of Black Consciousness"

  
  Black People | African Americans | Destee — Authority: 158
  The Day of Black Consciousness ("Dia da Consciência Negra" in Portuguese) is celebrated annually on November 20 in Brazil as a day on which to reflect upon the injustices of slavery and to celebrate the contributions to society and to the nation by Brazilian citizens of African descent. The day is marked on the ...
  1 week ago

• Child Bite - "Gender Points" 7 inch (Wham City Records)

  
  Bmore Musically Informed — Authority: 125
  I was able to catch Child Bite at the Copycat Annex last Sunday, a Detroit trio that makes its way to Baltimore quite often. Ive seen them two other times in town just this year, opening for Future Islands and Double Dagger at the Zodiac, and also at Whartscape . Not only did these dudes kill it again this ...
  1 week ago

• £5,000 of Taxpayers’ Money “Not Enough” for Black History Month in Harrow

  
  The British National Party — Authority: 611
  £5,000 is not enough money for Black History Month in Harrow, according to dozens of black activists in the borough. According to a local newspaper, a “barrage of questions were fired at a senior councillor over Harrow’s lack of funding for Black History Month at a public meeting last week.” The outburst came ...
  1 week ago

• Museum Receives Large Grant For Underground Railroad Project

  
  NewsOne — Authority: 629
  From CrainsDetroit.com: The U.S. Department of Education has granted $603,802 to the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History to fund the museum’s Cooperative Underground Railroad Education Partnership with Eastern Michigan University. The three-year project will create online materials and ...
  1 week ago

• Wordless Wednesday: U Michigan’s First Black Woman Student

  
  Black On Campus — Authority: 117
  Dr. Virginia Watts, the first Black woman student on the U of M campus, and the first Black woman to earn a U of M medical degree. ( Source: Origins of Diversity_UM ) Posted by Ajuan Mance
  1 week ago

• Moggies, then and now

  
  Frogdog Blog - A French Bulldog Breeder's Blog — Authority: 424
  A "Moggie" road sign - cats live here? I’ve spent the last six and a half months taking the same drive to work almost every day. It’s picturesque – a winding back road, past creeks, over rivers, and through landscape that ranges from stark cedars on bare rock to lush pastures with contentedly grazing cows. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Judge Glenda Hatchett Finds Her Roots [VIDEO]

  
  on the black hand side — Authority: 104
  From You Tube: Watch Judge Hatchett find her African roots while helping a troubled youth change his criminal ways. To trace your DNA and find your roots, visit www.africanancestry.com .      
  2 weeks ago

• Is racism a thing of the past? Former Segregated Class of 1959 unites

  
  AlumniRoundup.com — Authority: 117
  It was a one-of-a-kind 50th high school gathering. In Macon, Georgia, the classes of 1959 -- once segregated by race as well as gender -- recently sat down together for the first time in history.
  2 weeks ago

• SHERO: Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler (Doctor)

  
  Teen Diaries Blog — Authority: 142
  In 1831, Rebecca Lee Crumpler was born in Delaware and raised by an aunt who was dedicated to caring for sick neighbors and friends. At the age of 21, young Rebecca moved to Charleston, Massachusetts, to work as a nurse for the next eight years. The first formal nursing school wouldn’t open for another 20 years, ...
  3 weeks ago

• M!C Check: Malcolm X Marks the Spot That is NOT Reserved for the Kids

  
  ChecktheChatter.com — Authority: 107
  So, I like to stay abreast, a leg, & a thigh of current issues as well as my history...even if mainstream media & BET are bent on making me believe that slavery happened, Martin had some dreams, and now Frankie & Neffie are the great American Dream that yielded civil rights & ish. ...
  3 weeks ago

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