Viola Fletcher and her brother Hughes Van Ellis’s acquisition of Ghanaian citizenship is a significant milestone in their long and remarkable lives. As survivors of one of the worst race massacres in American history, their journey to Ghana represents a symbolic homecoming and a powerful reminder of the resilience and perseverance of the African spirit.
From rock and roll to blues, jazz, and hip-hop, music is as much the African American way of life as the afro was Black people’s style in the 1970s. Finally honoring that history, the National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) has opened in Nashville, Tenn.
Perhaps 200 years from now, someone doing research, will view this time period as a turning point in American History. It is, in fact, November, 2020 and Joe Biden will become the 46th President of the United States, and Kamala Harris makes history, on several fronts, as the first woman and person of color voted into the Vice-Presidential office.
Landlords can resume eviction proceedings after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued clarifications to a previous executive order from President Donald Trump.
A study conducted by Harvard University’s Department of Housing Studies revealed that half of Americans who rent are either severely rent-burdened or moderately rent-burdened. For African Americans and Hispanics, researchers at Harvard determined a triple pandemic for those communities. Black and Hispanic households were “much more likely to contract COVID-19, suffer lost income, and face housing insecurity as a result of the pandemic,” the researchers concluded.
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In Commemoration of the 55th Anniversary of Selma’s Bloody Sunday
Lewis announced on the last week of 2019 that he has been diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer.
The late arrivals have reignited a debate about “electability” and who can actually win in 2020.
On this day, August 22, 1843, abolitionist Henry Highland Garnet made a “Call to Rebellion” to all enslaved Africans to strike. Brought to you by the Black365 Calendar. Find out more at BlackHistoryCards.com.
On this day, August 21, 1831, revolutionary Nat Turner led a two-day African revolt in Virginia, which resulted in the deaths of sixty Whites. Brought to you by the Black365 Calendar. Find out more at BlackHistoryCards.com.
On this day, August 20, 1619, 20 Africans arrived in Jamestown, Virginia. They were the first Africans to be sold, on record in America. Brought to you by the Black365 Calendar. Find out more at BlackHistoryCards.com.
Former President Barack Obama says the November midterm elections will give Americans “a chance to restore some sanity in our politics,” taking another swipe at his successor as he raises his profile campaigning for fellow Democrats to regain control of the House.
More than a century after his death, Frederick Douglass and July 4 remain profoundly intertwined.
Author and scholar Ishmael Reed said the white supremacy Obama had to fight was diffused yet pervasive.
In 1866, through an act of Congress, legislation was adopted to create six all African-American Army units. The units were identified as the 9th and 10th Cavalry and the 38th, 39th, 40th, and 41st Infantry regiments. The four infantry regiments were later reorganized to form the 24th and 25th Infantry regiments. These fighting men represented the first Black professional soldiers in a peacetime army. The recruits came from varied backgrounds including former slaves and veterans from service in the Civil War. The nickname Buffalo Soldiers began with Cheyenne warriors in 1867. The actual Cheyenne translation was Wild Buffalo. The nickname