I am honored to have read these informative AfricaNews and BBC News as cited in last week’s column. The UK is sending some of Ghana’s “crown jewels” back home, 150 years after looting them from the court of the Asante king.
We are in challenging times where things seem to come at us from all directions. The recent torrential rainstorm we experienced here in California brought water into our home from above and below the surface. Truthfully, my patience and nerves were tested.
It matters deeply that America has a woman as our vice president. That has never been truer than at this moment.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has endorsed Laura Richardson for the California State Senate, 35th District seat.
Councilwoman Heather Hutt opened the doors of the former Baldwin Hill Crenshaw Plaza Macy’s on Feb. 17, for an empowering and impactful afternoon specifically designed for the women of Los Angeles.
Assemblymember Tina McKinnor, chair of the Assembly Select Committee on Restorative Justice, announced on Feb. 15, the introduction of AB 2833, the Restorative Justice Integrity Act, which will safeguard the integrity of Restorative Justice Processes statewide.
Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison’s political odyssey mirrors a narrative of triumph over adversity. Raised by his grandparents in Orangeburg, South Carolina, as the son of a single teenage mom, Harrison knows firsthand the struggles of a family forced to choose between basic necessities. His childhood experiences included nights without heat due to power shut offs.
Prominent figures such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Emmett Till, Thomas Jefferson, and Sally Hemings were scheduled to attend.
During an interview on Sunday, Feb. 18, Clyburn, 83, expressed his continued disdain for former President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” mantra, asserting that the country is already great but needs to ensure accessibility and affordability for all citizens.
When Nana Haji Malcolm X taught and stressed the foundational importance of the critical study of history, he was responding not only to the ongoing need for historical knowledge in all times and places, but also to the context of his times and the liberational role of history in the unfolding Black Freedom Movement.
The first Negro History Week was established on February 7, 1926, by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the second African American to get a Ph.D. in history after Dr. WEB DuBois earned him in 1895. Woodson said that most history books “overlooked, ignored, and even suppressed the accomplishments of Black people.
A U.S. museum returned Ghana’s looted artifacts after 150 years. Objects from the UCLA Fowler Museum were presented to King Asante Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
February is the month we celebrate love and Black History Month. I love Black love. I am of mixed heritage, and I am proud of my entire cultural heritage, but I identify as a Black woman.
Living between classical and American folk music is the Negro spiritual genre. Fathers of this synergy in sound include Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, the noted contributor incorporated Negro spirituals in composition as he toured around the world at the age of 22.