Demographic changes in California and throughout the nation are profoundly altering the political landscape. Not the least of such changes is the impact of the huge increase in the Latino population. Cleary, Latinos are already asserting their new found political strength. This threatens many African Americans, who rather than work to strengthen relations with Latinos, for mutual benefit, seem determined to cling to their own highly limited  past political and economic gains, real and imagined.  ... read more »

Each year, on Aug. 23, the United Nations hosts an International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition to remind the world of the tragedy of the transatlantic slave trade. ... read more »

Juneteenth is celebrated across the country, but is recognized more in Southern states. Families celebrate the “holiday” in many ways, including family reunions, cookouts, fireworks and parades. ... read more »

We internalized the poison fruit of Willie Lynch’s dehumanizing methods for controlling Black slaves which remain in the collective Black psyche. ... read more »

As of December 27, 2017, there were approximately 118,232 individuals incarcerated in California prisons. ... read more »

Research by the U.S.-based Refugees International (RI)warned that efforts to halt the exodus from Libya would fuel “horrific abuses.” ... read more »

The movie Django: Unchained caused- and movies on slavery since then continue to generate-mostly negative conversation and commentary, among Blacks. However, it’s mostly talk. No matter how Black people feel about these films, they’re not likely to take Hollywood to task for its distortion of history. ... read more »

The main unifying factor in Europe at that time was a uniquely organized political organization, better known as the Catholic Church. ... read more »

Ayuko Babu demystifies the claims of Africans selling other Africans into slavery. Host: Brandon I. Brandon ... read more / watch video »

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Monday compared slavery to immigration in the United States, a view that experts on slavery called a misleading read on American history. ... read more »

Well- known DJ Fred Loc and his sister Regina Cameron made a post that startled friends and has now become a controversial national news story. ... read more »

Ava DuVernay, Nipsey Hussle, Dr. Melina Abdullah, Cynthia McClain-Hill and Areva Martin Lead Intense Discussion on Oscar-Nominated Film “13th” ... read more »

the “slave trade and the legacy of slavery are the root causes of social and economic inequalities, hatred, fanaticism, racism and prejudice that today continue to affect people of African descent.” --Ambassador Ana Silva Rodriguez Abascal ... read more »

John Carroll University will study the role of its namesake in the history of Jesuit slaveholding. ... read more »

The university also plans to establish an institute for the study of slavery, and to create a public memorial honoring slaves ... read more »