In September 1832, Maria W. Stewart delivered at Boston’s Franklin Hall one of the first public lectures ever given by an American woman. Her speech, directed to the women of the African American Female Intelligence Society, called on black women to acquire equality through education. … Read More … Read More(1832) Maria W. Stewart Advocates Education for African American Women
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Since 1776 when the United States sent its first envoy to France, men and later women diplomats have been assigned to be the nation’s offical representatives in global capitals and to international organiations where they are responsible for major foreign policy portfolios. Prior to 1893 … Read More … Read MoreAfrican American U.S. Envoys, Diplomatic Ministers, and Ambassadors Since 1869
The African American Scientists and Technicians of the Manhattan Project The Manhattan Project, 1941-1946, was the largest scientific undertaking in the history of the United States to that point. It began with a letter to President Franklin Roosevelt in August 1939, from a number of … Read More … Read MoreAfrican American Scientists and Technicians of the Manhattan Project
To view lectures online go to University of Washington Television Website Antebellum Slavery and Freedom, 1528-1865: The Paradox of Race and Liberty in the West Black Gold Mining Widow, 1851 Throughout the history of the United States, The American West or “the frontier” as it … Read More … Read MoreMultimedia: LECTURE SERIES: The African American West, 1528 to 2000
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Listed below are links to major African, Latin American and West Indian newspapers, magazines and journals. In some instances these links also include the archives of these media sources. Newspapers | Magazines | Scholarly Journals | Other NEWSPAPERS Alabama Birmingham Times Arizona Arizona Informant (Phoenix) … Read More … Read MoreAfrican American Newspapers, Magazines, and Journals
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Want the data in spreadsheet format? See the table of the African-American History timeline here.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] … Read MoreAfrican American History Timeline
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] AFRICA Dahomey Abomey: Musee Historique d. Abomey Senegal Dakar: Museum of Black Civilizations Dakar: La Maison des Esclaves Dakar: Musée de la Femme Henriette-Bathily Dakar: Musée des Forces Armées Senegalaise Dakar: Musée Théodore-Monod d’Art Africain IFAN Dakar: Place du Souvenir Africain South Africa Capetown: … Read More … Read MoreMuseums of the African Diaspora
What follows is the speech by Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa on the occasion of the creation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) at Addis Abba, Ethiopia, on May 24, 1963. Your Imperial Majesty, Mr. President, Your Excellencies, First, I want to express the thanks … Read More … Read More(1963) Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, “Addis Ababa”
In 1966 Julius Kambarage Nyerere was President of the Republic of Tanzania. When President Kenneth Kaunda of neighboring Zambia became the first Chancellor of the University of Zambia when it was inaugurated on July 13, 1966 he invited Nyerere, also the Chancellor of the University … Read More … Read More(1966) Julius Nyerere, “The Dilemma of the Pan-Africanist”
“Image Ownership: Michael Kinsey” Corporate executive, ordained minister, and university educator James A. Joseph served as United States Ambassador to post-apartheid South Africa from 1995 to 1999. Ambassador Joseph returned to the United States to deliver the speech below to the General Convention of Alpha … Read More … Read More(1997) The Idea of an African Renaissance, Myth or Reality?
