North America-Belize

Belize City, Belize (1638- )
“Image Ownership: Pgbk1987” Belize City is the largest city in the Central American country of Belize. This city of 57,179 people is located...
December 22nd, 2014

The Church of St. Mark, Brooklyn, New York (1838- )
The Church of St. Mark in Brooklyn, New York was originally established by a group of black Episcopalians in 1838. ...
March 21st, 2014

University of the West Indies (1948- )
The University of the West Indies (UWI) is a public regional university unique in the world of higher education. The...
April 20th, 2011

Dean Oliver Barrow (1951- )
On February 7, 2008, Belize elected Dean Barrow as its first black Prime Minister. Born March 2, 1951, in Belize...
January 13th, 2010

John Willis Menard (1838-1893)
John Willis Menard, abolitionist, author, journalist, and politician, was born in 1838 in Kaskaskia, Illinois, to French Creole parents. He...
November 11th, 2009

The History of Belize
In comparison to many countries that have ancient histories spanning over thousands of years, Belize (a small country right below...
May 21st, 2009

Belizean Kriols
By the 1500s, black slaves had been distributed through much of the Caribbean. Slavery, however, began much later in Central...
May 9th, 2009

The Garifuna People
In 1635, two Spanish ships were wrecked near what is now St. Vincent in the West Indies. The ships held...
May 9th, 2009

Andy Palacio (1960-2008)
Andy Palacio was a popular Belizean musician who was born on December 2, 1960 in the village of Barranco in...
April 29th, 2009