North America – Honduras
Juan Valiente (ca. 1505-1553)
Juan Valiente, a Spanish-speaking black conquistador, was born in Northwest Africa around 1505 and was enslaved and acquired by the...
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. ...
The History of Belize
In comparison to many countries that have ancient histories spanning over thousands of years, Belize (a small country right below...
The Garifuna People
In 1635, two Spanish ships were wrecked near what is now St. Vincent in the West Indies. The ships held...
Andy Palacio (1960-2008)
Andy Palacio was a popular Belizean musician who was born on December 2, 1960 in the village of Barranco in...
Watts Riot (August 1965)
The Watts Riot, also known as the Watts Rebellion, occurred in Los Angeles, California from August 11 to August 16,...
Robert K. Trench (1940- )
While a professor of biology at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Robert Kent Trench earned the reputation as...
