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Remember What They Told You To Forget: The Campaign To Erase Black History
BlackPast.org Board Member and newspaper columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. shares his concerns about the prospect of Black history being lost...
St. John The Baptist Church (1969- )
St. John the Baptist Church was founded on the edge of a sugarcane plantation where generations of African slaves worked,...
Mary Annette Anderson (1874-1922)
Professor Mary Annette Anderson was born on July 27, 1874, in Shoreham, Vermont, to William John Anderson, a formerly enslaved...
The Role of the Bantu-Speakers in the Spread of Agriculture Across Africa
The Bantu-speaking populations of Western Africa consist of a diverse group of over 500 distinct ethnic groups, all of whom...
Zumbi dos Palmares (1655-1695)
Zumbi dos Palmares was a Brazilian Quilombola leader of a group of Afro-Brazilians who lived in maroon communities known as...
Wesley “Wes” Coleman (1950- )
Wesley Coleman, corporate leader and Past Grand Sire Archon of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, was born on March 12, 1950,...
The Willard Straight Hall Takeover at Cornell University (1969)
The Willard Straight Hall Takeover at Cornell University in 1969 was a pivotal moment in the history of student protests...
Islam Is Introduced into West Africa (750 CE)
Islam was founded by the Prophet Muhammad in 610 CE in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Muhammad spread Islam throughout the Arabian...
Keenen Ivory Wayans (1958- )
Keenen Ivory Wayans is a filmmaker, actor, and comedian best known for his comedic satire and for creating the Emmy-winning...
