A Utah learning center is under fire after a history assignment packets reportedly said, “most slaves were generally treated kindly” in the United States and had “reasonable living conditions and hours of service.” In a statement by Northridge Learning Center, an accredited online resource “for non-traditional students seeking high school diploma course credits” in Utah. The […]
Black women’s history matters in medicine. Read ProPublica’s feature piece on how the US is the most dangerous industrialized country in which to give birth, and racial disparities in maternal mortality make it even worse for women of color: https://www.propublica.org/article/nothing-protects-black-women-from-dying-in-pregnancy-and-childbirth And they’re seeking your help in understanding the problem. If you nearly died during pregnancy […]
During a recent podcast interview on the OUTLOUD with Gianno Caldwell” Ben Carson compared Black Republican’s to runaway enslaved people saying they are victims of institutional racism. Caldwell, another Black conservative said there was “a major attack on Black conservatives” — noting Carson has been called “a house N-word, a coon, any negative, disgusting name […]
This is why Black History Month is important. Charles F. Coleman Jr. breaks it down. Follow Charles on Twitter – https://twitter.com/CFColemanJr #CharlesFColemanJr. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory source Related Posts Top black actors | Worth Sharing Videos If you look at the history worldwide, Black people have contributed more than anybody else. They have contributed to almost Read […]
Set in 1800’s America, A now free black woman is retelling her worst experience as a slave, where she was brutally punished for being “too proud” by the hands of her new master, his wife, and a hired man. This is but one segment of her life, born into slavery, and growing up to eventually […]
A Mississippi middle school is facing backlash after a teacher assigned an essay asking students to pretend they’re slaves. The incident took place at Purvis Middle School in Lamar County, Mississippi, as part of what was supposed to be a lesson on the “atrocities and negatives of slavery,” WDAM7 reported. Titled the “Slave Letter Writing Activity,” the assignment prompted the students to […]
Mary Ellen Pleasant was born on Aug. 19, 1814 in Virginia and spent her early years in Nantucket, Massachusetts. She worked as a bond servant to the Hussey family, an abolitionist family. She later married James Smith, a wealthy former plantation owner and an abolitionist. Mary Ellen and James worked on the Underground Railroad. After Smith’s death four years later, Mary […]
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Don’t Beat Your Children Or They’ll Turn Out Like Me. https://shorturl.at/cmoy5 1) Corner Stores In The Middle Of The Block 2) Pretty Ugly, A Harlem Situation 3) Don’t Beat Your Children Or They’ll Turn Out LIke Me 4) Agitation Gets The Dirt Out https://rb.gy/rfzwdg https://shorturl.at/jnBN5 Brad Bathgate is the author of a few books of […]