In Tuskegee, Alabama, the Rosenwald Fund made grants to the Alabama State Board

American virus deaths at 100,000: What does a number mean? | The Atlanta Voice

Facing such massive death and challenges counting the dead, Americans started to realize that numbers and statistics represented more than knowledge; they contained power, according to historian Drew Gilpin

fave

Source: The Atlanta Voice

Kenya: Jubilee Vows to Crack Whip on Errant MPs

Ten MPs allied to Deputy President William Ruto have accused the party leadership of using State agencies to harass and intimidate

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

Tanzania: Don't Blame Me for Any COVID-19 Deaths - Museveni

Kampala — President Museveni has said that he and his government have played their part in containing the spread of Coronavirus, and can no longer take the blame if Ugandans start dying of

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

(1864) Frederick Douglass On “The Mission Of The War”

On January 13, 1864, Frederick Douglass was invited to deliver a speech before the Women’s Loyal League at the Cooper Institute in New York City. He used the occasion to add his voice to the ongoing debate about the mission and meaning of the Civil War. In this address he reminded his audience that

fave

Source: Black Past

Roudanez, Louis Charles (1823-1890)

Physician and newspaper publisher, Louis Charles Roudanez was born free in June of 1823 in Saint James Parish, Louisiana. He was the son of a French merchant named Louis Roudanez and a black woman named Aimée Potens. Though his baptismal record registers him as white, Roudanez identified as

fave

Source: Black Past

Thompson, John Edward West (1855-1918)

John Edward West Thompson was an African American non-career diplomat. He served as U.S. Minister Resident/Consul General to Haiti from June 30, 1885 to October 17, 1889. Thompson simultaneously served as U.S. Chargé dAffaires to Santo Domingo (now the Dominican Republic) from 1885 to

fave

Source: Black Past

Namibia: High-risk Walvis Bay Under Total Lockdown

Walvis Bay Urban constituency councillor Knowledge Ipinge yesterday welcomed President Hage Geingob’s decision to place the coastal town under tighter Covid-19 restrictions with immediate effect, saying it was a proactive and applaudable move by

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

(2000) Harold Ford, “Keynote Address at the Democratic National Convention"

In 2000 at the National Democratic Convention in Los Angeles where Vice President Al Gore, Jr., won the Democratic Nomination for President, fellow Tennessean, Congressman Harold Ford of Memphis, gave the Keynote Address. That address appears

fave

Source: Black Past

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (1870- )

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School was established in 1870 as the Preparatory High School for Colored Youth with 45 students and one teacher, Emma J. Hutchins, to provide secondary education for the city’s African American children after efforts to integrate schools in Washington, D.C. failed. Within

fave

Source: Black Past

First U.S. Army flying school for Black cadets

First U.S. Army flying school for Black cadets dedicated at Tuskegee, Alabama.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jul

19

1941

Harris, Jr., Dr. Homer E. (1916- 2007 )

Homer Harris was born on March 4, 1916 in Seattle, Washington. In 1933, Harris became the first black captain of the football team at Garfield High School in Seattle. At the University of Iowa, Homer was elected by his teammates to be team captain, most inspirational, and Most Valuable

fave

Source: Black Past

May

14

2005

A Short History of African-American Folk Music

From the blues to zydeco, and jazz to hip-hop, slave-era spirituals about struggle and personal empowerment to the forefathers of rock and roll, America’s roots music is absolutely replete with the influence of the African-American community. Understanding the history provides a wonderful way to

fave

Source: ThoughtCo

Sarah Parker Remond, African American Abolitionist

Known for: African American abolitionist, women’s rights advocate

fave

Source: ThoughtCo

Kenyans die from common infections as antibiotics fail

The patient was resistant to 14 antibiotics, five drugs showed promise of clearing the infection and were to be administered into the vein, and three had a 50-50 chance of curing the

fave

Source: Business Daily

INTERVIEW: ‘I nip women to perfection’

A mother of a four-year-old daughter, she has a Master's degree in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and founded Allora Medical Practice, a private

fave

Source: Business Daily

Dr. Ernest Everett Just: The father of black scientists

Born in 1883 in Charleston, S.C., Dr. Ernest Everett Just became one of the most prominent American biologists in the last century, specializing in marine

fave

Source: http://theweeklychallenger.com

Africa: Seven Ways We Are Making Ourselves Sick (And How We Can Stop)

The World Health Organization attributes 23 per cent of all deaths to unhealthy environments; and this year, the top five risks cited in the World Economic Forum's Global Risk Report were all related to the

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

Langston Hughes

James Mercer Langston Hughes, or just Langston Hughes, was an American writer, poet and social activist, born on February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri. Most popularly recognized and appreciated for his work in literary art form of jazz poetry and the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s, Hughes worked

fave

Source: Black History Resources

May

22

1967

Civil and political rights

Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure ones ability to participate in the civil and political life of the society and state without discrimination or

fave

Source: BlackHistory.com

Aleijadinho (Antonio Francisco Lisboa, 1738-1814)

Antônio Francisco Lisboa, the Aleijadinho (the “little cripple”), prominent Brazilian artist, was born in 1738 to a Portuguese architect father, Manoel Francisco Lisboa, and his Brazilian slave, Isabel. He died in 1814, in his native state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, poor and

fave

Source: Black Past

Mae Jemison

Mae Jemison is an American Physician and a former NASA Astronaut. Jemison is the first African American woman to travel in

fave

Source: Black History Resources

Oct

17

1956

'Glad for the herb'... woman claims to be cured of HIV

Claims by local medicinal herb practitioner, Carlton Bennett, that herbal remedies can cure COVID-19 and other diseases, have stirred up controversy and caught the attention of several individuals who are eager to test his

fave

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Women Work Longer, Sleep Less Due to Covid-19

“The COVID 19 pandemic has aggravated the existing conditions for women, who are discriminated against in all sectors,” said Dr. Beatrice Duncan, Policy Advisor, Rule of Law, UN Women, at a May 22 briefing organized by Ethnic Media

fave

Source: La Focus Newspaper

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones is an American actor who is well known for an array of notable characters he has played in his movies. He was born in January 1931 to Robert Earl and Ruth Jones in Arkabutla, Mississippi. His father was an actor, boxer, butler, and chauffeur who left the family shortly after his

fave

Source: Black History Resources

Jonas Savimbi

Jonas Savimbi , in full Jonas Malheiro Savimbi (born August 3, 1934, Portuguese Angola—died February 22, 2002, near Lucusse, Angola), Angolan politician, the leader of a long-continuing guerrilla insurgency against the postindependence government of

fave

Source: Brittanica

Feb

22

2002

William A Hinton, developer of the Hinton test for diagnosing syphilis, is born

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Dec

15

1883

Coronavirus Pandemic And George Floyd Protests Highlight Health Disparities For Black People – Free Press of Jacksonville

Black people constitute nearly 13% of the U.S. population but made up 23% of all Covid-19 deaths as of June 3, according to the Centers for Disease Control and

fave

Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD) (1986- )

Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD), founded in 1986 in New York City, is one of the oldest organizations working toward the welfare of black gay men in the United States. They began offering services for persons with AIDS toward the beginning of the US pandemic which started in

fave

Source: Black Past

Lawrence, Jacob & Gwendolyn Knight

Jacob Lawrence, born in 1917 in Atlantic City, N.J., moved to New York City at age thirteen. Gwendolyn Knight, born in 1913, in Barbados, West Indies, arrived in the U.S. at age seven, and spent her first years in St. Louis. She arrived in New York City on the threshold of her teens. Knight and

fave

Source: Black Past

Miss Evers' Boys

Miss Evers Boys is a 1997 HBO television film starring Alfre Woodard and Laurence Fishburne, based on the true story of the decades-long Tuskegee experiment. It was directed by Joseph Sargent and adapted from the 1992 stage play written by David Feldshuh. The film was nominated for eleven Emmy

fave

Source: ThoughtCo

BlackFacts Details

In Tuskegee, Alabama, the Rosenwald Fund made grants to the Alabama State Board

Martin Luther King Jr. Facts

Education Facts

Arts Facts

Random Facts

Black People Facts

Literature Facts

Spirituality Facts