You may also like

The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed | An Online Reference Guide to African American History by Professor Quintard Taylor, University of Washington
The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed | An Online Reference Guide to African American History by Professor Quintard Taylor, University of Washington
Read more
Source: Black Past
A Biography of Boston Massacre Hero Crispus Attucks
The first person to die in the Boston Massacre was an African-American sailor named Crispus Attucks. Not much is known about Crispus Attucks prior to his death in 1770, but his actions that day became a source of inspiration for both white and black Americans for years to
Read more
Source: ThoughtCo
Sponsored by New York University
African America’s First Protest Meeting: Black Philadelphians Reject the American Colonization Society Plans for Their Resettlem
In the following account historian William L. Katz revisits an essay he first wrote in 1968 as the introduction to the reprinted volume of William Lloyd Garrison’s Thoughts on African Colonization which was first published in 1832. In the article below he describes the first mass protest meeting at
Read more
Source: Black Past
Cosby, Bill (1937-- )
William Henry Cosby, Jr., one of Americas most influentialand successful entertainers, was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania on July 12,1937 to William Henry, a US Navy cook, and Anna Pearl Cosby, a maid.  The family struggled financially, and a moveinto Philadelphias crime-ridden Richard Allen
Read more
Source: Black Past
Brixton Riots (April 10-12, 1981)
The Brixton Riots of April 10-12, 1981, described as the first serious riots of the 20th century in England, were the first large scale racial confrontations between black British youth and white British police.  The rioting was sparked by antagonism between black youths and the
Read more
Source: Black Past
Phillis Wheatley
The young girl who was to become Phillis Wheatley was kidnapped and taken to Boston on a slave ship in 1761 and purchased by a tailor, John Wheatley, as a personal servant for his wife, Susanna. She was treated kindly in the Wheatley household, almost as a third child. The Wheatleys soon recognized
Read more
Source: Brittanica
William Plomer
William Plomer , (born Dec. 10, 1903, Transvaal, S.Af.—died Sept. 21, 1973, Lewes, East Sussex, Eng.), South African-born British man of letters, whose writing covered many genres: poetry, novels, short stories, memoirs, and even opera
Read more
Source: Brittanica
James Earl Ray
Best Known
Read more
Source: Fact Monster - Black History
A Brief History of Swaziland in Africa
According to tradition, the people of the present Swazi nation migrated south before the 16th century to what is now Mozambique. Following a series of conflicts with people living in the area of modern Maputo, the Swazis settled in northern Zululand in about 1750. Unable to match the growing Zulu
Read more
Source: ThoughtCo
Sponsored by Prospanica Boston Professional Chapter
History of the Caribbean
The history of the Caribbean reveals the significant role the region played in the colonial struggles of the European powers since the 15th century. In the 20th century the Caribbean was again important during World War II, in the decolonization wave during the post-war period, and in the tension
Read more
Source: ThoughtCo
Dambudzo Marechera
Dambudzo Marechera , (born 1952, Rusape, Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]—died Aug. 18, 1987, Harare, Zimbabwe), Zimbabwean novelist who won critical acclaim for his collection of stories entitled The House of Hunger (1978), a powerful account of life in his country under white
Read more
Source: Brittanica
Sponsored by Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies
United States v. Paradise (1987)
No. 85-999 Argued: November 12, 1986 --- Decided: February 25, 1987
Read more
Source: Black Past
Sponsored by Diversity In Action
Zambia
Republic of Zambia
Read more
Source: Fact Monster - Black History
Africans at Hadrian's Wall
Hadrians Wall, named after Roman Emperor Hadrian (117-138 AD), was built between 122 and 128 AD as the frontier fortification for the northernmost region of the Roman Empire, near what is the current border of England and Scotland.  During their time on the island of Britain the Romans garrisoned
Read more
Source: Black Past
Kenya
National name: Jamhuri ya Kenya
Read more
Source: Fact Monster - Black History
Sponsored by Diversity In Action
Saladin
Saladin săl´ədĭn [key], Arabic Salah ad-Din, 1137?–1193, Muslim warrior and Ayyubid sultan of Egypt, the great opponent of the Crusaders, b. Mesopotamia, of Kurdish descent. He lived for 10 years in Damascus at the court of Nur ad-Din , where he distinguished himself by his interest in Sunni
Read more
Source: Fact Monster - Black History
Slavery in the United States
For slavery among Native Americans, see Slavery among Native Americans in the United States. For slavery in the colonial period, see Slavery in the colonial United States. For modern-day slavery, see Human trafficking in the United
Read more
Source: AA Studies Research Guide
Biography of the African Statesman: Sir Seretse Khama
Seretse Khama was the first prime minister of Botswana, and from 1966 to his death in 1980, he served as the countrys first
Read more
Source: ThoughtCo
(1838) Angelina Grimké Weld, “Speech in Pennsylvania Hall”
In the speech below Angelina Grimke Weld, who was born to a prominent slaveholding family in Charleston, South Carolina, invites the women and men of Philadelphia to join  her in the campaign against
Read more
Source: Black Past
Sponsored by National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) Boston Metropolitan Chapter
Attucks, Crispus (1723-1770)
Crispus Attucks, the first martyr of the Boston Massacre in 1770, was probably born near Framingham, Massachusetts, a Christianized and multitribal town of Indians, whites, and blacks, in 1723.  Unusually tall for the era at six feet, two inches, Attucks was of mixed ancestry,the son of an African
Read more
Source: Black Past
Rutling, Thomas (1854—1915)
Born a slave, Thomas Rutling was one of only four Fisk Jubilee Singers who remained with the company through all three of their pioneering tours between 1872 and 1877. After completing a tour of Europe he refused to return to racist America, he lived the rest of his life in Great Britain as
Read more
Source: Black Past
Sponsored by APEX Museum
Arthur Allen Fletcher, “The Father of Affirmative Action”
Arthur Allen Fletcher is known to many as the father of affirmative action.  In the following account historian David Hamilton Golland describes the career of Fletcher, a Republican civil rights activist during the last half of the 20th
Read more
Source: Black Past
Sponsored by Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts
(1867) Frederick Douglass, “Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage”
? In 1867 Frederick Douglass, noted abolitionist and civil rights leader, weighed in on one of the most contentious issues of the day, suffrage for black men following the Civil War.  His address, given in January 1867, during the Congressional debate on black male voting in the territories, appear
Read more
Source: Black Past
Sponsored by National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAP) Boston Chapter
Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Baltimore (1863-- )
Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church was the first African American Catholic Church in the United States.  The building, located on the corner of Calvert and Pleasant Street in Baltimore, Maryland, was originally constructed in 1836 for the congregation of the First Universalist Church.  By
Read more
Source: Black Past
Gullah
The Gullah are the descendants of enslaved Africans from various people who lived in the Lowcountry regions of the U.S. states of Georgia and South Carolina, in the area of both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands. They developed a creole ethnicity and language that is distinctive among African
Read more
Source: ThoughtCo
Africa and Africans in the Imagination of Renaissance Italians (1450-1630)
Many Europeans have long exhibited a fascination with the African continent.  However their knowledge of Africa was often incorrect or incomplete.  In the following article University of Cincinnati historian John K. Brackett describes the Italian idea of Africa during the 15th and 16th
Read more
Source: Black Past
Badin, Adolf (1747-1822)
Adolf Badin, also known as Adolf Ludvig Gustav Fredrik Albert/Couschi, was born in St. Croix, Danish West Indies in 1747, and died in 1822 in Sweden.  Badin came to Sweden a slave but became a titled person in the courts of King Fredrick and Queen Ulrika during their reign (1751-1771).  Badin
Read more
Source: Black Past
Aristide, Jean-Bertrand
Aristide, Jean-Bertrand zhän´ bĕrtränd´ ä˝rēstēd´ [key], 1953–, president of Haiti (1991, 1994–96, 2001–4). A radical Catholic priest who defended liberation theology , he worked among Haitis poor and was part of a group of progressive priests who opposed the Duvalier dictatorship. He studied
Read more
Source: Fact Monster - Black History
Sponsored by Pride Academy
(1869) Frederick Douglass Describes The "Composite Nation"
In an 1869 speech in Boston, Frederick Douglass challenged most social observers and politicians (including most African Americans) by advocating the acceptance of Chinese immigration. His argument is presented
Read more
Source: Black Past
Sponsored by Prospanica Boston Professional Chapter
Grant, Bernie (1944–2000)
Born on the 17th of February 1944 in Georgetown, Guyana, Bernie Grant was elected to the British House of Commons in 1987 to serve as one of the country’s first black Members of Parliament (MPs). With a head teacher for a father and a teacher for a mother, Grant, the second of five children, was
Read more
Source: Black Past
More from Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Qatari field hospital to be set up at Liliendaal - Stabroek News
India strangled Australia with a leg-side trap - Stabroek News
TCL closes packaging subsidiary in Trinidad - Stabroek News
Nandlall challenging basis of case brought on behalf of Haitians - Stabroek News
Trinidad contractor accused of digging up graves - Stabroek News
Trinidad Health Minister urges political parties to observe COVID regulations - Stabroek News
U.S. television host Larry King dies aged 87 - CNN - Stabroek News
Jamaica grieves passing of former Reggae Boy Luton Shelton - Stabroek News
Jamaican man on assault charge proposes in court - Stabroek News
Eccles to Mandela Avenue road expected to finish by November  - President - Stabroek News
Seventy-nine new COVID cases registered - Stabroek News
Site mapping begins for new road linking Eccles to Mandela Avenue - Stabroek News
Joinder parties unhappy at exclusion from Parliamentary committees - Stabroek News
Banks DIH group reports 15.7% rise in after-tax profit for 2020 - Stabroek News
Gov’t moving headlong with gas to shore project but studies still to be released - Stabroek News
Region One under pressure from surge of Venezuelans - Stabroek News
How does it stand the year after the eruption of the 2020 general crisis? - Stabroek News
Talks progress for turning Mackenzie Sports Club into multipurpose facility - Stabroek News
The budget and the Natural Resource Fund Act - Stabroek News
LUCAS STOCK INDEX - Stabroek News
Trinidad: Hero cops rescue two doctors - Stabroek News
Feasibility studies vital - Stabroek News
The need for civility - Stabroek News
Screen Queen: Golda Rosheuvel is ready to claim her throne - Stabroek News
We only know - Stabroek News
Fourteen grandmasters competing in Tata Steel tournament - Stabroek News
Venezuela escalates threat to guyana - Stabroek News
Medical school top grad Dr Jonelle Europe has fulfilled a dream - Stabroek News
Cars collide on George St - Stabroek News
How to ‘snatch’ your waistline - Stabroek News
Stop blaming the children - Stabroek News
The rise and rise of professional theatre in Guyana - Stabroek News
Salesman robbed at Plantation Opposite - Stabroek News
Only entrance into Chateau Margot in danger of being swallowed - Stabroek News
CARIFTA Games to go ahead in Bermua in early July - Stabroek News
Fraudsters selling UWI bachelor’s for $150,000 apiece - Stabroek News
Persons caught dumping garbage into drains to face full force of the law - ministry - Stabroek News
I am officially launching my campaign - Stabroek News
Two-match series a critical test of players mettle, says Simmons - Stabroek News
Sophia man hospitalized after shot by police - Stabroek News
Guyana aint gat battam nah moh - Stabroek News
Victoria Scorpions receive football gear from AFC Wimbledon Academy - Stabroek News
Tazmein excited over prospects for scented coconut oil products - Stabroek News
Guyanese need to protect themselves in view of govt’s Covid-19 lethargy - Stabroek News
Audit reveals Ministry of Public Works scales on wharf for four years - Stabroek News
South Essequibo CC demands explanation for Adams’s non-selection - Stabroek News
Justice needed for Haresh Singh - Stabroek News
Roberts is new president of Flying Ace Cycle Club - Stabroek News
Toshaos council, APA still awaiting word from minister on Amerindian Act - Stabroek News
Where is the moral compass? - Stabroek News

National Trust for Historic Preservation

Science Facts

Black People Facts

Facts About Women

Literature Facts