By Kate McMahon, Smithsonian Institution On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner…
Tag: Black History
President Biden pardons Black nationalist Marcus Garvey
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned influential Pan-Africanist and Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who was wrongfully convicted of…
Not all insurrections are equal – for enslaved Americans, it was the only option
By Deion Scott Hawkins, Emerson CollegeFor most Americans, Jan. 6 was once an ordinary, ho-hum day. That changed in 2021…
Civil rights activist James Meredith honored with historical marker in Mississippi
KOSCIUSKO, Miss. — A historical marker was unveiled in Mississippi town that was home to 91-year-old civil rights leader James…
Gift-giving was practiced by early humans in Africa – how it spread and evolved
By Alan Fowler, University of the Witwatersrand For many countries around the world, December is an intense, commercialised period of…
More than 60 years later, Langston Hughes’ ‘Black Nativity’ is still a pillar of African American theater
During the end of every calendar year, a particular holiday performance pops up in African American communities and cultural centers…
Nikki Giovanni, acclaimed poet and author, dies at 81
Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, and teacher who became a celebrated literary talent amid the Black Art Movement in the…
His crayon is purple – but is Harold a Black boy?
By Philip Nel, Kansas State University Is Crockett Johnson’s Harold, of “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” a child of color?…
Bronze statue of civil rights icon John Lewis replaces Confederate monument in Georgia
DECATUR, Ga. — A controversial confederate monument has been officially replaced after a 12-foot bronze statue of late civil rights…
Biden to sign proclamation designating site of Springfield race riot a national monument
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation on Friday to officially declare the site of the 1908 race…