Revaluating The Black Power Movement: From Mayor Richard G. Hatcher To...
Though misunderstood and misrepresented by the media and its opponents, the 1960s Black Power movement touched every aspect of American culture, and like the “New Negro” Movement of the 1920s, African...
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The study and celebration of African American History is a central component of Kwanzaa. The Kwanzaa symbol, the mat or mkeka (Swahili), is symbolic of the tradition and history of African Americans...
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Introduction to Black History: Understanding the Role and Significance of...
For us, the return to Egypt in all domains is the necessary condition for reconciling African civilization with history, in order to be able to construct a body of modern human sciences, in order to...
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Mary McLeod Bethune: Strong Black Women Just Keep on Coming
I want [blacks] to maintain their dignity at all cost. We as [blacks] must recognize that we are the custodians as well as the heirs of a great civilization. We have given something to the world as a...
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Black History Month: Books You Should Read
Root and Branch: Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and the Struggle to End Segregation Author: Rawn James The Supreme Court 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education is widely considered...
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Booker T Washington: Economic Czar for Black America
“I plead for industrial education and development for the Negro not because I want to cramp him, but because I want to free him. I want to see him enter the all-powerful business and commercial world.”...
View ArticleDefining the Major Periods in African American History
Defining the Major Periods in African American History “We Must Learn and Know” This is an excerpt from a forthcoming book entitled In All Our Glory: A Comprehensive Overview of African American...
View ArticleAfrican American History Breakthrough Series
The fantasy of an America free of blacks is at least as old as the dream of creating a truly democratic society. While we are aware that there is something inescapably tragic about the cost of...
View ArticleThe Moors
African American History Breakthrough Series We are proud to celebrate the history of African Americans, highlighting the breakthrough series of ideas, theories, events, and technological inventions,...
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The Golden Age of West Africa
African American History Breakthrough Series We are proud to celebrate the history of African Americans, highlighting the breakthrough series of ideas, theories, events, and technological inventions,...
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