King Mansa Musa I of Mali (1280 – 1337 A.D.) medieval African ruler and grandson or the grandnephew of Sundiata Mansa Musa I of Mali, the medieval African ruler and grandson or the grandnephew of Sundiata (founder of the Mali dynasty) was born in 1280 A.D. (14th century) was and is the richest person thatRead More
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Paris Negro Exhibit Interior of Negro Exhibition, was the first and last fair to bridge the gap between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This was also the pinnacle of imperialism, and the “nadir of race relations in America.” After witnessing a successful campaign for the inclusion of African-Americans, in the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893,Read More
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Sarah Rector Acquires Oil Rich Land Her name was Sarah Rector. She was a young black girl born in Indian Territory on March 3, 1902. Her parents were Joseph and Rose Rector, all of Taft, Indian Territory. Her story is similar to that of Danny Tucker another black child born in Indian Territory. He, likeRead More
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There once was a place called Black Wall Street or Little Africa in Greenwood Business District which was nestled in the arms of a very fruitful African- American community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, early 1900’s. It was founded by wealthy Black entrepreneurs during a time of segregation and the peak of a profitable oil industry. SinceRead More
Tulsa Race Riots of 1921, Destruction of Black Wall Street Read More »
Young Revolutionary Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on June 29, 1941. During the early part of his life he attended The Bronx High School of Science. Later he was a philosophy major at Howard University, and a young man whom spent summers in the South working with theRead More
Stokely Carmichael “Fight the Power, not the Powerless!” Read More »
“We are an American family and we rise and we fall together as one nation and as one people.” This country has more wealth than any nation, but that’s not what makes us rich. We have the most powerful military in history but, that’s not what makes us strong. Our university, our culture, the envyRead More
