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During the WWII war campaign in Lancashire Britain, white American soldiers thought segregation was the law in Britain. Upon finding out Jim Crow was exclusive to America the white Army soldiers started a gun battle in which the Black soldiers repelled them into retreat. The Battle The whole incident is typical of the clashes on and around bases in Britain …
“Niggers in the White House” is a poem that was published in newspapers around the United States between 1901 and 1903. The poem was written in reaction to an October 1901 White House dinner hosted by Republican President Theodore Roosevelt, who had invited Booker T. Washington—an African-American presidential adviser—as a guest. The poem reappeared in 1929 after First Lady Lou …
In a rural Maryland community, a historic Black church brings a reckoning over a racist history that is still prevalent today. Serving a Black community in Garrett County, Maryland at the turn of the 20th century, the once known as Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, or Bethel AME disappeared almost entirely in the span of a few short decades. Seated …
A book written in 1896 by the German born author, Frederick Ludwig Hoffman” Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro was and remains in principle as the play book for denying African Americans equality in the healthcare spectrum. Racism played a major role in the opposition to a national health care system over the years. During the late 19th …
A 2015 study found that the children of the survivors of the Holocaust had epigenetic changes to a gene that was linked to their levels of cortisol, a hormone involved in the stress response. I am convinced the descendants of enslaved Africans in America DNA may have been altered from generational subjugation with some more severely impacted than others. All …
The TrumPutin effect of lawlessness throughout government is evident with its impact being felt all the way into the American judiciary fabric. As of late one of the most aggressive criminal investigations against Donald Trump appears to be running into the sand after the two leading prosecutors in the Manhattan district attorney’s office investigating the former president’s finances resigned. The day before …
Every time you enter into a space in which your Blackness may shape the interaction you are likely to experience, you are practicing “CRT” (critical race theory). Much of which shapes our racial lives in America is facilitated by law. First, where did this construct originate? Prior to slavery in American colonies, race was not an element in civilization. The …
The Will Smith, Chris Rock distraction is just that, a distraction from the real issues America notoriously chooses to ignore in a state of conscious denial. This is the perfect distraction for a massive cross-section of America to do some kind of small mind finger pointing. This same distractive mindset is shared and showcased with Lindsey Graham asking U.S. Supreme …
We have taken the time to remember the fearless civil rights activist Malcolm X, born May 19, 1925 and assassinated February 21, 1965. Malcolm X was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. 57 Years Later Same Malignant Issues Remain Fifty-Seven years after Malcolm’s assassination the same malignant issues …
On Saturday, May 14, 2022 an 18 year old targeted and killed 10 African-Americans in Buffalo, New York. The gunman in Saturday’s attack on Tops Friendly Market was identified as Payton Gendron, of Conklin, New York, about 200 miles (320km ) south-east of Buffalo. The media coverage at best was muffled. The media coverage of the Will Smith Chris Rock slap …
