Black history month post: Celia Cruz, Biography

Singer (1925-2003)


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Black history month post: Hidden Figures, or how Nasa hired its first black women 'computers'


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Black history month post: Race in the US, Herstory

A brief and painful history of state violence against black women and girls.

OP: The following article is from September 5th, 2015.

( Trigger warnings: extreme racism, sexism and violence under the cut... )

Black history month post: Bessie Coleman


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Black history month post: Shaka, Zulu kingShaka, also spelled Chaka or Tshaka (born c. 1787-died Sept. 22, 1828), Zulu chief (1816-28), founder of Southern Africa’s Zulu Empire. He is credited with creating a fighting force that devastated the entire region. His life is the subject of numerous colourful and exaggerated stories, many of which are ( Read more... )

Black history month post: Black Canadians' long history of military service

OP: I thought it might be interesting to do a post having to do with Canada (i.e. since I'm from there), and since (white) Canadians tend to be woefully uninformed about their own history of racism. :-)

Pre-First World War


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Black history month post: Eartha Kitt


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Black history month post: Afro-Latinos


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Did African-American Slaves Rebel?

by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | Originally posted on The RootOne of the most pernicious allegations made against the African-American people was that our slave ancestors were either exceptionally “docile” or “content and loyal,” thus explaining their purported failure to rebel extensively. Some even compare enslaved ( Read more... )

Wangari Maathai

Kenyan winner of the Nobel peace prize for environmental efforts to help the poorest


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