Category Archives: Black History

AFRICAN AND BLACK HISTORY (@africanarchives) | Matthew A Henson

Posted on April 7, 2024 by agogo22
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BBC Radio 4 – A Jamaican Poet in Dublin

Posted on March 24, 2024 by agogo22

Jason Allen-Paisant goes to Ireland on the trail of Jamaican poet Ferdinand Levy. In 1941, while a medical student in Dublin, Jamaican poet Ferdinand Levy published his only poetry collection, Flashes from the Dark. Positively reviewed at the time, the … Continue reading →

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The First Black Person In British History With A Name And A Portrait

Posted on February 11, 2024 by agogo22
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Debunking Historical Myths: Was The British Mainland Slave-Free?

Posted on January 4, 2024 by agogo22
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The last American slave ship docked illegally in Mobile, Alabama in 1860, carrying about 160 West African captives. Among them was Cudjo Lewis…

Posted on December 20, 2023 by agogo22
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Smalls was born into enslavement in Beaufort, South Carolina in 1839…

Posted on December 10, 2023 by agogo22
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 This is Marion Stokes, a Philadelphia librarian who began taping whatever was on television from 1975 until her death in 2012.  | AFRICAN AND BLACK HISTORY (@africanarchives) 

Posted on October 5, 2023 by agogo22
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This Black History Month, celebrate our city’s inspirational Black women…

Posted on October 2, 2023 by agogo22

 

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Posted on June 18, 2023 by agogo22
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Jermaine Fowler • Public Historian (@thehumanityarchive) | The spectacular Hazel Scott

Posted on June 6, 2023 by agogo22
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