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The famous “whipped slave ” photograph pictures the runaway slave Gordon exposing his severely whipped back to the camera of two itinerant photographers, William D. McPherson and his partner, Mr. Oliver. Gordon had received a severe whipping for undisclosed reasons in the fall of 1862. This beating left him with horrible welts on much of the surface of his back. The unusual, but common, way these scars grew outward from the skin is a certain type of scar tissue called “keloid”. It is caused by an excessive protein called collagen within the healing tissue and raises the tissue. People of color are more likely to develop keloid scars. Gordon escaped in March 1863 from the 3,000-acre (12 km2) plantation of John and Bridget Lyons, who held him and nearly 40 other people in slavery at the time of the 1860 census. Upon learning of his flight, his master recruited several neighbors and together they chased after him with a pack of bloodhounds. Gordon had anticipated that he would be pursued ...

Beatrice Foods Reginald F. Lewis (December 7, 1942- January 19, 1993) grew up in a middle-class East Baltimore neighborhood in Maryland. He won a football scholarship to Virginia State College, graduating with a degree in economics in 1965. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1968 and was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi. In 1992, Forbes listed Lewis among the 400 richest Americans, with a net worth estimated at $400 million. He also was the first African American to build a billion dollar company, Beatrice Foods. Below is a summary of Lewis' remarkable accomplishments over the 50 years of his life, told in his voice, and those of his adoring family and friends. Please support Lewis' legacy by supporting While alive, Lewis made known his desire to support a museum of African American culture. In 2005, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture opened with support from a $5 million grant from his foundation. It is the East Coast’s largest Afri...

She never got to finish her journey that day. She was marching peacefully along with some 600 protesters for voting rights when policemen arrived with tear gas and billy clubs. The protesters would be beaten, and she would be left bloody and unconscious on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma. Her name was Amelia Boynton, the date was March 7, 1965, and the incident on the bridge in Selma would draw national attention, eventually being called, "Bloody Sunday." Boynton, a former teacher, had invited Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to Selma. Dr. King and members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference would meet and set up headquarters at Boynton's Selma home, where they would plan the Selma to Montgomery March. When they got on the bridge, she remembers the troopers brutally attacking them. "I felt a blow on my arm that could have injured me permanently had it been on my head," she would say. "Another blow by a trooper as I was gasping for breath knocked me...

A 76-year-old athlete has completed a challenging marathon and received a standing ovation from the crowd. The marathon took place in the city of Salta, located in the northwest region of Argentina. Enedina Modesta Perez, successfully completed the marathon after running for more than 5 hours. She received cheers and applause from the audience as she crossed the finish line. Her impressive feat serves as an inspiration to people of all ages and demonstrates that determination and hard work can help anyone achieve their goals, regardless of their age.

This beautiful sculpture was built by the Irish people in their own country to honor the American Choctaw Indian tribe. They were grateful because in 1847 the Choctaw people sent money to Ireland when they learned that Irish people were starving due to the potato famine. The Choctaw themselves were living in hardship and poverty, having recently endured the Trail of Tears. And that is a lesson in how to be a person in this world. Kindred Spirits is a large stainless steel outdoor sculpture in Bailick Park in Midleton, County Cork, Ireland. The shape of the feathers is intended to represent a bowl of food.

Acadiana, also known as Cajun Country , is a region in southern Louisiana that is rich in Cajun culture, history, and traditions. Known for its unique cuisine, lively music, and vibrant festivals, Acadiana is home to delicious dishes like gumbo, jambalaya, and crawfish étouffée. The area is famous for its hospitality and the phrase "laissez les bons temps rouler" (let the good times roll), reflecting the region's celebratory spirit. With a blend of French, Spanish, African, and Native American influences, Acadiana offers a distinctive cultural experience that is truly one of a kind.

"Ancient Egyptians were not west African" By such claim, they try to prove that ancient Egyptians were not Black African. Trying to separate west from north-east Africa, like "west African type can't build such civilization like ancient Egypt" 😆 They can fool themselves, but not educated Africans!  Black Africans are not only in West Africa.  Black Africans are present everywhere around the continent. The pictures below are native pharaohs of Egypt, not from the so called "25th Dynasty" : 1st, 12th, 18th Dynasty, 3rd Dynasty : 100% native African. Builders of Kemet Civilization 🏛️ . They are From the Old, Middle Kingdoms.. Before the late period of Egypt when Eurasians ruled on Egypt (Assyrians, Greeks, Romans..).  Arabgytians are ashamed by those pharaohs, they never show to the world 😊. But Those are  Great native pharaohs of Kemet golden age. Arabgyptians prefer showing random Scribes (servants of these natives Pharoahs).

We were taught the Lewis & Clark expedition in school. We were not taught there was a Black man who played a major role in the success of that expedition! His name was York. He was born to enslaved parents, and served as William Clark's valet from boyhood. As a young teen he served as a trusted member of the expedition. His skills as a tracker/hunter credited with making it possible for the group to reach the Pacific Ocean, despite extreme weather and dangerous overland conditions. York was in fact lauded for his skills: scouting, hunting, field medicine, finding food/water and performing much of the heavy lifting. Lewis noted in his journal that York saved him from certain death in the grip of a grizzly bear during the expedition. Native Nations treated York with great respect, and he played a key role in diplomatic talks between Tribal leaders and whites in his group...due to his dark skin and open attitude. When the expedition returned, every member received money and land f...

Although the most famous cowboys of the old west were white men like Roy Rogers and Billy the Kid, one in four of America’s cowboys were African-American. Many of the slaves in the 17th and 18th centuries were familiar with cattle herding from their homelands of West Africa. This brings historians the question of the name “Cowboy” and whether or not it was made from slave cow herders. The life of the black cowboy was tougher than most. It was the black cowboy who broke the horses and herded the cattle across the rivers. Though they took on the toughest jobs, it was better to be a black cowboy on the ranch than a slave on the plantation picking cotton. The life and legacy of black cowboys is still alive through the Federation of Black Cowboys. The organization takes inner city kids off the street and teaches them life on horseback. The fundamental tools they learn at Cedar Lane give them hope for bright futures – something many of them may not have had in their crime-ridden and drug-in...

Many people are thinking that Africa had no history. However, historical and archeological studies have proven that Africa has a richer and greater history than ancient historians have tried to have us believe.  1. The human race is African descent. The oldest known skeletal remains of anatomically modern humans (or homo sapiens) have been unearthed at sites in East Africa. Human remains were discovered in Omo, Ethiopia and date back to 195,000 years, the oldest known in the world.  2. Prehuman skeletons were discovered in Africa between 4 and 5 million years ago. The oldest known ancestral type of mankind is thought to be Australopithecus ramidus, which lived at least 4.4 million years ago.  3. Africans were the first to organize fishing expeditions 90,000 years ago. In Katanda, a region in the northeastern part of Zaire (now Congo), a series of finely crafted harpon tips were recovered, all thoroughly polished and barbed. A tool, equally well designed, was also discover...

“This is my great-grandma , Christina Levant Platt at age 100, weeding her garden. She was born into slavery. Her “owner” was a wife that taught my great grandma to read and write secretly, which was illegal and quite dangerous at that time for both of them. She learned to read the Bible. She had 11 children, she lost two, one son was one of the first black attorneys in US. She sent the 4 boys to college in Boston. Exceptional in those days. She passed 5yrs before I was born but I love her as if I knew her. Family tells me she would say “ I put prayers on my children’s children’s heads”. This apparently worked💜 Around April 12, 1861, Christina was at the 1st battle of the CIVIL WAR, in Fort Sumter at Charleston Bay, South Carolina, working in the cotton fields. She said “the sky was black as night” from cannonball fire. She saw a man decapitated by a cannonball. She was the water girl for the other slaves as a young girl and “ the lookout” for the slaves in the fields for the approach...

Elizabeth McDuffie , the White House cook, was tested by producer David O. Selznick for the role of Mammy in his upcoming epic, GONE WITH THE WIND. Selznick, who was known for his ability to generate publicity, tested McDuffie after First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt recommended the talented member of her staff. However, Louise Beavers, a leading African-American movie actress at the time, was also considered for the role. Ultimately, HATTIE McDANIEL (pictured here on set) was cast in the role and delivered a memorable performance.

"The last American slave ship docked illegally in Mobile, Alabama in 1860, carrying about 160 West African captives. Among them was Cudjo Lewis, who recognized how his birth culture might be erased while toiling in this new land. So when he was freed, he purchased two acres and started a self-sufficient community of survivors of the last slave ship. Known to outsiders as Africatown, Lewis' neighborhood was modeled on his West African home, where extended families lived together, members conversed in their regional languages, and partook in traditions that might otherwise be lost to them in America. Today, Africatown still exists and houses the descendants of the nation's last slave ship community. 

Is it Native American? Is it Mexican? No its Saudi, Palestinian, Jordanian, Algerian, Moroccan, it comes from the Arab Peninsula, no it’s African. The truth is, it’s none and it’s all. When I was getting ready for the second interview, I have already prepared my outfit. Jacket, white shirt, black pants. The usual “interview look”. The night before I saw that jacket in my closet. A friend of mine in Jordan was starting her business and gave it to me as a gift. Is it “Tatreez” is it “Sidau” is it “Qashgabia”? It is all and its none. What was fascinating is that people who lived so far apart from each other, whether in Palestine, Arabian desert, African plains, North and south American mountains have so much in common without them knowing. The colors, the designs the vibrant patterns. All these people had that in common thousands of years ago. Maybe its the natural connection with the land. Maybe that’s the language of the indigenous people everywhere: colors, warmth and fabrics made wit...

In Native American culture , colors have special significance. Red is the color of war, violence. Black, an inauspicious color (for most cultures) represents the "living" and is worn on the face during war. White is the color of peace. Green, when worn under the eyes, empowers the individual with a night vision. Yellow is the most adverse color, representing death (the color of "old bones") and when a person is mourning. Also, yellow means a person has lived their life and will fight to the finish. Native tribes maintain their own culture and unique way of face painting.

LONG HAIR Traditionally, long hair was always a symbol of masculinity. All of history's great warriors had long hair, from the Greeks (who wrote odes to their heroes' hair) to the Nordic, from the American Indians (famous for their long shiny hair) to the Japanese. And the longer and beautiful the hair was, the more manly the warrior was considered. Vikings flaunted their braids and samurai wore their long hair as a symbol of their honor (they cut their braid when they lose honor). When a warrior was captured, his mane was cut to humiliate him, to take away his beauty. That custom resumed in what is today military service. There when new soldiers begin their training the first thing they do is cut their hair to undermine their self-esteem, make them submissive and make them see who's boss. The Romans were the ones who "invented" short hair so to speak, between the 1st and 5th centuries AD.. In battles they believed this gave them defensive advantages, since their ...

Oseola McCarty was a Mississippi philanthropist who donated most of her life savings, $150,000, to the University of Southern Mississippi to provide scholarships for African American students in need. A seamstress and washerwoman who was paid mostly in dollar bills and loose change her entire life, McCarty was praised for her generosity and received many awards, including an honorary degree from the university. McCarty was born on March 7, 1908, in Shubuta, Mississippi.

 Imagine if the Titanic had avoided the iceberg... On the fateful night of April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic was sailing smoothly through the North Atlantic. But, we all know the story - it infamously struck an iceberg and sank, leading to a tragic loss of life. But, what if fate had intervened? What if the lookout had spotted the iceberg sooner, or the ship had managed to swerve in time? The Titanic would have continued its journey, reaching New York City on April 17 as planned. Arriving in New York, the Titanic would have been hailed as a marvel of modern engineering and a symbol of human achievement. It might have even embarked on more voyages, becoming a legendary ocean liner. Yet, we'll never know for sure... or can we? 

Helen Pitts Douglass (1838–1903) was a teacher and feminist , and the second wife of former slave, abolitionist, and women’s rights advocate Frederick Douglass. She created the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association and spent the last years of her life trying to build a memorial to her deceased husband, who is recognized as the father of the civil rights movement. Helen Pitts was born in 1838 in Honeoye, New York. She attended school at the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary in Lima, New York, and graduated from Mary Lyon‘s Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (now Mount Holyoke College) in 1859. Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was a famous abolitionist, writer, lecturer and statesman. He was born a slave on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and was given the name Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey. At an early age, he learned to read and write and escaped to freedom in the North, changing his name to Douglass to avoid recapture. Eventually, he settled in Rochester, New York...

The Cosby Show is an American sitcom created by and starring Bill Cosby, which aired on NBC from 1984 to 1992. It followed the Huxtables, an upper middle-class African-American family in Brooklyn, and was inspired by Cosby's stand-up routines. The show was a massive hit, topping TV ratings for five consecutive seasons and revitalizing the sitcom genre. It led to the successful spin-off A Different World. The series had a significant cultural impact, especially on the portrayal of Black families and gender roles on TV. Despite its success, The Cosby Show has been pulled from syndication in many places due to sexual assault allegations against Cosby.🎥📸