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More than 100 U.S. political leaders have ancestors who were slaveholders; There is one notable exception
7+ hour, 17+ min ago (215+ words) At least 100 members of the last sitting Congress, are direct descendants of ancestors who enslaved Black people, representing at least 8% of Democrats in Congress and 28% of Republicans. The group includes Republican senators Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, Tom Cotton and James…...
Renowned Feminist Historian Loses Professorship as Experts Tear Apart Her So-Called Historical Findings (racist black historian)
17+ hour, 18+ min ago (151+ words) A black feminist historian whose work is being labeled as misleading — and who may have lost her cushy academic job — says it all comes down to an attack on black women. The New York Times tells the tale of Kerri…...
BLM activist breaks down in tears over “demonic” white people; says black people cannot “live normal lives” due to slavery hundreds of years ago. (22 second video)
2+ week, 6+ day ago (120+ words) BLM activist breaks down in tears over “demonic” white people; says black people cannot “live normal lives” due to slavery hundreds of years ago. “How do you expect us to live normal lives? And then with all of that we…...
Descendants of Frederick Douglass and John Brown on Juneteenth warn against backsliding on civil rights
3+ week, 1+ day ago (180+ words) Two direct descendants of prominent abolitionists reflected on the legacy of slavery and the challenges facing Black Americans during a visit to WHYY on Juneteenth. Kevin Douglass Greene, a descendant of Frederick Douglass, said he has little sympathy for people…...
A Biblical View of Juneteenth
3+ week, 3+ day ago (221+ words) While many refer to June 19th as Juneteenth, it is also widely known as Jubilee Day in Southern states. Jubilee refers to an Old Testament celebration instituted in Leviticus 25 to occur every 50 years. The year began on the Day of Atonement…...
You Can't Separate Juneteenth From the Call for Reparations
3+ week, 3+ day ago (367+ words) Flashforward to 2021, and the bill that established Juneteenth as a national holiday and H.R. 40, the proposal to establish a commission to study reparations, reached Congress. The former passed, the latter did not. “To be sure, this was not the first time…...
WATCH: Karmelo Anthony’s Grandmother Riles Up Crowd Chanting “Racist! Biased! Prejudiced!” Outside Courthouse – Claims White People Can Do “Whatever the **** They Want”
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (193+ words) Karmelo Anthony’s grandmother, Toni Hayes, was caught on camera leading chants of “Racist! Biased! Prejudiced!” as she left the McKinney, Texas, courthouse, where Anthony, 19, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison. She is further seen making hearts…...
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Hulu series host to speak at Juneteenth event in Springfield
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (179+ words) Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Hulu series host Nikole Hannah-Jones is set to speak at a Juneteenth event in Springfield. The University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies, in partnership with Juneteenth Inc., the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum…...
Black accomplishments 101: I never realized that black folks had invented so many useful things that we take for granted today.
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (522+ words) Ever since high school, we have all been made aware of black accomplishments with each occasion of black history month in February. There was Harriet Tubman’s railroad and Rosa Parks’s bus seat, but most memorable of all, was George Washington…...
Black Power in Decline
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (403+ words) White fatigue with peak blackness is an obvious factor, but not the only one. There’s also a surprising reason that plays a role: demographic change. Mass immigration will upend the old black-white dynamic that shaped American society in the past....