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Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in his Own Words

Amazon removed this documentary from its collection during Black History Month and offered the producers no explanation. However, the documentary remains available on several other platforms. With unprecedented access, the producers interviewed Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, Virginia, for over 30…

America Culture Featured by John Akina February 24, 2021

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The Economics of the Atlantic Slave Trade

During the Atlantic slave trade about a quarter of the crew of each slave ship died on the voyage. The Life expectancy of a European who went to the West Indies was only five to ten years. Some Europeans tried to set…

America Featured Land Issues Society by Ana Mosioa-Tunya February 17, 2021

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African American Land Ownership And Black Wealth

Land ownership is essential for creating wealth in any given community. Most Americans created wealth from land ownership. When white European immigrants came from Europe to settle in the Americas they were promised land. In England they had been landless but…

America Featured by Editor February 2, 2021

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How American Citizenship Became a Racial Issue: The Nationality Act of 1790

In 1790, the new Congress passed a naturalization act, referred to as the Nationality Act of 1790. Congress limited the right to citizenship to “free white persons.” In practice, only white, male property owners could naturalize and acquire the status of citizens,…

America Culture Featured Society by Samantha Johnas January 30, 2021

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Univ. of Michigan to Lead Team Studying Path to Reparations

The Center for Social Solutions at the University of Michigan is leading a group of college and university scholars in an effort to examine possible avenues to provide reparations for African Americans and Indigenous people. Reparations refers to compensation, which may include…

America Featured Society by John Akina January 17, 2021

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Woodrow Wilson & The Black Vote in 1912

Like many politicians before and after him, when Woodrow Wilson was desperate to win the vote during the 1912 election, he looked to black voters. Wilson said, I want to assure them (Negroes) that when I become President of the United States…

America Featured by Samantha Johnas January 9, 2021

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America’s Only Successful Coup d’Etat: It was against black political power

In 1898, a group of white vigilantes—angry and fearful at the newly elected local government made up of duly elected black politicians—joined forces with area militias to rain terror on Wilmington, North Carolina, then the South’s most progressive Black-majority city. The Wilmington,…

America Culture Featured by Samantha Johnas December 15, 2020

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US Universities with Ties to Slavery

Recent revelations show that a growing group of institutions (Colleges and Universities) not only benefited from the labor of enslaved people, but their founders were themselves enslavers. Many Colleges and Universities including Ivy League institutions used slave labor to build campuses, depended…

America Featured by Samantha Johnas December 10, 2020

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10 African American Rhodes Scholars Selected for 2020

Recently, the Rhodes Trust announced the 32 American winners of Rhodes Scholarships for graduate study at Oxford University in England. Rhodes Scholarships provide all expenses for two or three years of study at the University of Oxford in England and may allow…

America Featured by Editor November 27, 2020

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