Angela Davis Quote – Accept
I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.
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Socialism and the Struggle of Black People in America
In this speech, W.E.B Dubois discusses Socialism and the Struggle of Black People in America 00:44…..”In the little New England town where I was born, we had a high school of about 25 pupils. I entered it in 1880 at the age of 12. As I attended the town meeting annually, in the Spring, there
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There is No Need for the Lord Macaulay Hoax
There is No Need for the Lord Macaulay Hoax We received a forward via social media this week claiming to be a note from someone called Lord Macaulay. Now while someone by that name did exist, nothing else about the note was true. The man in question’s full name was Thomas Babington Macaulay and he
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Reasons the Star Spangled Banner Should not be honoured
Reasons the Star Spangled Banner Should not be honoured The Star-spangled Banner is the American National Anthem. It was originally written as a poem by Francis Scott Key. Key was a slave-owner for many years and is known as saying that Africans are “a distinct and inferior race of people”. This brief video looks at
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HM Treasury Proud of Paying Slave Owners
HM Treasury Proud of Paying Slave Owners We just happened to stumble across this tweet on David Olusuga’s timeline and had to take a moment of silence to take in what was written. Essentially, HM Treasury wants the British taxpayer to feel proud for paying slave owners. Well actually, the original tweet by HM Treasury has been
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Langston Hughes Quote – America
“Let America be America, where equality is in the air we breathe” Learn more about Langston Hughes
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Muhammad Ali Apologise Quote
“If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize.”
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Five Black Women in History You Should Know
Five Black Women in History you should know The соnvеrѕаtіоn ѕurrоundіng іnfluеntіаl mоmеntѕ аnd black women in history often fосuѕеѕ оn the contributions оf mеn — lеаvіng the vital efforts оf black women by thе wауѕіdе. Thе еduсаtіоn thаt is рrоvіdеd is often lіmіtеd tо ѕресіfіс blасk figures–Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Frederick Douglass, Dr. Martin
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Kwame-Nkruma-Judge-Quotes
“Those who would judge us merely by the heights we have achieved would do well to remember the depths from which we started.”
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Kwame Nkruma Quotes – RYL Books
“I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.”
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