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
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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The Seven Principles of Kwanzaa
The Seven Principles of Kwanzaa The official celebration of Kwanzaa might be over but that doesn’t mean that you should now neglect the principles. It would be beneficial to your an your community’s well-being if you made the seven principles of Kwanzaa part of your every day life. Where else does the number seven play a […]
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The Injustice Done Against Geronimo Pratt
The Injustice Done Against Geronimo Pratt Geronimo Pratt was a Black Panther leader who spent 27 years in jail for a crime he did not commit. He was convicted of the murder of Caroline Olsen and the serious wounding of her husband during a 1968 robbery at a public tennis court in Santa Monica, California. […]
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There can be no European Solutions to African Problems
In this talk by John Henrik Clarke, he explains why from politics to religion to economics, there can be no European solutions to African problems “Every so called religion was meant to dominate and to control. The Arabs had no illusions about it. The Europeans had no illusions about it you were the ones with […]
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Are you Ready to Embrace Feminism?
Are you Ready to Embrace Feminism? There is a lot of misconceptions about what it means to be a feminist. In this Ted Talk Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie conveys a compelling argument as to why we should embrace feminism. It’s easy for us to overlook some of the inherent biases in our cultures and societies simply […]
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