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African Slaves Built The Rice Industry
“South Carolina’s slave-plantation owners had known nothing about how to grow and irrigate rice. That knowledge was brought to the low country by Africans stolen from the Sierra Leone by the Royal African company of England. As the slaves produced the rice that made the plantation owners rich, their glistening backs bore the branded acronymn […]
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Paulette Brown, attorney and former New Jersey municipal court judge, the the first African-American woman president of the American Bar Association. She took office on August 4, 2015. Tweet
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Nollywood, the movie industry of Nigeria, is the world’s second largest film industry. According to Wikipedia, Nollywood is worth $5.1 billion (U.S. money). The Ghanaian film industry is also gaining in popularity. Tweet
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A one time Dr. W.E.B Dubois lived in Brooklyn, New York. He lived at 31 Grace Court in Brooklyn Heights. Reportedly, Dr. DuBois bought the house from Arthur Miller, who wrote his play, “Death of a Salesman” at the address.” Tweet
Read the rest of this entry »It’s A Myth That Emmett Till Whistled At A White Woman, Read His Mother’s Words
It is oft repeated lore that Emmett Till inappropriately whistled at a white woman. However, the excerpt from his mother’s tome, printed below, contains the seldom told history of what likely caused the “Emmett Till whistle.” “Although it was a great relief to learn that Emmett hadn’t lost any of his motor skills, it wasn’t […]
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