White-owned radio station WDIA, first went on the air on June 7, 1947. Its original musical format was country and light pop. However, this programming was not successful for station owners John Pepper and Dick Ferguson. Therefore, they decided to change the format and broadcast black music. The change in format made the station a […]
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“The majority of Africans brought to North America to be enslaved were from the central and western areas of Africa- from Congo-Angola, Nigeria, Dahomey, Togo, the Gold Coast, and Sierra Leone.” -From, “Slave Culture” By: Sterling Stuckey Tweet
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“The only northern state to outlast New York in preserving slavery was New Jersey; the last slaves were freed there in 1865.” From, “Slavery In New York” Tweet
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“African Americans had long constituted the core workforce in New York City and its hinterland. In 1771 there were roughly twenty-one thousand African Americans in the region around New York City, virtually all enslaved- and many of them were the children and grandchildren of slaves.” -From, “Slavery In New York” Tweet
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Fort Mose in Florida was said to be the first town governed by the descendants of Africans in North America. [Bibliography: The Black West By: William Katz] Tweet
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In 1994, John Starks and Barry Sanders invested in the black-owned American State Bank. Tweet
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The Wilmington race riot of 1898 is also historically known as the Wilmington Massacre of 1898, and the Wilmington Coup d’etat of 1898. This incident is reportedly the only instance of and attempted coup d’etat in the history of the United States. On November 10, 1898, members of the Democratic Party attempted to overthrow elected […]
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In March 1653, Peter Stuyvesant, the director of the slave-trading Dutch West India Company and the Director-General of New Netherland, now known as New York, ordered slaves to build blockades to serve as protective barriers for the area of lower Manhattan. Stuyvesant reportedly demanded that the log-made barricade be “12 feet long, 18 inches in […]
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In 1661, a man who was known as “Francisco the Negro” helped to found what is now Bushwick, Brooklyn. He was one of the 23 founders of that area. In 1661, Bushwick was known as Boswijk. [Bibliography: Slavery In New York] Tweet
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