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African Slavery & The West Indies
“The West Indies was one of the last places on earth where enslaved Africans wanted to find themselves. Its system of bondage was especially brutal, and American planters found it a convenient dumping ground for troublesome slaves. Shipping a slave to the West Indies was like sentencing him to death. George Washington as one of […]
Read the rest of this entry »Black History Fact Of The Day: How Enslaved Africans Built Brooklyn
I came across a 2012 Huffington Post article written by Alan Singer that explores how enslaved Africans built up Brooklyn. The article also discusses a Brooklyn-located African burial ground. Here’s an excerpt from the article: “At the time of the American Revolution about a third of the population of Kings County were enslaved Africans, but […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Racist Origins Of The Ice Cream Truck Song
The musical tune that plays from most local ice cream trucks is actually the melody of a 1916 song released by Columbia Records entitled, “Ni**er Love A Watermelon HA! HA! HA!” Tweet
Read the rest of this entry »The Bombing Of Pearl Harbor & The Creation Of Black Detroit
“In the car on the way to my Aunt Mildred’s for my ninth birthday party, we heard on the radio that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor. America was at war. ‘And on my birthday, too,’ I murmured. Everything changed then. America mobilized. No more butter. White margarine with a little orange button of dye […]
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