A brutal reminder of the dark chapters in history that continue to shape the present. Released: 2016 Directed by: Nate Parker Also ranks #41 on The Best Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winners Also ranks #46 on The Best Black Drama Movies Also ranks #56 on The Best Sundance Audience Award...
And Deeper The 10 Greatest B*tch Slaps in Movie History 36 Rosewood Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle 25 votes Rosewood, Florida, is a small, peaceful town with an almost entirely African-American population of middle-class homeowners, until New Year's Day 1923, when a lynch mob fr...
Black Codes, in U.S. history, the numerous laws adopted in the states of the formerConfederacyafter theAmerican Civil Warthat were intended to maintainwhite supremacyin those places. Enacted in 1865 and 1866, the Black Codes were designed to replace the social controls previously exerted overBlac...
The bomb threats were made on the first day of February, dedicated as Black History Month to honor achievements and struggles of African Americans throughout U.S. history. Police responded to reports of bomb threats against at least six HBCUs in the United States on Monday. White House press ...
1875—The man who would become recognized as the “Father of Black History,”Carter Godwin Woodson, is born on this day in New Canton, Buckingham County, Va. Woodson founded the Washington, D.C.,-based Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History. He wrote hundreds of artic...
Blacklisting has a long history, and its roots have been traced to as early as the 1610s. People named on a blacklist were deemed suspicious in some way and were avoided. By the late 19th century, the names of workers known to be involved in union organizing were circulated on a black...
Edward S. Curtis:In a Piegan LodgeIn a Piegan Lodge, photograph by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1910. The earlyhistoryof the Blackfoot is unclear. Early scholars in particular believed, on the basis of linguistic evidence, that the Blackfoot migrated from theGreat Lakesregion to theGreat Plainssome...
Here's a look at the history of Black civil rights in the United States of America, from the 1500s to the present day.
A short history of the “Black vote” To understand the current state of the “Black vote,” we have to look at the history of Black enfranchisement. After the Civil War, the ratification of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments marked a bold and visionary pivot in US history. It was ...
Learn how Edward Valentine, leaders in Richmond, and others around the country created and perpetuated the harmful “Lost Cause” narrative through sculptures, and examine the impacts this narrative has had on Black Americans throughout history. Learn more. The Kemetic Collection Ẹlẹgba Folklore...