The National Museum of African American History and Culture, in conjunction with the National Museum of American History, unveiled a new exhibit on Friday that features one of the nation’s Founding Fathers. The exhibit, “Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: Paradox of Liberty,” turns a focus on the contradictory stances of Thomas Jefferson and his slave ownership. […]
In Tennessee, tea party groups are lobbying their local boards of education to downplay , and in some cases remove, slavery from their textbooks. They feel that the founding founders are getting unfair criticism in the history books. According to reports, Hal Rounds, the Fayette County attorney and spokesman for the group, said during a […]
Every woman has a story to tell. On 1230am WDBZ The Buzz we are celebrating the women of our community with a new feature Women and Their Stories. RELATED: Go Sista! Melissa Harry-Perry Gets her Own Show on MSNBC Last Friday we kicked off the series with Judge Cheryl Grant, another powerful and amazing woman. […]
Controversy has taken hold of an Atlanta elementary school when students received a math worksheet that had examples of slavery in the word problems. RELATED: Tavis Smiley Ousted as a Keynote Speaker for MLK Event Gwinnett County parents and activists have already begun voicing their disbelief, and are unwillingness to allow such learning practices to […]
ATLANTA-Third grade students in Gwinnett County, Ga., were given math homework with references to slavery and beatings. A spokesman for Gwinnett County, Ga. claims that the questions were made to incorporate social studies into the math curriculum. One math problem was “Each tree had 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much […]
CHICAGO — Time had taken its toll on the nearly 147-year-old document, its surface creased and buckled, its inscriptions faded and an edge yellowed by old adhesive. SEE ALSO: Worst Kardashian Lawsuits Legless Father Pursue’s Son’s Killer But the rare copy of the 13th Amendment that ended slavery, signed by President Lincoln and lawmakers who […]
A convicted murderer has filed suit in federal court against the Kilby Correctional Facility in Alabama , claiming they have unjustly kept a book titled “Slavery By Another Name,” out of his hands. According to Mark Melvin’s lawsuit, prison officials saw the book — a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation of the brutal treatment of Black prisoners […]
RICHMOND — If you’re looking for some clues to your ancestry, you may find them in Virginia. The Virginia Historical Society has launched a new database with over 1,500 searchable slave names. The database, Unknown No Longer, which appears on their site, can find the slave names based on keywords such as name, gender, location, occupation and plantation. […]
PETA will begin showcasing an exhibit in the Natural History Museum in Washington, D.C. this September, that will use depictions of slavery, and other historic oppressions of human beings, as a comparison to animal cruelty. “Child labor, human slavery, and the oppression of women all came to be opposed by our society, thanks to the […]
While Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum received media backlash for signing an Iowa pledge that made suggestive comments about slavery, news agencies broadly linked the pledge to a conservative group, The Family Leader. The pledge enjoined GOP presidential candidates to denounce gay marriage, and included a line that read, “Slavery had a disastrous impact on […]
“In the final analysis, national struggle is a matter of class struggle. Among the whites in the United States it is only the reactionary ruling class who oppress Black people. They can in no way represent the workers, farmers, revolutionary intellectuals and other enlightened persons who comprise the overwhelming majority of white people.” –Mao Tse-tung […]
SOUTH CAROLINA – In a recent VH-1 documentary that had rapper 50 Cent find out about his ancestors and family history, a white lady who was a descendant of the white people who owned 50’s ancestors told him about Mongolian slaves who looked like Black people that were taken to America after he asked her […]
