Sir Godfrey Gregg“More and More Influential”: Frederick Douglass and Donald Trump By Juliet Hooker February 8, 2017 0 As President Trump recently said on the occasion of Black History Month, Frederick Douglass “is being recognized by more and more people.” From the grammar of their remarks, it is not clear whether…
Sir Godfrey GreggRemembering Marcus Garvey Through Reggae By Quito Swan February 6, 2017 1 Marcus Garvey (left) and Bob Marley (right) Listen to the music. February 6 marks the birthday of Bob Marley. Born in Jamaica in 1945, the Reggae icon would be witnessing his seventy-second birthday if he were alive…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggThe Transatlantic Journey of South Carolina Freedman James Church will Vaughan Departure of the Back-to-Africa Movement ship Laurada bound for Liberia, March 1896. (Source: Illustrated American Magazine) From the eighteenth century to our own time, a range of African Americans have traveled “back” to Africa in hopes of finding…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggMalcolm X in Brooklyn By Zaheer Ali February 20, 2017 0 This post is part of our online forum,” Remembering Malcolm,” edited by Garrett Felber. Malcolm X Mural near 256 Malcolm X Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY. Photo: Zaheer Ali. In his eloquent and moving eulogy for Malcolm X, Ossie Davis declared Malcolm one…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggMen without Pants: Masculinity and the Enslaved By Keri Leigh Merritt September 11, 2016 14 Former slave Willis Winn with horn with which slaves were called. Near Marshall, Texas. Photo: Russell Lee, c. 1939. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, DC. Although nearly fifty-seven years have passed…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggSlavery and Violence in the Old South: An Interview with Jeff Forret By Keri Leigh Merritt October 6, 2016 2 This month I interviewed Dr. Jeff Forret, Professor and Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow at Lamar University. He is the author of Race Relations at the Margins: Slaves and Poor…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggThe Great Hanging, at Gainesville, Texas, of 41 suspected Unionists during the Civil War in October, 1862. This essay is Part Three of a four part series concerning the triumvirate of violence in slave societies. The first part examined private violence, the second part looked at public violence, the…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggBranding Slaves, 19th century. Source: William O. Blake, The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade (Columbus, 1857), p. 97. This essay is Part Two of a four-part series concerning the triumvirate of violence in slave societies. The first part examined private violence, the second part looks at public…
Read moreSir Godfrey Gregg“Cruelties of slavery.” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1835-05. This essay is the first post in a four-part series concerning the triumvirate of violence in slave societies. The first part will examine private violence, the second part looks at public violence, the third at vigilante violence, and the…
Read moreSir Godfrey Greggabolitionist Many within the African-American community continue to talk about a phenomenon called “the slave mentality.” It’s a very controversial topic that’s discussed during African-American forums, in African-American media outlets and at just about any gathering where the attendees are all African-American. …The most qualified people to define…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggTHE SLOGAN was Love Is In The Air, and suitably, it was Valentine’s Day 2017. Thus the Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines heralded the opening of the Argyle International Airport, a category one facility, as demonstrably typical of his love affair with the country he leads.…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggFormer Black Panther freed after 43 years in US prison Albert Woodfox spent decades in solitary confinement but walked free after his murder conviction was overturned. https://youtu.be/S5NjN23z6Rw An US man kept in solitary confinement for 43 years has been released after his murder conviction was overturned on appeal. Albert…
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Read moreSir Godfrey GreggMaking US History Feb. 23, 2017 Stephen Maturen—AFP/Getty Images Meet Ilhan Omar, the First Somali-American US Legislator On Nov. 8, Ilhan Omar made history when she was elected the first Somali-American lawmaker in the U.S. “My election win offers a counter-narrative to the bigotry in the world,” Minnesota State…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggViral Photos Show Black Women Simply Unbothered By Police Intimidation These images say it all. Twitter user Matthew Cherry compiled a series of photos of badass black women protesters refusing to succumb to police intimidation. Cherry made the collage of photos on Sunday as a homage to Black History Month. His…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggLittle Known Black History Fact: Michigan’s Upper Peninsula The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is a largely rural area of the state not immediately known for its connection to African-Americans. However, the region boasts of a link to the Black community that stretches back to slavery. The U.P., as it is…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggBasil Biggs moved from Baltimore, MD to Gettysburg in 1858. A teamster, Biggs moved north to seek a better education for his children. The Biggs family rented a farm west of Gettysburg and as the Confederate army moved into Pennsylvania, Basil sent his family east to safety. He stayed…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggBY: NATASHA GREGG THE AFRO-PERUVIAN REVOLT – The first Africans arrived to Perú as slaves, sailors and soldiers amongst the conquistadors and were amongst troops that toppled the Inca Empire in 1533. As many white settlers from Spain arrived to Perú, the demand for slave labor increased substantially.…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggNEW YORK’S BURIED AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY FLASHBACK WHY YOU SHOULD CARE New York City’s past is darker and more complicated than you might imagine. By Steven Butler THE DAILY DOSEJUN 13 2015 Buried last winter in an arctic blast, Minetta Street and adjoining Minetta Lane were a sorry, frozen, mostly…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggBY: NATASHA GREGG THE 1537 REBELLION PLOT – The rise in silver mines and sugar plantations in Mexico, up the demand for slave labor to complete the labor intensive work. Thus began the ingress of slaves from Africa to Mexico. As slaves were imported continuously, the slave populations…
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