LYNCHING OF BLACKS

The lynching of Jesse Washington. This Black History Month be Emboldened to Live Your Truth for all those murdered in the land of the free. Washington was beaten with shovels and bricks,was castrated, and his ears were cut off. A tree supported the iron chain that lifted him above…

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STAMP DAY

The Bailiwick of Guernsey is one of three Crown dependencies of the United Kingdom. Separated from the Dukedom and Duchy of Normandy by and under the terms of the Treaty (or Peace) of Le Goulet in 1204, the Bailiwick comprises the inhabited islands of Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Jethou, Lihou,…

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THE MALÊ REVOLT –

BY: NATASHA GREGG  THE MALÊ REVOLT – During the era of slavery in the Caribbean and Latin America, out of all the colonies, Brazil had the largest population of slaves. As Christianity was assimilated throughout the colonies by the colonists, Islam too was assimilated, but by the slaves, who…

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THE RISE

The Rise and Rise of Staying Woke… This Dude and Dr Martin Luther King were part of the first, Black Lives Matter Movement. When Civil Rights was the agenda. Not violence. But, true empowerment. Which has alwayz frightened the Conservative Establishment. Funny how…. Even some 50-yearz on, Malcolm X’s…

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THE AGUADILLA REVOLT OF 1795 –

BY: NATASHA GREGG THE AGUADILLA REVOLT OF 1795 – The success of the Haitian Revolution in 1791 glaringly reveal to the colonial powers in the Caribbean the real threat of slave uprisings and the costs of self-liberation. After Saint Domingue’s success in gaining independence, all colonial powers in their…

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THE FIRST BLACK FIGHTER PILOT

WHY YOU SHOULD CARE Because this extraordinary World War I soldier is still being left out of the story 100 years later. You never know who you’re sharing an elevator with — and back when Rockefeller Center still had elevator operators, it was easy to ignore the elderly Black…

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SLAVE PATROLS DURING THE 1700S?

VIDEO: DO THE POLICE TODAY REMIND YOU OF SLAVE PATROLS DURING THE 1700S?  BY JAE JONES – FEBRUARY 18, 2017 – DOCUMENTARY, LATEST POSTS, RACISM, SLAVERY During #slavery there were many African-Americans who fought back against those who were trying to imprison them. These individuals were not going to…

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LYNCHING OF PREGNANT 19-YEAR-OLD MARY TURNER

LYNCHING OF PREGNANT 19-YEAR-OLD MARY TURNER Mary Turner was a 19-year-old black woman born in 1899 to Perry Graham and Elizabeth Johnson in Brooks County, Georgia. When Turner was eight months pregnant, she was murdered after she publicly denounced the unlawful extrajudicial killing of her husband, Hazel Turner. On…

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THE BACK STORY:

THE BACK STORY: MEET THE MAN BEHIND THIS POWERFUL IMAGE You’ve likely seen the picture of this runaway slave exposing his scourged back 100 times. Besides the obvious, did you ever wonder how or why he endured such horrendous treatment?  The true story of Mr. Oliver Gordon’s brutal ordeal…

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Iconic Civil Rights Moments

Celebrating Black History Month: Iconic Civil Rights Moments Yahoo News Photo Staff February 6, 2017 Black History Month is a time for the United States to remember and honor the plentiful and rich contributions of African-Americans to the nation. The civil rights movement of the ’50s and ’60s helped define…

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THE RACIAL CONFLICT OF 1912

GODFREY GREGG FORSYTH COUNTY, GEORGIA: THE RACIAL CONFLICT OF 1912 In 1912, two different black-on-white rapes allegedly occurred in Forsyth County, Georgia. They threw the area into racially segregated chaos and changed the county for years. Ellen Grice was a young 22-year-old white woman who claimed that a black…

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ELIZA ANN MISSIONARY

Eliza Ann Gardner (May 28, 1831 – January 4, 1922) was an African-American abolitionist and religious leader from Boston, Massachusetts. She founded the missionary society of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (AMEZ), and was a strong advocate for women’s equality within the church.          …

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THE THIRD SLAVE REBELLION –

BY: NATASHA GREGG THE THIRD SLAVE REBELLION – Unarguably, the slave trade had a remarkable effect on the demographics of Barbados, in that as early as 1685, the white population was completely outnumbered by the slave population by approximately 4 to 1. This racial disproportion created an unnerving and…

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THE BERBICE SLAVE UPRISING –

BY: NATASHA GREGG    THE BERBICE SLAVE UPRISING –   Pre-Haitian Revolution, one of the major rebellions against colonial rule occurred in the Dutch colony of Berbice (modern day Guyana) on February 23, 1763. Slaves on Magdaleneberg, a plantation located on the Canje River, revolted against the cruel and…

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THE APONTE REBELLION –

BY: NATASHA GREGG  THE APONTE REBELLION – José Antonio Aponte, a free black carpenter, a descendant from the Yoruba tribe and former first corporal in the colonial black militia, was widely seen as the leader of a series of revolts that gripped Cuba in 1812. This series of revolts…

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MENTORS AND MILESTONES
THE CHURCH IN THE COMMUNITY
THE BRIDGE OF TRUST
UNITED IN PURPOSE
THE GIFT OF PRESENCE
THE ART OF LISTENING
THE ESSENTIAL PARTNERSHIP
BEYOND THE CLASSROOM
THE UNBREAKABLE LINK
BUILDING YOUR FINANCIAL FORTRESS
THE HEART OF THE HOME
WORDS AND ACTIONS MATTER
LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE
THE GIFT OF GRATITUDE
RESPECT STARTS WITH LISTENING
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
COMMUNITY LEADERS AND THEIR ROLE
VALUING TEACHERS AND EDUCATION