Gwinnett County’s Black History: The Promised Land
There Is a Real Promised Land in Georgia! by Tom Livsey, former OurTown National News Editor Gone With The Wind is still the number one novel on the planet, even …
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Why Is Black August Celebrated?
As we start the month of August 2018, Mars is retrograde and everything seems to be moving slow. But over the years, the month of August has been anything but …
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Justice Delayed: A Tale of Racial Bias in World War II
We currently live in a very divisive America. But racism is not new to this country, African-Americans face racial bias on a daily basis. So when Marion Lane found a …
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“What to the Slave is 4th of July?” Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech
“What to the Slave is 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech Click here to view original web page at www.democracynow.org In a Fourth of July …
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The Unofficial History of Memorial Day
American his-story has a way of leaving out African-American or creating a false version. Take for example, Memorial Day. Below is the reprinted article written by Sewell Chan for the …
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Blacks in World War I: A Centennial Veterans Remembrance
The Urban Mediamakers Film Festival, in partnership with BlackGwinnett Magazine, is presenting “Blacks in World War I: A Centennial Remembrance” in celebration of Black History Month 2018. Veterans and their …
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The Revolutionary Power of Black Panther | TIMES.COM
By Jamil Smith | TIME.com If you are reading this and you are white, seeing people who look like you in mass media probably isn’t something you think about often. …
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Glass was Made in Africa Centuries Before Arrival of Europeans, Says New Evidence
By Josh Gabbatis, Science Correspondent | INDEPENDENT Chemical analysis of beads found at a site in Nigeria revels a composition entirely unique to the region Glass was produced in sub-Saharan Africa long …
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First Humans: Mitochondrial Eve and Homo Sapiens in Africa’s Great Rift Valley
World History 101: Western society teaches us that Africans – black people – are primitive and subhuman. But that is the biggest lie of the world to promote white privilege. …
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The Race Riot That Destroyed Black Wall Street
A repost from the official Black Wall Street. June 1st, 1921 will forever be remembered as a day of great loss and devastation. It was on this day that America …
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