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Visiting Ghana and Tanzania Was Full of Lessons I Brought Home to My Kids
Parents via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA trip to the motherland without my children taught all invaluable lessons. I was two steps out of...
CBNC supply chain reporter, daughter pen book on family histories of slaves
FreightWaves via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoWhile visiting Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, Lori Ann LaRocco and daughter Abby Wallace...
Tybee looks to establish sisterhood with this African city, and the mayor is planning a visit
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAfter a trip to Cape Coast Ghana earlier this year by Julia Pearce, co-founder of Tybee MLK, the...
Bill Pinkney, first Amistad captain, remembered as 'consummate educator'
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSep. 6—MYSTIC — Bill Pinkney had already sailed solo around the world via Cape Horn ― the first Black man to do so ― when he joined the Mystic Seaport Museum's board of trustees in 1994. He ...
‘Amistad’: THR’s 1997 Review
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 6 months agoOn Dec. 4, 1997, Steven Spielberg unveiled historical drama Amistad at its premiere in Washington, D.C. The film went on to gross $44 million and nab...
Goodbye Jimmy Buffett. Hello Florida school-politics insanity | Commentary
Orlando Sentinel via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWe have some news and nonsense to cover, including the Florida plan to let parents use school vouchers for flat-screen TVs and more evidence that Florida is trying to whitewash history lessons ...
CNN International anchor Zain Asher says relentless hard work led her to success
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen Zain Ejiofor Asher was a schoolgirl in London, her mother, a widowed Nigerian immigrant with four young children, hatched an audacious plan: her eldest daughter would go to Oxford. Obiajulu ...
Be it print or film, history in black and white is worth remembering
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLast week began a period of history in review for me. A brief interlude with a fastnacht added to a...
The Truth Behind The Myth That ‘Black People Don’t Swim’ And How It’s Evolved Over Time
Blavity via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe distant relationship between Black Americans and water is still as prevalent today as it was in...
Everything to Know About STAR WARS’ Hera Syndulla Before AHSOKA
Nerdist via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAhsoka on Disney+ wont just mark the return of arguably Star Wars‘ greatest character. It will also...