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From Venus Noire to Self-Love: Why Understanding Sarah Baartman’s Story Can Free Us from Beauty Standards

“Even Though I Was Arrested, I Smiled Because I Was On The Right Side Of History. Find A Way To Get In The Way #GoodTrouble” – Rep. John Lewis

The Secret Route to Freedom: How Enslaved People Escaped to Mexico Before the U.S. Abolished Slavery

Did You Know The Desire To Escape Slavery, Was Once Classified As A Mental Illness Called Drapetomania In 1851

“I’m Tired Of Marching For Something That Should Have Been Mine At Birth!” – Martin Luther King Jr.

Dr. Bernice A. King Issues PSA To Politicians Quoting Her Father: Also Speaks To Americans Fearful Of The Next 4 Years

“WE ARE COMING TO GET OUR CHECK” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Makes Demands For Reparations Two Months Before His Assasination

Biden Posthumously Pardons Black Nationalist Marcus Garvey

Ibrahim Traoré’s Bold Steps Toward Burkina Faso’s Independence

Martin Luther King in Ghana: Insights from His 1957 Trip to Witness History

Rest In Power Patrice Lumumba A Radical AfriKan Leader In Congo That Resisted Belgian (european) Colonialism. He Was Assassinated Jan. 17th 1961

Happy Birthday To The Late Afeni Shakur, A Political Activist, Black Panther, Philanthropist And Mother To The Late Tupac Shakur