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Black History Month, observed annually in February across the United States and Canada, traces its origins to "Negro History Week," initiated by historian Carter G. Woodson in 1926.
While it is a concept rooted in family heritage and shared legacy, heirs' property has become a double-edged sword for the Black community in the United States, particularly in the rural South. This type of ownership has not only shaped the cultural and economic landscapes of these communities but also contributed significantly to the erosion of Black wealth and the loss of inheritance over the decades.
In April 1957, Johnson Hinton came upon a couple of police officers who were clubbing a man named Reese V. Poe on the corner of 125th Street and 7th Avenue in Harlem. Hinton called out to the officers: “You’re not in Alabama – this is New York! ” The police then turned their nightsticks on Hinton clubbing him and cracking his skull. The officers subsequently handcuffed Hinton and took him to the 28th precinct stationhouse. By the time the evening arrived, over 2,000 people were surrounding the precinct demanding that Hinton be provided with adequate medical attention.
Johnson X Hinton, it turns out, was a black Muslim who belonged to Mosque Number Seven, the largest mosque in the country – led by a 31-year-old preacher named Malcolm X.
Nikki Giovanni, born Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr. on June 7, 1943, in Knoxville, Tennessee, is an influential American poet, activist, and educator whose work spans several decades, deeply influencing the landscape of African American literature.
Booker T. Washington's establishment of the Tuskegee Institute in 1881 is a landmark event in the history of American education and African American progress. This initiative not only underscored Washington's educational philosophy but also marked a significant step towards the empowerment of African Americans in the post-Reconstruction South.
The Zionist armies that now occupy Palestine claim their ancient Jewish prophets predicted that in the "last days of this world" their own God would raise them up a "messiah" who would lead them to their promised land, and they would set up their own "divine" government in this newly-gained land, this "divine" government would enable them to "rule all other nations with a rod of iron."
On June 11, 1962, Nelson Mandela was arrested by South African police while on his way back to Johannesburg from a secret trip. This arrest was a significant event in Mandela's life and in the history of South Africa's struggle against apartheid.
Ben Haith, also known as "Mr. Juneteenth," is a notable figure associated with the celebration and recognition of Juneteenth in the United States. He is best known for his role in designing the Juneteenth flag, which symbolizes the end of slavery and the ongoing struggle for civil rights and equality for African Americans.
The Juneteenth flag, created by Haith in 1997, features a star in the middle representing Texas (the last state to free enslaved people) and a bursting outline around it signifying a new beginning for African Americans. The red, white, and blue colors echo the American flag, emphasizing that African Americans are integral to the United States' fabric. Haith's efforts have helped increase awareness and recognition of Juneteenth, which commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas on June 19, 1865, and the broader emancipation of enslaved African Americans across the Confederate South.
Haith's work in promoting Juneteenth has been instrumental in its growing recognition, leading to its establishment as a federal holiday in the United States in 2021.
On April 4, 1968, MLK Jr. was killed at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennesee. The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. is a defining moment in American history. The tragedy shook the nation to its core and left an indelible mark on the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent civil rights leader who worked tirelessly to advance the cause of racial equality in America. His assassination on April 4th, 1968, was a devastating blow to the movement and a painful reminder of the deep-seated racism and violence still plaguing the country.
The Negro Motorist Green Book was a travel guidebook for Black Americans during the Jim Crow era. It was created to help Black motorists find safe and welcoming places to eat, sleep, and refuel while traveling through the United States. The book was first published in 1936 by Victor Hugo Green, a Black postal worker from Harlem, New York, and continued to be published until 1967. The Green Book played a significant role in helping Black Americans navigate the treacherous landscape of racism, segregation, and discrimination during the Jim Crow era.
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The Negro Motorist Green Book was a travel guidebook for Black Americans during the Jim Crow era. It was created to help Black motorists find safe and welcoming places to eat, sleep, and refuel while traveling through the United States. The book was first published in 1936 by Victor Hugo Green, a Black postal worker from Harlem, New York, and continued to be published until 1967. The Green Book played a significant role in helping Black Americans navigate the treacherous landscape of racism, segregation, and discrimination during the Jim Crow era.
Black Women in Antiquity provides a dramatic account of the role black women have played in the history and development of civilization. This unique volume provides an overview of the black queens, madonnas, and goddesses who dominated the history and imagination of ancient times.
THE COLLECTED POETRY OF NIKKI GIOVANNI will include the complete volumes of five adult books of poetry: Black Feeling Black Talk/Black Judgement, My House, The Women, and the Men, Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day, and Those Who Ride the Night Winds.
Nikki published her first book Black Feeling, Black Talk/BlackJudgement in 1969, selling 10,000 copies; William Morrow published in 1970. Know for its iconic revolutionary phrases, it is heralded as one of the most important volumes of modern African– American poetry and is considered the seminal volume of Nikki's body of work.
Winner of the 2014 Anna Julia Cooper-CLR James Book Award presented by the National Council of Black Studies
Winner of the 2014 PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Award for Excellence in Literature
The book brings to light a powerful aspect of the Black Freedom Struggle that is often overlooked by the average American citizen. Nonviolence in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement stagnated, paving the way for a far more militant and aggressive flavor of protest towards Jim Crow. Some parts of Umoja's book can seem redundant and generally hard to read as a result, but this should not dissuade anyone from giving it a chance.
Revelations about U.S policies and practices of torture and abuse have captured headlines ever since the breaking of the Abu Ghraib prison story in April 2004. Since then, a debate has raged regarding what is and what is not acceptable behavior for the world’s leading democracy.
Take a look at the FBI’s file on the Malcolm X (referred to as Malcolm Little)
You can also view the files online here. (This is a FBI/Government site)
The classic, definitive title on the great Black figures in world history, beginning in antiquity and reaching into the modern age.
World’s Great Men of Color is the comprehensive guide to the most noteworthy Black personalities in world history and their significance. J.A. Rogers spent the majority of his lifetime pioneering the field of Black studies with his exhaustive research on the major names in Black history whose contributions or even very existence have been glossed over. Well-written and informative, World’s Great Men of Color is an enlightening and important historical work.
The classic, definitive title on the great Black figures in world history, beginning in antiquity and reaching into the modern age. World’s Great Men of Color is the comprehensive guide to the most noteworthy Black personalities in world history...
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With the skill of a novelist, Ivan Van Sertima reveals to readers compelling, dramatic, and superbly detailed documentation of the presence and legacy of Black Africans in ancient America. ...
Excerpt from The Negro Law of South Carolina: Collected and Digested Section 1. The Act of 1740, sec. I, declares all negroes and Indians, (free Indians in amity with this Government, negroes, mulattoes and mestizoes, who now are free, excepted) to be slaves: - the offspring to follow the condition of the mother: and that such slaves are chattels personal. Sec. 2. Under this provision it has been uniformly held, that color is prima facie evidence, that the party bearing the color of a negro, mulatto or mestizo, is a slave: but the same prima facie result does not follow from the Indian color. Sec. 3. Indians, and descendants of Indians are regarded as free Indians, in amity with this government, until the contrary be shown. In the second proviso of sec. 1, of the Act of 1740, it is declared that "every negro, Indian, mulatto and mestizo is a slave unless the contrary can be made to appear" - yet, in the...
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The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the 5th century BC. Attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu ("Master Sun", also spelled Sunzi) the text is composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare. It is commonly thought of as a definitive work on military strategy and tactics. It was placed at the head of China's Seven Military Classics upon the collection's creation in 1080 by Emperor Shenzong of Song, and has long been the most influential strategy text in East Asia.[1] It has had an influence on Eastern and Western military thinking, business tactics, legal strategy and beyond.
The book was first translated into French in 1772 by the Jesuit Jean Joseph Marie Amiot and a partial translation into English was attempted by British officer Everard Ferguson Calthrop in 1905. The first annotated English translation was completed and published by Lionel Giles in 1910.[2] Leaders such as Mao Zedong, General Võ Nguyên Giáp, General Douglas MacArthur and leaders of Imperial Japan have drawn inspiration from the work.
The Philosopher's Stone is one of Israel Regardie's masterpieces. In it he analyzed three important alchemical treatises from the 17th century, explaining them symbolically, psychologically, and magically.
This comprehensive law dictionary contains more than 50,000 terms and includes definitions of more than 1,000 law-related abbreviations and acronyms.
Learn to think the same way Bobby does. This is the secret. You will be put in increasingly complex situations where you will be required to think and move the way Bobby Fischer does. You'll be a better player after you take Bobby Fischer's Chess Course. It works.
Dictionary of Symbolism offers nearly 600 entries that explain the meanings and origins and power of over 2,000 symbols culled from the worlds of fairy tales; Native American legends; The Bible; Literature; Folklore; Greek, Roman, Celtic and Chinese mythology; Archaeology; Anthropology; History; Religion; Philosophy; and, many others. Some 600 b&w illustrations accompany the entries. The illustrations are then gathered into a pictorial index, allowing readers to look up a symbol and find its meaning in the text. This reference work defines symbols not only as visual icons (including shapes, color, and geometric designs) but also as biblical, classical, and mythological figures; botanics; minerals; and animals (real and mythical) as they relate to literature, dreams, art, and so forth. This work, which consolidates much arcane information, is valuable for its elucidation of both the esoteric and commonplace.
Sufis of Sindh as also of other regions in the world have been secular. And let me say at the very outset that the word 'secular' in the Indian subcontinental tradition doesn't mean the same as in the Western one, and add that the 'sacred'-far from being contrary to the 'secular'-becomes meaningful only when it is 'secular'. In order to substantiate all this, I recount here a significant incident of my early life. The incident illustrates according to the Indian subcontinental tradition what the 'secular' is and underlines the idea that secularity enriches the spiritual life. Incidentally, it is the once great incident to which I owe my scholarly interest in the Indian subcontinental saint/Sufi literature.
The Book of Protection by Piyadassi Thera was published by the Buddhist Publication Society in Sri Lanke in 1999. The book was originally meant as a handbook for the newly ordained Buddhist novices. The idea was that those novices who are not capable of studying the large portions of the ‘Discourse Collection’ (sutta pitaka) should at least be conversant with the Book of Protection
P.D. Ouspensky is a leading and influential figure in occult and mystical thought and philosophy, most famous for his seminal work, Tertium Organum.Here Ouspensky delves into the mystical symbolism...
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The essays in this book are an attempt to follow the Buddha's example in approaching questions, trying to trace back to the questions that molded his teachings, and resisting the temptation to focus on questions that would force those teachings into a different shape.
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Jeffrey Epstein’s Little Black Book has been leaked to the public. The pdf is heavily redacted but the names can read and you can do your own research and come up with as many theory’s about who is affiliated and accomplices to his alleged crimes.
While it is a concept rooted in family heritage and shared legacy, heirs' property has become a double-edged sword for the Black community in the United States, particularly in the rural South. This type of ownership has not only shaped the cultural and economic landscapes of these communities but also contributed significantly to the erosion of Black wealth and the loss of inheritance over the decades.
“A man’s mind is elevated to the status of the women with whom he associates...”
Major General Rogers’ life and career exemplified the highest values of the United States military—honor, courage, and selfless service. His battlefield heroism, exemplary leadership, and post-military contributions have left an indelible mark on the United States Armed Forces and American history. As a soldier, leader, and mentor, his story continues to inspire future generations to serve with distinction and uphold the values he so passionately defended.