black history

  1. DrBanneker

    So my son asked me to read him some books about Black people

    So before you make any assumptions: 1. My son is starting Kindergarten soon so he's not old 2. I have already read The People Can Fly, Anansi stories, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, Snowy Day, and other Black kids books 3. I have a CRAPLOAD of books about Black people #3 is the issue, I...
  2. you're NOT "n!ggas"

    VICE: The Overlooked History of African American Skate Culture

    The new documentary 'United Skates' explores the influence of roller skating on the civil rights movement and the birth of hip-hop. By Elyssa Goodman Feb 14 2019, 5:29pm It started with a small group of skaters in Central Park. Documentary filmmakers Tina Brown and Dyana Winkler first...
  3. 8WON6

    They got Harriet Tubman out here hittin that Wakanda salute

  4. you're NOT "n!ggas"

    The Periodic Table of Black History

    A COACH y'all :lawd: My coaches wasn't shyt :wow: Always on some "turn to page 20, read and fill out the assignment" So they can take a nap type fukkery :unimpressed:
  5. xoxodede

    Black History 365: Who Really Designed the American Dime? #SelmaBurke

    Who Really Designed the American Dime? The controversy that has long roiled the coin world. BY CHRISTINA AYELE DJOSSA JANUARY 17, 2018 WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME you looked—really looked—at a dime? It is the smallest coin in U.S. circulation, so it takes a keen eye to see the very subtle “JS”...
  6. NoirDynosaur

    1310, Mali Empire sailed to the Americas before Columbus

    What's going on everyone. it's your homie Noir back with another historical banger. It's common knowledge by now that Cristobal Columbus did not discover America. Let's chop it up. Source: Did West Africans live in Four Corners Region of the United States from 12th Century? Shout out to...
  7. DrBanneker

    Four Black people attended Bilderberg this year

    @thekingsmen @ab.aspectus @EndDomination I'm not a hardcore conspiracy monger but I think this is a record as far as we are concerned participating in Bilderberg. Used to only be Vernon Jordan who has been there on and off since the 1990s. Jordan, Jr., Vernon E. (USA), Senior Managing...
  8. Sankofa Alwayz

    Question for History Majors

    For my fellow History Major brehs or any of you brehs who’ve dealt with something like this before, how do you go about constructing an outline for a Senior Thesis? What is the outline supposed to look like in this case? I’ve done an outline before but not for this particular type of paper...
  9. Brer Dog

    Before 1619, there was 1526: The mystery of the first enslaved Africans in what became the USA

    Spanish explorers brought 100 slaves to a doomed settlement in South Carolina or Georgia. Within weeks, the subjugated revolted, then vanished. Sunrise over Sapelo Island, Ga., one of the possible locations of the doomed Spanish colony of San Miguel de Gualdape. (Mary Ann Anderson/Georgia...
  10. Brer Dog

    How An African Empire Influenced African-American Roast Sessions

    Yes, this is a repost. I was new to thread posting when I originally did this thread, and ignorantly posted it in tlr... I think when he said "roast sessions" he was referring to the dozens and not roasting in general. This is why he said "roast sessions or the dozens." Saying roast sessions...
  11. Brer Dog

    When white supremacists overthrew a government (Wilmington, NC)

  12. DrBanneker

    Did Kongolese Catholicism Lead to Slave Revolutions?

    Yes, it is a long-ish article but really interesting about the connections between a Congolese mystic, the Haitian Revolution, and a slave revolt in South Carolina From JSTOR Did Kongolese Catholicism Lead to Slave Revolutions? The legacy of Kimpa Vita, a Kongolese Catholic mystic, was felt...
  13. NoirDynosaur

    The Batwa people - Black Afrakan pygmies who populated the world!

    Good Morning, Evening or Afternoon ladies and gentlemen. We're going to talk about the ancient BaTWA "Pygmies" aka the OG Black Afrakans that populated the world and their roles in world civilization. Who are the Twa people? Notice in the left, the guy is shadin the European hella hard:russ...
  14. NoirDynosaur

    The First Americans were Black Afrakans. Important

    There's been a lot of speculation on the origins of the first settlers on the Americas. It's now common knowledge that Christopher Columbus did not discover Americas but only Dominican Republic (Taino MONGLOIDS from ASIA). It's also common knowledge that the Vikings (Leif Erickson) were in...
  15. Ya' Cousin Cleon

    Didn't know Sammy Davis Jr was this talented brehs

    :ohhh:
  16. Ya' Cousin Cleon

    Raquel Willis Is The Freedom Fighter Kids Should Be Reading About

    “I have created spaces for reclamation and resilience for people who have all the power within themselves to change the world.” Raquel Willis is dynamic in every way imaginable. Long before she became the first trans woman to take on a leadership position at Out magazine, she was advocating...
  17. NoirDynosaur

    First film to feature Black Love (1898)

    :ohhh::myman: (A 1898 film may be the earliest known on-screen depiction of African-American love)
  18. DrBanneker

    Saluting the Black soldiers of WWI

    WWI ended 100 years ago after tens of millions of deaths and a crappy armistice that just set the stage for another war down the line... Note this war was in part due to colonial rivalries but Africans, AAs, and West Indians were forced to fight essentially for governments that wanted to keep...
  19. Ya' Cousin Cleon

    "Black Folks Have Been Resisting Ever Since We Were Captured From The Shores of Africa”

    :salute:A little inspiration for the day brehs
  20. K

    Raise your kids with no black pride brehs

    Cac even brought chicken and watermelon You know i'm not against interracial shyt but this is horrible :snoop:
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