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Just got done watching a documentary on the Nigerian Civil War and I was wondering about the amount of animosity the Southwestern states had against the North, it would have made sense that Ojukwu ask them to join Biafra. Any thoughts? By the way, let's have civility in this thread please:whoa...

If the Revolution never happened, life would've be the same for the vast majority of people. African slaves would still be abused. Natives would still be genocided off their land. Everyday cac colonists will still cac. Only the rich landowners would really be affected and even then they would...

A monument to Christopher Columbus looms over Piazza Acquaverde in Genoa, Italy, in this 1894 photograph. (Bettmann Archive/Getty Images) By Stefano Pitrelli October 11, 2020 at 2:22 PM EDT ROME — While many Christopher Columbus statues were toppled this year in the United States — dragged...

African history was rewritten and/or erased due to cultural arrogance. Prejudice pseudo-scientific theories and discriminating versions of history were both developed to further political ideology and its objectives. Erasing the identity of ancient Egyptians was critical to erasing the...

I know the Lenape people was the Indian tribe that originally lived in the Greater New York region, then the Dutch were the first Europeans to colonize the area, who in turn brought their own African slaves to New York. Any New York brehs today met a direct descendant of any of the three...

The Racist Truth of The Kentucky Derby America’s popular horse racing event, the Kentucky Derby, is steeped in racism. Formerly enslaved Black men - who, during slavery, were tasked with raising prized cattle and horses, work whites deemed beneath them - were enlisted as jockeys for the race...

Was reading this thread and amazed me how familiar the daily life back then was to me:ohhh: I would probably travel to the baths everyday and admire the art, eat some Roman delicacies, and troll the Lupanar at night:lolbron:

This is the first of a new series on rating quotations. Occasionally I will post a quote, be it insightful, controversial, or just funny and you can rate and comment on it. I will also include a short bio of the source of the quote as well. Many will be quotes by Black people, some will not. See...

As they should, :ohlawd: 2020 is bringing all the chickens home Read the comments underneath

All predictions, opinions, hot takes, and commentary welcome This is history baby...we'll look back on this thread years from now and either :mjlol: :wow: :mjcry:

Living Through the Death of an Empire? It’s the little things. PATRICK WYMANMARCH 19, 2020 The coronavirus is a rapidly developing news story, so some of the content in this article might be out of date. Check out our most recent coverage of the coronavirus crisis, and subscribe to Mother...

the 1970s: or the 1990s

@Jesus is my protector @Samori Toure @mbewane Thoughts? If yall had to give your top 3 reasons what would they be?

Cliffs: Crips bloods origins from children of black southern migrating farmer smaller gangs that formed to protect themselves against attacks from racist whites. Black Panthers were a major influence in the community for a few years and of course cointelpro took them down. However crips and...

Tis been 5 years since that day. Men all over the globe have since trained their hands to be faster, more lethal. Scientists have studied this tape innumerable times to calculate the speed, velocity, and trigonometric angle at which this slap was delivered. They hope to one day be able to...

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...

This is a dope series, y'all should check out, but this episode in particular is so well done. It explains how black music became the foundation for all American music. Check it out. ‎1619: Episode 3: The Birth of American Music on Apple Podcasts Black music, forged in captivity, became the...

Founder of African American museum found dead in trunk of car According to officials with the Baton Rouge Police Department, Sadie Roberts-Joseph, 75, was found at roughly 3:45 p.m. on Friday, July 12. Joseph is the founder of non-profit Odell S. Williams Now & Then Museum of African American...

This lady was a next level weirdo:damn::hhh:

I assume they are because of the history behind Louisana and how Catholic insitutions dominate the state but does it extend to the black community too?