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12 Things The Negro Must Do

Posted in African American, Community, History, Men, Politics, Racism, Slavery, The Americas, Women on March 30th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment
Nannie Burroughs

Found an Interesting post today called 12 Things The Negro Must Do – How Not To Become Scapegoats For Degenerate Black Community Behavior. It was written in around the turn of the last century by a woman called Nannie Helen Burroughs. Nannie Helen Burroughs - Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879-1961) was an educator, orator, religious leader and businesswoman who ...

Do Community groups make a difference?

Posted in Community, Education, Law and Order, Men, Politics, The Americas, Women on March 24th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment

AUGUSTA, Ga. - It was a gathering to reclaim black manhood--a conference for all ages, men and women, held at Paine College. “You can achieve, you can believe, you can conceive, that truly this country is made for you and you need to use the world as your oyster," said Dr. Mike Weaver, organizer. Men and ...

Memorial Plaque dedcated to Olaudah Equiano

Posted in African, Black Blog Posts, Black Britain, Books, Caribbean, Community, Education, Europe, Events, History, Slavery, The Americas on March 13th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment

About 300 people attended Monday night's dedication in St, Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, of a memorial plaque to Olaudah Equiano (c.1745-97), the leading black abolitionist. Equiano had been baptised at the Church in February 1759. While people waited for the start of the service the Church organist played the 'Trumpet Voluntary' by John Stanley (1712-86) and ...

Ethiopians Discover What Israelis Really Think

Posted in African, Community, History, Middle East, Religion, War on March 6th, 2009 by Maurice2014 – Be the first to comment
Ethiopian Jews Protest

Israel refuses to let them give blood Israel got caught throwing away Ethiopian blood from the blood banks. A similar disclosure a decade ago sparked protests and widespread outrage in a community that has long complained of racial discrimination. "We are healthy people, like everyone else," said 24-year-old Galit Maarat,  "It's unjust, a terrible affront."  There are ...

Black Canadians – An overview

Posted in History, Politics, The Americas on March 6th, 2009 by Maurice2014 – 2 Comments
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Black Canadians in Canada: Total Population of Canada: 30+,000,000 Number of Black People living in Canada: 670,000 Percentage of Canadian Population that's Black: 2% Percentage of the Black Canadian Population living in: - Toronto - 47% - Montreal - 20% - Ottawa - 6% - Vancouver - 3% - Halifax - 2% Where Black Canadians ...

The African Mission-Liverpool, England. 1940s

Posted in Black Britain, Community, Europe, History on March 3rd, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment
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Brian Lawrenson writes about his time growing up as a “Brown Baby” in a postwar Liverpool orphanage.

Hitler’s Forgotten Holocaust Victims

Posted in African, Black Blog Posts, Black Britain, Community, Education, Entertainment, Europe, Food, History, Job Vacancies, Men, Military, Notices, Racism, The Americas, Twitter Digest, War, Women on March 1st, 2009 by admin – 1 Comment

Like many West European nations, Germany established colonies in Africa in the late 1800s in what later became Togo, Cameroon, Namibia, and Tanzania.


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