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Gettysburg Address & I Have a Dream
President Lincoln used the Declaration of Independence to prove his point that slavery went against the very fabric of America. He used the phrase during the Gettysburg Address: Four score…
The Death of Rosa Parks
Civil Rights pioneer, Rosa Parks born in Alabama February 4, 1913 dies at age 92. News stations from around the world reported that on October 25th 2005, the woman who…
16th Street Church Bombing
The story headlined in most major newspapers around the country on September 16th 1963 a Bomb had gone off at the 16thstreet Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The church was…
Six Dead After Church Bombing
September 16, 1963 Birmingham, Sept. 15 — A bomb hurled from a passing car blasted a crowded Negro church today, killing four girls in their Sunday school classes and triggering…
Martin Luther King: 1968
In 1968, America was feeling the heat of civil unrest, much of which was a reaction to the civil rights movement. The idea of blacks being brought into racial…
U.S. Declaration of Independence
The phrase or idea that "all men are created equal" has been up for debate for decades In the United States Declaration of independence written in 1776. The remark is…
Muhammad Ali: The Beginning
Muhammad Ali was born 1942 on January 17th in Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. His parents were Odessa, a house wife and Cassius, Sr. who worked as a billboard…
Baxley Reopens Probe of Birmingham Bombing
"We know who did it," Alabama Atty. Gen. Bill Baxley said Wednesday as he confirmed that he has reopened the investigation of a church bombing that killed four young black…
Civil Rights: Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama, served as the center of black industrial employment for nearly a century, and the major site of black labor struggles and civil rights protests. Nestled in the Jones…
The French Revolutions influence on The Haitian revolution
In 1789 the French revolution did ignite the people of Saint-Dominique to revolt just a few years later. All products were to imported and exported to France. Trading to other…
Ja A. Jahannes: Morocco – A Taste of Arab Africa
Nothing prepared me for Morocco! The splendid diversity of its cities, the exquisite and abundant cuisine, the contrasting landscape and the bustling busy energy of its people. Though Morocco…
Ja A. Jahannes: Chester Higgins – Images of The African Diaspora
Chester Higgins, Jr. is the undisputable preeminent photographer of the African Diaspora. His books of photographs and his exquisite narrative essays of ordinary and extraordinary African Americans and Africans living…
Ja A. Jahannes: Uganda in The Time Of Idi Amin
The first time I saw President Idi Amin he was driving a jeep with the top back as casual as he pleased down one of the wide streets of…
John Wesley: A Voice for Freedom PART 2
John Wesley became an opponent of the slave trade movement and the ownership of slaves in general at an early age. He was a well known preacher and an advocate…
John Wesley’s Thoughts of Slavery
John Wesley born June 1703 was a strong advocate for the abolition of slavery. He along with his brother, Charles were directly involved with the establishment of the Methodist Movement….
John Wesley: A voice for freedom PART 1
John Wesley became an opponent of the slave trade movement and the ownership of slaves in general at an early age. He was a well known preacher and an advocate…
Haiti: The Slave Rebellion Begins
A few months later, what normally would have been a insignificant event took place that would change the course of Saint-Dominique forever. This was said to be the beginning of…
Did the Haitian revolution ignite the abolition of slavery in the UK?
Could the Haitian revolution of 1804 been the turning point of the abolition of slavery throughout the British colonies? It most definitely had an impact on the passing of the…
