In an ongoing effort to make changes within our criminal justice system, the Obama administration has launched a new initiative to help those who are…
Fifteen years before Amistad, there was the Antelope: a slave ship with 275 captives whose fates were argued before the U.S. Supreme Court not just…
Actor Laurence Fishburne will play Alex Haley in A&E Networks’ reboot of Haley’s classic African-American novel Roots, History Channel’s executive vice president and general manager Dirk Hoogstra…
How can you talk about the history of this country and not talk about the atrocity of slavery and its role in racism? As soon as this fall, new Texas history books will barely include the Ku Klux Klan, Jim Crow and slavery but do so in a way that teaches that the Civil War […]
When we talk about the United States becoming a global economic power, many discount the role slavery and free labor played in bolstering American capitalism. Author Edward E.…
In 1794, a Portuguese slave ship, dubbed Sao Jose-Paquete de Africa, sank near Capetown while en route from Mozambique to Brazil. Now over 200 years…
Memorial Day has long been known as a holiday to celebrate and honor America’s soldiers. It’s also the holiday that officially kicks off summer, which…
The Crenshaw House of Southern Illinois, better known as the “Old Slave House,” rests in Gallatin County and is the site of one of most…
Ben Affleck has issued an apology for hiding information about his ancestors on the PBS show Finding Your Roots. The actor took to his Facebook page to discuss why…
03/27/15 – Donnell Rawlings explains how he would not have been able to survive during the Civil Rights Movement and …. slavery. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook.…
I’m sure you’ve heard of the comments that Charles Barkley made about the situation in Ferguson. He also said that slavery was “not that bad.” Well, that didn’t sit well with Alabama Senatro Hank Sanders. He penned an open letter to Chuck letting him that slavery wasn’t that bad, but in fact, it was very, […]
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, is a holiday of notable significance for many African Americans. June 19, 1865, highlights the abolition…
