3/7/18- Guy Torry has some advice for our clear brothers and sisters when they come around Black people. All he asks is that they be their true “flavorless” self. Somethings for them to remember is not all Black people know Pookie Johnson and stop apologizing for slavery when you get drunk! READ MORE STORIES ON […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An iron collar that kept slaves in bondage. A branding iron that marked human beings as someone’s property. A photograph of black babies captioned as “alligator bait.” A fine china plate with gold lettering that says, “KKK ‘God Give Us Men.'” They’re among the artifacts of slavery and segregation collected by NFL […]
Descendants of slaves are calling for Georgetown University to atone "for the wealth it unjustly accumulated off the back of unpaid slave labor.”
A $1.5 million grant gifted to Michigan State University by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will go towards the creation of a slave trade database.
John Kelly recently made a statement about the Civil War concerning slavery and the Confederate General Robert E.Lee. DL breaks it down as to why John Kelly is wrong. Don’t Miss Out! Follow The D.L. Hughley Show on Twitter and Instagram & Keep Up On Facebook Too!
Roland Martin went in on White House chief of staff John Kelly for his outrageous comments on slavery and making a comprise. Russ wanted a piece of that for everyone to hear. “How in the hell are we supposed to compromise humanity,” expressed Martin. Don’t Miss Out! Follow The Russ Parr Show on Twitter and Instagram Keep Up […]
“No you definitely don’t need to pretend to be a slave but it was another hands on experiment used to simulate slavery. Definitely not an effective way and there’s better alternatives than that.” – Eighth-grade student Kaleem Syed. Students at Whitney High School were enslaved for a day. Administrators at the California high school made […]
Attorney Antonio Moore and Political Commentator Yvette Carnell discuss the recent debate about Affirmative Action. The two use the lens of American history, and more importantly American slavery to detail the flaws in the policy as it shifted from corrective action for racism, to a focus on diversity. Their discussion delves deep into the backgrounds […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A social media campaign to derail HBO’s planned modern-day Southern slavery drama quickly caught fire, prompting the cable channel to ask detractors to withhold judgment until they see “Confederate.” The campaign, with “OscarsSoWhite” activist April Reign among its organizers, asked people to tweet to HBO with the hashtag “NoConfederate” during Sunday’s […]
The Pearl Incident of 1848 is the largest recorded non-violent slave escape attempt that might have been successful if it weren’t thwarted by an embittered slave. According to some historians, the incident inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The escape involved a Chesapeake Bay schooner called The Pearl. At the time, Washington, […]
WGN America’s Underground fought the good fight, but unfortunately the cable outlet has decided that, going forward, the program would not make a good fit. Apparently there’s nothing about the program, per se, that would qualify it for cancellation. However, the decision comes as parent company Tribune Media is being bought for $3.9 billion by Sinclair […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The statue of the Confederacy’s president had been hoisted from its stone pedestal in the pre-dawn hours and the blue glint of police lights was still visible two blocks away outside the corner laundromat where Carol Patterson sat as diverted rush-hour traffic rolled by. “It’s entertaining,” Patterson, 74, said of the […]
