“This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.” – Fredrick Douglass (July 5, 1852)
Tag: American History
Forgotten History: East St. Louis Race Riot, July 2nd, 1917
Today marks the 103rd anniversary of one of the most brutal episodes of mass violence in American history, but of course, most Americans don’t even know some shit like this even happened…
Willie Lynch letter: The Making of a Slave
I HAVE A FULL PROOF METHOD FOR CONTROLLING YOUR BLACK SLAVES. I guarantee every one of you that, if installed correctly, IT WILL CONTROL THE SLAVES FOR AT LEAST 300 hundred YEARS
Happy Juneteenth
Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States
Timeless Teachings: Gil Scott-Heron | Comment #1
“America was a bastard
The illegitimate daughter of the mother country
Whose legs were then spread around the world
And a rapist known as freedom, free-DOOM”
– Gil Scott-Heron
White Saviors: Fantasy Vs. Reality
True white saviors understand that the only way to rid this nation of the sickness of racism is to confront it directly in their own communities.
Timeless Teachings: Martin Luther King Jr. | Letter from Birmingham Jail
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial “outside agitator” idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider.
Timeless Teachings: Malcolm X Pt. III | Extremism Vs. Moderation
Oxford University Student Union in the United Kingdom – December 3, 1964
Timeless Teachings: Malcolm X Pt. II | The Ballot or the Bullet
“The government itself has failed us. And the white liberals who have been posing as our friends have failed us. And once we see that all of these other sources to which we’ve turned have failed, we stop turning to them and turn to ourselves. We need a self-help program, a do-it-yourself philosophy, a do-it-right-now philosophy, a it’s-already-too-late philosophy.”
6 Movies To End Black History Month With
Unfortunately, for a lot of American’s, these last 6 days (including today obviously) will be the last days they care about Black History. So in preparation of this, I decided to compile a small list of movies folks can watch to end Black History Month with a sense of, let’s say, acknowledgment. These movies are…