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Black Consciousness Day – The Day Brazil Reclaimed Its History
On November 20, 1695, Portuguese forces captured and beheaded Zumbi dos Palmares, the leader of the largest slave resistance movement in the Americas. His...
Lena Baker – A 1944 Trial, A 2005 Pardon, and a...
The Only Woman Executed in Georgia's Electric Chair: Lena Baker's 60-Year Fight for Justice. The facts, then. Lena Baker was born on June 8,...
Carl Ross – He Carried a Live Bomb So 53 Women...
The Janitor Who Saved 53 Women and Died Carrying a Bomb: Carl Ross's 65-Year Wait for Recognition. The facts, then. On September 19, 1961,...
The Cape Verdean Defender Who Captained Argentina and Played with Pelé
The facts, then. José Manuel Ramos Delgado was born on August 25, 1935, in Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. His father was from São...
The Ivory Bangle Lady: A Black Woman in 4th Century Roman...
The facts, then. In 1901, workmen digging in Sycamore Terrace, York, discovered a stone sarcophagus. Inside was the skeleton of a young woman. She...
Mary and Emily Edmonson: The Teenage Sisters Who Escaped Slavery on...
Two teenage girls were locked in a slave jail in Alexandria, Virginia in April of 1848. They had just been dragged back to the...
The Kru – The Tribe That Refused to Be Enslaved
The first thing you need to understand about the Kru is the mark. It was a line of indigo blue, drawn from the centre...
Paul Reaney – The First Player of Colour Selected for England...
Paul Reaney made his Leeds United debut on 8 September 1962. He was 17 years old. The game was away to Swansea Town. Sixteen...
Viv Anderson – First England Team then Two European Cups, One...
Viv Anderson was 22 when he became the first Black footballer to play for England. It was 29 November 1978. The opponent was Czechoslovakia....
Clyde Best: The Black Pioneer Who Scored Through the Noise
Before there was Viv Anderson. Before there was Cyrille Regis. Before there was John Barnes. There was Clyde Best. He was born in Bermuda...
