Subject Rock Hill; Brattonsville; Wali Cathcart Description Wali Cathcart recently sat just outside the door of what once was a … Continue reading Rock Hill native embodies region’s Black History in life, legacy and daily activities
Subject Sports; Football; Slavery Description Colin Kaepernick has come under fire after a tweet shared a clip from his new Netflix series, Colin In … Continue reading Twitter Calls Out Colin Kaepernick for Comparing NFL Recruitment to Slavery
Subject History; Speeches; Fourth of July; Frederick Douglass Description Descendants of Frederick Douglass read excerpts from one of his most … Continue reading Frederick Douglass’ Descendants Read From ‘What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?’
Subject American History; Civil War Heroes; Fight for Freedom Description As America’s Civil War raged, African Americans didn’t just sit … Continue reading 6 Black Heroes of the Civil War
Subject Docuseries; Slavery; Samuel L. Jackson Description Samuel L. Jackson’s latest project, a docuseries looking to shed new light on … Continue reading Samuel L. Jackson Docuseries ‘Enslaved’ Sets Premiere Date on Epix
Subject Film; History; Slavery; Civil Rights Description Bryan Stevenson, the crusading lawyer and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, who … Continue reading ‘Slavery Doesn’t End, It Just Evolves’: Lawyer Portrayed In ‘Just Mercy’ Wants Film To Inspire Change
Subject The Legacy of Slavery In America Description The 1619 Project is an ongoing initiative from The New York Times … Continue reading The 1619 Project
Subject Return to Ghana; Africa; Travel Description The transatlantic slave trade that would eventually claim millions of victims began 400 … Continue reading Ghana: Descendants of Slaves Return to Africa
Subject The Legacy of Enslavement Description For generations, a small African American community has existed less than 10 miles from … Continue reading James Monroe Enslaved Hundreds, His Descendants Still Live Next Door
Subject Ghanaian Sculptor; Slavery; Portraits Description Kwame Akoto-Bamfo, a Ghanaian sculptor, is using his skills to create the Ancestor Project … Continue reading Kwame Akoto-Bamfo: ‘You See the Faces of Our Ancestors’
