.................. Ragtime Music .................
Listen to We Shall Overcome
"The events
which transpired
five thousand years ago;
Five years ago or five minutes ago,
have determined what will happen five minutes
from now; five years from now or five thousand years
from now. All history is a current event." (John Henrik Clarke)
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Barack Obama in Tampa Florida May 21, 2008:
GREAT BLACK HISTORY VIDEOS
Bestselling & Hard To Find Black History Videos & DVD's!
BLACK HISTORY POSTERS
Great Black History and Motivational Art Prints & Posters!
Black History Facts & Timelines
Carter G. Woodson (above) wrote "The Miseducation of
the Negro" and founded Negro History Week in the 1920's.
The History of Black History
"Stamp on Black History" - Year 300 to Present
Black
men built the
pyramids of ancient
Egypt. The pyramids are
still standing today and are one
of the Seven Wonders of the World!
* GREAT AFRICAN KINGS *
GREAT AFRICAN QUEENS
Modern Black Inventor
Philip Emeagwali
Nigerian born Dr. Philip Emeagwali (above) won the Gordon Bell Prize (considered
the Nobel Prize of computing) for becoming the first person to develop, program and
perform the world's fastest computer computation at 3.1 billion calculations per
second! His scientific breakthrough is used to forecast weather, determine
how oil flows underground and for many other huge challenges!
BLACK INVENTORS A-Z
A-Z list of Black inventors - biographies, images, timelines, and
other media. Black Inventors Patent Holders List also included.
Prominent African Americans:
Includes information and links to the official web sites of
many black congressmen and congresswomen & more!
BLACK HISTORICAL FIGURES
"If we stand tall it is because we stand on the backs
of those who came before us." (African proverb)
Marcus
Garvey was
born in Jamaica
W.I. in 1887. In 1914
he organized the Universal
Negro Improvement Association.
"Look Up You Mighty Race!" (Garvey)
MARCUS GARVEY
"Look For Me In The Whirlwind"
Marcus Garvey & The Universal Negro Improvement
Association: Timeline, Sound Clip, Gallery, Film & More!
JOHN HENRIK CLARKE: The Knowledge Revolutionary
Martin Luther King & Malcolm X - Another Look
VHS FILM - Malcolm X: His Own Story as it Really Happened
The Martin Luther King You Don't See on TV
Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence
(Speech by Rev Martin Luther King ~ 1967)
THE
19 SIXTIES:
Civil Rights Movement
Fashion: Dashikis, Large Afros
Popular Music: The Songs Of Motown,
James Brown's Hit: Say It Loud I'm Black & I'm Proud!
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BLACK WALLSTREET &
THE BLACK HOLOCAUST
The Black Holocaust Society Presents
"BLACK WALLSTREET"
Riot Destroy America's Most Affluent Black Community
On Black Wallstreet, the dollar circulated 36 to 100 times, often
taking an entire year to leave the black business district in Tulsa
Oklahoma. On June 1, 1921 this very affluent black community
was bombed from the air & burned to the ground by white mobs.
AFRICAN AMERICAN HOLACAUST
WARNING - Graphic photos of lynchings and burnings!
Making Music History
"Two
thousand
years of history,
black histoy - could not be
wiped away so easily" (excerpt
from Bob Marley's song "Zion Train")
Bob Marley Poster
"SONGS OF FREEDOM" By Bob Marley
Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement:
BLACK AMERICAN FREEDOM SONGS 1960-1966 (Box Set)
Motown Legacy
DID YOU KNOW
Motown Black Forum Label released spoken word recordings of Rev Dr Martin
Luther King Jr, Stokely Carmichael, poet Langston Hughes and other historical
black figures? In 1973 Black Enterprise magazine listed Motown as the number
one black owned or managed business. Motown Industries, headed by Mr Berry
Gordy consisted of record, motion picture, television and publishing divisions.
Before The Blues, Jazz, R&B, & Hip Hop ...
RAGTIME MUSIC:
"THE ENTERTAINER" by SCOTT JOPLIN
Black History Searchable Database
Black Facts On Line - Search For Facts By Dates Etc.
Large free online database of Black History information
"Until
the Lions
have their own
historian, the tale of
the hunt will always glorify
the hunter." (an African proverb)
BLACKS HISTORY ONLINE QUIZZES
Black History - Test Your Knowledge
Black History Treasure Hunt And Quiz
Internet African American History Challenge
SANKOFA:
"Go Back To Fetch
It" The African Adinkra
Symbol of
The Wisdom
In Learning From The Past
In Building For The Future!
Search For Black History Books & Products:
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