Tag: education
Every Country in Africa
Africa is the second largest continent in the world. The continent has the second-largest population in the world, with an estimated 1.2 billion inhabitants, constituting about 15% of the world’s population.
Blue Eyed Soul
Blue-eyed soul is rhythm and blues and soul music performed by white artists. The slang, coined in the mid-1960s, was invoked by music magazines in the 1960s such as Life who used it for the Righteous Brothers, Barry McGuire, Sonny & Cher; other times...
‘Queering Black history’: Here are 5 LGBTQ pioneers to know
In recognition of Black History Month, professors and activists reflected on the seldom-told stories of Black LGBTQ trailblazers and their contributions to American history.
Hawaii's Original Black Kings, Queens and People!
Did you know that there were Black Kings and Queens here in America? In the Kingdom of Hawaii. From King Kamehameha to Queen Liliuokalani, each Hawaiian ruler was very dark-skinned with Negroid features. It is one of the incredible little known stories of...
Who Invented Weekends?
But have you ever stopped to wonder who invented weekends? Who came up with the idea of working five days and then taking two days off? Why didn't they make the workweek two days and the weekend five days?
From Dreams To Reality: A Tribute to Minority Inventors (1986)
This tribute to minority inventors shows the many inventions they have contributed to American science, technology, and medicine.
Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed (1968)
Of Black America was a series of seven one-hour documentaries presented by CBS News in the summer of 1968, at the end of the Civil Rights Movement and during a time of racial unrest (Martin Luther King had been assassinated that spring and riots in many c...
