Why Didn't They Tell You…
“… and the truth shall make you free.” — Jesus of Nazareth (John 8: 32b) Why didn’t they tell you that something wonderful happened twelve score and ten years ago in Philadelphia? Today I, an American of African heritage, have not come to bash the United States of America for its shortcomings but to praise…
Why didn’t they tell you?
Featured Image: Bronze head of a Benin noble man Why didn’t they tell you about the causes and sources of the wealth of the fabled West African empires and cities of late antiquity and the middle ages? The purpose of this post is to give some indication of what was going on in the areas…
Why didn’t they tell you?
Why didn’t they tell you that in the 1950’s, libraries did not have many books on black people. In 1956, my immediate family moved from the Mississippi Delta (Mound Bayou) to San Bernardino, California. My three oldest sisters stayed behind because they were married and had good-sized families; one had 4 children and the other…
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