February 2023

Nwanyeruwa – The Nigerian Woman Who Led A Nationwide Revolution Against British Colonialism

Nwanyeruwa was an Igbo woman from southeastern Nigeria during the colonial era who organized and led 10,000 Nigerian women to protest against the exploitative taxation system imposed by the British colonial administration. That revolt is generally called the Aba Women’s War of 1929. Her actions were cited as a significant piece of relevance in the […]

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Hilarius Gilges – The Black German Communist Who Was Killed For Fighting Against Hitler

Hilarius Gilges is one of the few documented and popular examples of Afro-Germans who actively stood to oppose the rise of Hitler’s Nazism in Germany before the onset of World II. While combatting the ideological flaws of Nazism, Gilges was also a victim of racial prejudice. Hilarius Gilges was killed at the age of 24.

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9-year-old child prodigy graduates from high school in Pennsylvania, makes history

9-year-old David Balogun, a Nigerian American has graduated from high school in Pennsylvania, United States of America. He is now the youngest student ever to graduate from Reach Cyber Charter School. David was awarded the 2022 Distinguished Student Award from the Pennsylvania Association of Gifted Education. “I realized that I [was] able to graduate at

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Black History Month: The Story Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution

Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution inspired millions of free and enslaved people of African descent to seek freedom and equality throughout the Atlantic world. Toussaint and other black leaders of Saint-Domingue helped to lead the only Atlantic slave society which successfully defeated its oppressors. The former slaves were able to achieve freedom and equality by political

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The Incredible Story of Aunty Polly: The Fearless Black Woman Who Fought off White Slavers To Protect Enslaved Black Fugitives In The mid-1800s

Aunty Polly Jackson was a bold and fearless black woman who took up arms to protect and safeguard runaway slaves from anti-abolitionists and white slavers. Dressed like an old woman, Aunty Polly was able to perfectly disguise herself while she would carry a butcher’s knife and a pot of boiling water to fight off anti-abolitionists

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Ernest Fredric Morrison – The First Black Child Movie Star In Hollywood And The Highest Paid Actor in the Early 1900s

Ernest Fredric Morrison was an American child actor, comedian, and dancer who performed under the stage name Sunshine Sammy Morrison. He was the only black East Side Kids/Dead End Kids member. He was the first African-American actor to be signed for a long-term contract. Ernest Morrison was born on December 20, 1912, to Louise (Lewis) and

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