*The Afro Guyanese community is affirmed on this date in 1621. Also known as Black Guyanese, they are descendants of the enslaved African people brought to Guyana from West Africa to work on sugar plantations during the Atlantic slave trade era. The Dutch West India Company was instrumental in the importation of African slaves, who […]
learn more*Taft, Oklahoma is affirmed on this date in 1902. Taft began as an all-Black town on land allotted to Creek Freedmen. This community was initially named Twine, for William H. Twine, and had a post office by 1902. When Twine moved to Muskogee, the citizens voted to rename the town as Taft for President William […]
learn more*Black History and Blood Quantum were affirmed on this date in 1661. Blood quantum, a concept that evolved during the period of chattel slavery to distinguish Blacks from whites, refers to the blood amount of a person’s particular ancestry. The U.S. government also used it to categorize Indigenous Native Americans, and ironically, the racial concept […]
learn more*Congress formed the United States Civil Rights Trail on this date in 2014. This is an American heritage trail in the Southern United States that provides visitors with stories about the American Civil Rights movement stories at various landmarks. The Civil Rights Trail links historically important Black churches, school museums, civil rights leaders’ residences, courthouses, […]
learn more*On November 24, 1851, Institute, West Virginia was founded. Originally an all-Black town, Institute is an unincorporated community on the Kanawha River in Kanawha County, West Virginia. The town was founded by a Black former slave woman, Mary Barnes. She bequeathed land to her children that became Institute and later home to West Virginia State […]
learn more*Afro Barbadians are celebrated on November 30, 1519. Often called Black Barbadians, they are of entirely or primarily African descent. Most of the enslaved Africans brought to Barbados were from the Bight of Biafra (62,000 Africans), the Gold Coast (59,000 Africans), and the Bight of Benin (45,000 Africans). Other African slaves came from Central Africa […]
learn moreKobi Arni is an Israeli Ethiopian Jew. In this segment, he shares what school subject he likes best and what he knows about his Jewish tribal heritage.
learn more*The Fante community is celebrated on this date in 1000. The Fante people combine the Akan and aboriginal Guan people, mainly located in the Central and Western Ghana forest and coastal areas. Their land stretches from the eastern part of the western region in the west to Gomoa in the east. There are two groups […]
learn moreMadam Janet Eduam is an early childhood kindergarten teacher in Ghana, Africa. In this segment, she shares some reasons why she teaches using traditional methods.
learn more*The Igbo people were first celebrated on this date in 1000. They are an ethnic group in Nigeria, including Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo. There has been much speculation about the origins of the Igbo people, which are largely unknown. The Igbo people are one of the largest indigenous communities in Africa. The Igboid […]
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