*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 […]
learn more*Black History and Britain is affirmed on November 6, 1000. Historic origins. Black British people are a multi-ethnic group of British people from Sub-Saharan Africa or the African diaspora. According to the Augustan History, North African Roman emperor Septimus Severus supposedly visited Hadrian’s Wall in 210 AD. The body of a girl buried near […]
learn more*Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States is celebrated on this date in 1937. On that date, John Lomax, then a national advisor for the Federal Writers Project, drew up questions for field workers to use to capture enslaved Africans’ oral histories in America. After 1916, The Journal of Negro History […]
learn more*On this date in 1940, The American Negro Exposition opened. Also known as the Black World’s Fair and the Diamond Jubilee Exposition, it was a world’s fair held in Chicago from July until September 1940 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the end of slavery in the United States after the American Civil War in […]
learn more*On this date in 1936, The Hall of Negro Life debuted at the Texas Centennial Exposition. The Hall of Negro Life was a popular attraction and is believed to be the first recognition of African American culture at a World’s Fair. This world’s fair exhibit ran until November 29, 1936, at Fair Park, Dallas, Texas. […]
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