Black Lives Matter: ‘Get Your Knee off My Neck’, ‘I Can’t breathe’
‘I was born to work up to my grave, but I was not born to…
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7 Black Scientists and Engineers Who Helped Make Space Travel Possible
Source: Atlantablackstar.com Robert Shurney (1921-2007) Dr. Robert Shurney was a physicist from Tennessee State University,…
Martin Luther King Jr. Biography
Source: http://www.biography.com Civil Rights Activist, Minister (1929–1968) Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister…
8 of the Most Revolting and Abominable Acts of Cruelty Inflicted on Enslaved Blacks
Source: http://atlantablackstar.com The Atrocities of the Infamous Madame Lalaurie Louisiana slave owner Madame Lalaurie was…
5 Unbelievable and Ingenious Ways Enslave Blacks Escaped Slavery
Source: http://atlantablackstar.com Henry “Box” Brown Mails Himself Out of Slavery In 1849 an enslaved man…
9 Facts Proving Slavery Was Responsible for American and European Economic Success
Source: http://atlantablackstar.com Without the significant labor to cultivate the land Europeans claimed to have “discovered,”…
8 European Nations That Hold ‘World Records’ for the Mistreatment of Black People
Source: http://atlantablackstar.com Most Kidnappings of Africans From the 15th to 19th century, the Portuguese exported…
6 Startling Things About Sex Farms During Slavery That You May Not Know
Source: http://atlantablackstar.com The fertility of enslaved women was examined by owners to make sure they…