by FikesRobert | Aug 23, 2017 | African American History, People
Angela Rye is a lawyer, political commentator, and CEO of IMPACT Strategies. Rye was born on October 26, 1979, in Seattle, Washington, to Eddie Rye Jr., a community organizer, and Andera Rye, a retired college administrator. She attended the University of Washington...
by FikesRobert | Aug 23, 2017 | African American History, Events
The Amistad Mutiny occurred on the Spanish schooner La Amistad on July 2, 1839. The incident began In February 1839 when Portuguese slave hunters illegally seized 53 Africans in Sierra Leone, a British colony, whom they intended to sell in the Spanish colony of Cuba....
by McBrideColin | Aug 22, 2017 | African American History, People
Image Ownership: Public Domain Aja Brown serves as the youngest and first female mayor of Compton, California. Brown was born in Altadena, California, to Brenda Jackson on April 17, 1982. Brown attended John Muir High School in Pasadena and was elected president of...
by FikesRobert | Aug 22, 2017 | African American History, People
Roland Sebastian Martin is a journalist, columnist, and author. Martin was born on November 14, 1968, to Emelda and Reginald Lynn Martin Sr. in Houston, Texas. His maternal great-grandparents emigrated from Haiti to the United States and settled in Louisiana. Martin...
by McBrideColin | Aug 20, 2017 | African American History, Places
Compton is a city in Southern California, located in south Los Angeles County. Compton was settled in 1867 by thirty pioneer families led by Griffith Dickenson Compton, after whom the city was named. The first black families came to the city just before World War II....
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