by Rozen-WheelerAdam | Dec 25, 2018 | Global African History, People
Richard L. Davis is a distinguished historian of middle-period and late imperial China. He was born in Buffalo, New York to Darcy Raymond Williams, a minister of Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church, and Jessie Mae Belton Davis. In 1973, he earned bachelor’s degrees in...
by Rozen-WheelerAdam | Dec 25, 2018 | African American History, People
Thomas Blackshear is a renowned painter and sculptor. Blackshear was born in Waco, Texas on November 14, 1955 to Thomas Richman Blackshear, a U.S. Air Force pilot, and his wife, whose name is unknown. Mostly raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Blackshear loved to draw. Upon...
by Rozen-WheelerAdam | Dec 25, 2018 | African American History, People
William P. Hubbard was the first the person of African descent elected to office in a major Canadian city. Hubbard was one of eight children born to Mosely Hubbard and Lavenia Ann Hubbard, both farmers in the small black enclave near Toronto. Some sources suggest that...
by FikesRobert | Dec 23, 2018 | Events, Global African History
The Second Sudanese Civil War was an intense 22-year conflict between the central government in Khartoum and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA). The war started in southern Sudan but spread to other places including the Nuba mountains and the Blue Nile region....
by MaioranaJuliette | Dec 23, 2018 | African American History, People
Simeon Saunders Booker Jr.’s innovative career in journalism transformed how African American readers engaged with news coverage of politics and social injustices. As the first African American reporter for the Washington Post, he provided insight into the Civil...
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