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Richard Mentor Johnson: The US Senator Who Lost His Seat for Loving an Enslaved Woman

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Robert Lewis Dabney: The American Pastor Who Used the Bible to Defend Slavery From His Pulpit

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Kissi Kaba Keita: The African Chief Who Was Executed for Resisting French Rule

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How Jamaica’s Assembly Made It Illegal for Black People to Strike Whites Even in Self Defence in 1730

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Taytu Betul: The Ethiopian Empress Who Helped Crush Italy’s Colonial Ambitions

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Patty Cannon: The Serial Killer and Kidnapper Who Preyed on Free Black Families in 19th-Century America

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Demerara Rebellion (1823): The Peaceful Protest That Led to the Massacre of Hundreds of Enslaved Africans by British Forces

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Nduna Songea Mbano: The African Leader Executed and Beheaded for Resisting German Rule

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The Kissing Case: How Two Black Boys Were Jailed for Kissing a White Girl in 1958

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William Joseph Simmons: The Preacher Who Leveraged Christianity to Revive the Ku Klux Klan in 1915

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Robert F. Williams: The Civil Rights Leader Who Stood Up to the KKK with Armed Resistance

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The Forgotten History of How Enslaved African Graves Were Looted for Medical Research

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Slave Breeding: How American Masters Turned Enslaved Black Women’s Wombs into Factories

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How the Anglican Church Became One of the Largest Slave Institutions in the Caribbean

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Danane Concentration Camp: The Brutal Camp Where Italy Waged Slow Death on East African Freedom Fighters

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Nicolas Le Jeune: The French Slave Master Sued by His Slaves for Torture and Murder

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The Public Burning of Jesse Washington: One of the Most Horrific Lynching Events in American History

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Simon Kimbangu: The African Prophet Sentenced to Death by Belgian Authorities for Leading an Independent Church

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Thomas L. Jennings: The First African-American Inventor to Receive a U.S. Patent

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Eugene Daniel: The 16-Year-Old Lynched in 1921 for Startling a White Girl

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Mawu-Lisa: The Dual God Who Created the World According to the Fon People

In the spiritual beliefs of the Fon people of Dahomey (present-day Benin), the universe was created not by a...

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Taytu Betul: The Ethiopian Empress Who Helped Crush Italy’s Colonial Ambitions

In the late 19th century, European empires were tearing through Africa, forcing ancient kingdoms into submission. From West Africa to the Great Lakes, monarchs...

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According to bloomberg, African currencies faced significant challenges in 202, with some experiencing alarming decline against the United States...