Shirley Chisholm made history in 1968 when she became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress, representing New York’s 12th Congressional District. Her election broke a major political barrier and marked the beginning of a congressional...
The Thibodaux Massacre is one of the deadliest episodes of racial violence in American labour history. It took place in November 1887 in Louisiana, following a sugarcane workers’ strike over wages and working conditions. As tensions between Black workers...
Benjamin Lay was an English-born abolitionist who spent his life fighting slavery and challenging Christians who owned enslaved people. Through public protests and his 1737 book, All Slave-Keepers That Keep the Innocent in Bondage, Apostates, he condemned their hypocrisy...
When enslaved Africans were brought to the Americas, Christianity was gradually introduced into their lives. Missionaries preached to them, slaveholders encouraged religious instruction, and some enslaved people were baptized and became committed Christians. But an important question remains: did...
William Parker was a formerly enslaved man who escaped from Maryland and settled in Pennsylvania, where he built a life among a growing Black community determined to protect its freedom. He became known for helping others who had escaped...
On 3 March 1959, eleven Kenyan detainees were beaten to death at Hola detention camp in eastern Kenya by guards working under the British colonial administration. The men were among hundreds of Kenyans detained during the Mau Mau Emergency,...
At a time when Kentucky was a slave state and many churches either defended slavery or remained silent, John Gregg Fee preached that slavery was a sin against both God and humanity. For that, he was disowned by his...
George W. Lee was a Baptist minister, businessman, and civil rights leader who became one of Mississippi’s leading advocates for Black voting rights. His efforts to help African Americans register to vote challenged the foundations of Jim Crow, and...
History is rarely as simple as “Africans sold Africans.” That sentence has become a convenient way to shift attention away from the system that made the Atlantic slave trade possible in the first place.
The truth is that Europe did...
In January 1895, King Koko of Nembe launched one of the most daring attacks against British interests in nineteenth century West Africa. Leading about 1,500 warriors in 22 war canoes, he struck the Royal Niger Company’s headquarters at Akassa,...
Nkwocha is an enthusiastic writer with a deep passion for African history and culture. His work delves into the rich heritage, traditions, and untold stories of Africa, aiming to bring them to light for a global audience.
