Bud Johnson, was a 34-year-old African American farmer and World War I veteran, who was tortured and killed by a white mob after being falsely accused of assaulting a white woman. His tragic death sent a clear message that,...
Ruben Um Nyobè may not be widely known, but he was a significant figure in the African independence movement, fighting passionately for Cameroon’s independence from French colonial rule. His vision for a free and united Cameroon, along with his...
Charles Colcock Jones was a slaveholder, and missionary who dedicated his life to teaching the Christian gospel to enslaved people with the specific goal of making them more obedient and submissive.
In the summer of 1919, a black man named Eli Cooper was lynched in Georgia for allegedly making statements that offended the white community. His words, seen as a threat to the racial hierarchy of the time, ultimately led...
Simon Kooper was a resolute leader of the ǃKharakhoen, a subtribe of the Nama people in Namibia from 1863 to 1909 who became famous for leading the Nama in the resistance against German colonial forces during the Herero and...
Dr Félix-Roland Moumié was an anti-colonialist Cameroonian leader and pan-Africanist, who was assassinated in Geneva on 3 November 1960 by an agent of the French secret service, following official independence from France earlier that year. Moumié is remembered as...
Marcos Xiorro was an enslaved African in Spanish Puerto Rico who, led an unsuccessful slave revolt against the sugarcane plantation owners and the Spanish Colonial government in 1821. His story, though largely forgotten, remains a significant chapter in the...
The story of Ernest Thomas is a tragic example of racial injustice that occurred in the United States in the mid-20th century. Thomas was an African American man who was accused of a crime he did not commit and...
On March 15, 1901, the town of Rome, Tennessee, was marred by a horrific act of racial violence that claimed the life of Ballie Crutchfield, an African American woman. The events leading to her tragic death began with a...
Anele is a web developer and a Pan-Africanist who believes bad leadership is the only thing keeping Africa from taking its rightful place in the modern world.
