On July 30, 1866, a peaceful demonstration of Black Americans in New Orleans was violently attacked by a mob of white rioters, many of whom were ex-Confederates. The massacre, which occurred outside the Mechanics Institute, resulted in at least...
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...
Mary Thomas, famously known as Queen Mary, was an important figure in the labour history of the Danish West Indies. Born around 1848, Thomas emerged as a formidable leader during the 1878 "Fireburn" labor riot on the island of...
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...
In the never-ending pursuit of medical cures, healers have historically engaged in some bizarre and, by modern standards, often horrific and unethical activities. One of the most bizarre is Mumia, the European practice of consuming the corpses of Egyptian...
John Brown was a prominent leader in the American abolitionist movement during the decades leading up to the Civil War. He became known as the leading advocate for using violence to end American slavery after years of peaceful efforts...
When we feed our bodies unhealthy meals daily, thereby overburdening our cells, they rebel by making us sick. Similarly, when slaves were overburdened and subjected to harsh conditions, some rose up in rebellion. However, slaveholders rarely addressed the underlying...
The Baixa do Cassange strike, also known as Mariano’s revolt, was a labor strike regarded as the first political action that sparked the Angolan War of Independence against Portuguese rule, which lasted from 1961 to 1974.
The roots of the...
Isadore Banks was a World War I veteran and a prosperous African American landowner in Arkansas. In 1954, he was brutally lynched, and despite the horrific nature of his murder, no one was ever brought to justice.
Isadore Banks was...
