Carter G. Woodson and the History of Black History Month
While writing Krak Teet, I wrote a poem that described the elder stories I was gathering. The poem began and ended by saying: I’ma write a book because I’m tired
Elijah Muhammad’s Life is Worth Some Note-Taking
And if you believe in numerology, Elijah Muhammad has those 7s all over him. He was born in Sandersville, Georgia, which is about an hour east of Macon (and about
Katherine Johnson Launched Astronauts into Space with These Mantras
The movie Hidden Figures made Katherine Johnson famous. Her calculations helped sent astronauts into outer space. But because she was Black and a woman, her achievements weren’t broadcasted until she
W.E.B. Du Bois Changed His Mind Too
Today is W.E.B. Du Bois’s birthday, by the way. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was born on February 23, 1868—three years after the 13th amendment was signed which said that outlawed
Hercules Escaped On His Enslaver’s Birthday!
Hercules was born around 1750 in Virginia. He was originally owned by one of President George Washington’s neighbors. When that neighbor couldn’t afford to pay his mortgage, a lot of
We All Had a Black Wall Street
There’s a running joke that if you want to know where any city’s ghetto is, just find Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. But that wasn’t always the case in Savannah.
Zora’s Opinion on School Desegregation
From: Zora Neale Hurston To: The Orlando Sentinel Date: August 11, 1955 — Editor: I promised God and some other responsible characters, including a bench of bishops, that I was
My Daddy Was Like Malcolm X (‘Til He Hit Me With That Martin Shit)
“I don’t give a damn if all they buy is fried chicken with it. Give us our damn money.” We were having a debate on reparations. I was about 18