Friday, January 1, 2016

Happy Independence Day Haiti (January 1, 1804)

Bob Dylan's "The Death of Emmett Till

R.I.P. Natalie & Nat Cole :(

Muslims in Haitian History

This video is very interesting. I suggest you watch this if you can find any time at all.

Haiti- History of Independence & Muslim Heritage

Haiti Encouraged African-Americans to Immigrate to an Emancipated Haiti

Don't Forget the resolute effort made by Haiti to help bring slavery to an end in the new world, after it's independence on January 1, 1804.

Haiti Helped Some Latin American Countries Gain Independence and End Slavery

Many under estimate or else are completely unaware to what extent the Haitian Revolution had an effect on the situation in North and South America. In the US the purchase of Louisiana was to some extent, due to the defeat that the French Suffered in Haiti. The following video will cover some of the ways in which Latin America was influenced by direct Haitian Action



Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Enslavement to Emancipation, a Work in Progress

US Slavery ended 150 years ago. At that time, some of my great grandparents were slaves and some had been born free in families that had been free for many generations. The last surviving slave, Sylvester McGee died in 1971 that’s just 44 years ago that should give us an idea of just how far we’ve come, considering how recently our civil status in this country has been upgraded officially from slave to free. Keeping in mind that many if not most of our people, at the beginning of the 20th century were still unable to read or write and were subjected to the worst treatment that the white power structure could get by with dishing out. Among such ill-treatments were second rate educational facilities, limited access to the judicial and electoral system, unfair exclusion from economic opportunities and general exclusion from mainstream society. Much of what was wrong then is continuing to affect today but we are making progress.