Sadly Slavery did not end for African Americans in 1865, in fact some African Americans were slaves well into the 1960s. Between "Apprenticeship," Convict Leasing and Peonage white southerners kept the institution of slavery alive. From kidnapping, to false charges and made up debt. Black families were then forced to provide free labors sometimes on the plantations they were just freed from. With slavery less than 100 years removed from us today, we have lots of work still to...
On Saturday, January 21, 2017, millions of women, men and children marched in solidarity for the Women’s March here in America. Hundreds of thousands more joined them across the globe with marches in London, Paris, Melbourne and Antarctica to name a few. Many of these women in these countries are still fighting for some...
On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered one of the most iconic speeches of our time. The year marked the 100th anniversary of the emancipation proclamation. In the speech Dr. King paints a picture of the current state of the Negro in 1963 America. “The Negro lives on a lonely island...
