Slavery In The United States Archives

0 comments, 19/06/2013, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in A Few Of My Favorite Things, A Truth Moment, African-American Awareness, Do The Knowledge, Exclusive, Freeing Slaves

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now... Read more...

White House Recognizes CIW’s Fair Food Program!

0 comments, 16/04/2013, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Health, News, World News

CIW's early anti-slavery efforts called "spark that ignited a movement" at White House ceremony... At the first-ever White House Forum to Combat Human Trafficking last week -- an event that involved everyone from Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano to Attorney General Eric Holder and... Read more...

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Teaching the African Experience, (Slavery in America, the Civil Rights Era and the Contributions of Blacks in Building America)

0 comments, 04/12/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Freeing Slaves

Painting of African slaves during trial for the Amistad slave ship rebellion. The Amistad Commission was commissioned by the Illinois General Assembly and charged as an organized body to survey, design, encourage, and promote the implementation of education and awareness programs in Illinois that... Read more...

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