Imagine Soldier Field beyond capacity, brimming with 63,879 young African-American men, ages 18 to 24 — more than U.S. losses in the entire Vietnam conflict. Imagine the University of Michigan’s football stadium — the largest in the U.S. — filled to its limit of 109,901 with black men, age... Read more...
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22/02/2012,
by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness,
Black People,
Blair History Month,
General,
my people
W.E.B. Du Bois William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor. Born in western Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a tolerant community and experienced little racism as a child. After graduating from Harvard, wher... Read more...
This 1,800-year-old tombstone depicts a gladiator holding two swords standing above his defeated opponent who is signaling submission. The inscription below says Diodoros, a gladiator, was buried here. CREDIT: © Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels. An enigmatic message on a Roman gladiato... Read more...