The Academic Element

History has shown us that language can be a powerful tool to unify – or to separate a people. That...

Many celebrate Shaka Zulu as a hero of Black history. But was he a noble warrior, or a madman hell...

Before there was a Ras Tafari Makonnen, Menelik II laid the foundation for the kingdom that Haile Selassie would inherit. His...

We reviewed the 21 best books for Black women. Black men - read these books to understand our Queens. Black...

Kwame Nkrumah fell victim to the economic hitmen of the United States, capitalism, and the same program devoted to the...

2018 marked the end of a 50 year period that began in 968 with the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther...

Here is a fact: We are currently in the middle of the greatest technological shift in human history. This shift...

The real origins of Christianity, mathematics, architecture, medicine, and literature originated with the Black man and woman.

Charles Deslondes. A name that was almost lost to Black history. But of all the figures in Black history, his...

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Table of Contents If you want to know the secret to getting through almost a hundred books a year, here...

Ask yourself this question: how many times did you hear the word 'sankofa' in school? A better question is have...

Table of Contents Assata Shakur is a living legend of Black history. Born on July 16, 1947 as Joanne Chesimard,...

The term “Black Consciousness” is one that is prevalent among men and women that travel in Afrocentric circles. But what...

Those who forget their history are doomed to repeat it. Most of you would think the worst race riot in...

On July 10, 1875 Mary Mcleod Bethune was born. She would go on to achieve as much for the Civil...