On November 14, 1960, Ruby Bridges is escorted from her first day of school as a first grader at William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans by U.S. Marshals. On this day, at just 6-years-old, Bridges became the first African-American to attend the formerly White-only school. Her story is depicted in the 1998 biographical film Ruby Bridges.
On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass was invited to address the citizens of his hometown, Rochester, New York. Whatever the expectations of his audience on that 76th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Douglass used the occasion not to celebrate the nation’s triumphs but to remind all of its continuing enslavement of millions of people.
Africa Country Date of Independence Notes Colonial Empire Region Algeria 05 July 1962 France North Africa Angola 11 November 1975 Portugal Benin 01 August 1960…
Wells first published a version this speech on June 25, 1892, in the New York Age. She delivered this speech at Lyric Hall in New York City on October 5, 1892, and published the speech as a pamphlet on Oct. 26, 1892. She delivered a similar speech twice in February 1893, at the Tremont Temple in Boston, Massachusetts, and by invitation of Frederick Douglass at the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C.
Luther Vandross was one of the most successful R&B artists of the 1980s and ’90s. Not only did he score a series of multi-million-selling albums…
Afrikan folklore & folktales of the many of Afrikan ethnic groups, ranging from West Afrika to East and Southern Afrika.
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