African American History

Tulsa massacre of 1921 where white mobs attacked the African American community killing 300 people.

Possible Graves Identified of 1921 Tulsa Massacre Victims

January 9, 2020 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikiwe For many years the white mob attacks against the African American community in Tulsa, Oklahoma during late May and early June of 1921 have been cited to illustrate the oppressive and violent […]

Harriet Tubman photograph from the antebellum period in the 19th century

Harriet Tubman Film Highlights the Leading Role of Africans in Their Own Liberation

December 10, 2019 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikiwe Film review Title: Harriet Director: Kasi Lemmons Producers: Gregory Allen Howard, Debra Martin Chase, Daniela Taplin Lundberg Screenplay: Gregory Allen Howard, Kasi Lemmons Starring: Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman along with Leslie […]

James Baldwin Documentary Has Relevance in the United States Today

November 4, 2019 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: This article was written on February 21, 2017 Review: I Am Not Your Negro Filmmaker: Raoul Peck Narration: Samuel L. Jackson In the aftermath of World War II the African […]

Jefferson exhibit generates racial controversy in Detroit

March 13, 2019 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikywe An historical exhibit designed to examine various aspects of the life and people of the Monticello plantation in Virginia during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, which was owned by Thomas […]

Further reflections on women’s suffrage and African emancipation

February 26, 2019 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikiwe A cursory re-examination of the early years of what became known as the women’s suffrage movement and abolitionism represented the embryonic phases of self-organization and mass struggle politics within United States society. […]

Five officers of the Women’s League, Newport, RI

Women’s Suffrage and African Emancipation During the 19th Century

February 25, 2019 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikiwe Since the mid-19th century there has been a periodic interrelationship between the movements for African emancipation and women’s liberation. Of course, these convergences have not been without serious contradictions, particularly in light […]

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Possible Graves Identified of 1921 Tulsa Massacre Victims

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