African Americans

Wakanda Forever: Marvel Studio releases trailer, honors king T’Challa (video)

Marvel Studios has released the much expected second edition of the hit movie, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” which is scheduled to be aired in November this year. The action-filled trailer came with a mix of sympathy as the king was duly honored. The late Chadwick Boseman who starred as T’Challa in the first version released in 2018, was set upfront …

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Leicester University honored Black Panther star Ejuma with Doctorate Degree

Cameroonian-born actress and celebrated producer, Constance Ejuma has been conferred with an honorary degree as Doctor of letters by Leicester University. This adds to the academic portfolio of the actress who earlier bagged a masters degree from same school. Ejuma, famed in the popular Wakanda movie took to her official website to share the news. “Many months ago, I received …

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Her dad told her, “If you marry that man you will never set foot in this house again.”

Deeply moving, and exposing tensions that still blight Britain today, mixed-race couples from four generations tell their stories ‘MY FATHER THREW ME OUT OF THE HOUSE’: 1940s MARY AND JAKE JACOBS Mary, 81, is married to Jake, 86, and lives in Solihull in the West Midlands. They have no children. Mary is a former deputy head teacher, and Jake worked …

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The incredible story of Bessie Coleman, first Black female pilot in American History

Bessie Coleman enrolled in a prominent flight school in France after discovering that no one in the United States would train her, and she went on to become a daredevil stunt flyer well-known across the world. Bessie Coleman received her pilot’s license in 1921, making her the nation’s first Black woman pilot to be licensed. But Coleman’s trip to the …

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9/11: Untold story of Genelle, last person found alive after 27hrs in rubble of World Trade Center

In the wreckage of the World Trade Center, Genelle Guzman-McMillan was the last person found alive when United States was attacked on September 11, 2001. On that same day she arrived at the 64th floor of the World Trade Center. Unfortunately when the attack was launched, she ended up being buried for 27 hours after the towers fell, the longest …

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Enslaved Africans used capoeira dance-like to fight masters & hide combat training

The once-forbidden art of slaves defending themselves against their owners is now respected, cherished, and ingrained in Brazilian society. Capoeira is a self-defense and performance martial art that mainly emphasizes kicking and complicated movements from the realms of acrobatics and dance. Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art that integrates aspects of fighting, music, and dance from Central-West African, Brazilian, and …

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Maggie Lena Walker the first Black woman in the US to charter a Bank

Maggie Lena Walker was an African American businesswoman and civic activist who established and led the Saint Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond, breaking traditional gender and discriminating restrictions. It was the United States’ oldest continuously African American–operated bank until 2010, when it was known as Consolidated Bank and Trust Company. Walker was also essential in creating a range of …

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Native Black Americans: The African Americans that existed in America before slavery

Black Indians are Native Americans who have strong African American ancestry. They are regarded as Native Americans since they are linked with Native American tribes and are culturally Native Americans. As we widely know that Black people occupied India longtime ago and were the kings there. In similar way they also occupied America. The history of Native Americans and African …

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Edward Alexander Bouchet, the first Africa American to earn a PH.D.

Edward Alexander Bouchet (September 15, 1852 – October 28, 1918) was an American physicist and educator who was the first African American to acquire a Ph.D. from any American university, finishing his physics dissertation at Yale in 1876. He was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society based on his academic achievements. He graduated from Yale College as one of …

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Untold facts behind black Africans with blue eyes

Have you ever come across a Black man or woman with blue eyes? What was your first thought? I almost passed out when I saw one about 25 years ago on my way home from school. Because the person was not albino, my first thought was that she was a Mami Water (mermaid). It was scary to look at from …

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