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8 April

Untold story of Joseph Laroche, the only black man on RMS Titanic 1912

Many portrayals of the events surrounding the RMS Titanic show only white passengers, leading many to believe there were no persons of color on board. In recent years, the story of the Titanic’s single black passenger and his family has been brought to light as an ignored Titanic fact. Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche was born in 1886 in Haiti. At …

6 April

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 …

6 April

Zambia’s President reached eight months since elected without pay, saying it was not his motive to seek public office

The Zambia Ministry of Finance has disclosed that President Hakainde Hichilema has served the last eight months without a paycheck. The ministry says that President Hakainde Hichilema has forgone wages “in his interest to serve the public.” Hichilema said a salary was not his motivation for seeking public office. “The issue of the salary is a non-issue because money was not …

6 April

Burkina Faso ex-president Campaore gets life sentence for murder of Thomas Sankara

The long-awaited verdict brings to close a six-month trial of Sankara who was assassinated on October 15, 1987. Former president Compaoré was sentenced to life in prison over Sankara murder on Wenesday. The verdict comes 6 months after the trial of 14 men accused in the assassination of Burkina Faso’s started. A look back at these months of trial. After …

2 April

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 …