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Quote: “When A Well Packaged Web of Lies Has Been Sold Gradually To The Masses Over Generations, The Truth Will Seem Utterly Preposterous And Its Speaker A Raving Lunatic.” -Dresden James
Reading time: 1 minutesQuote: "When A Well Packaged Web of Lies Has Been Sold Gradually To The Masses Over Generations, The Truth Will…
Quote: I’m Not Going to Censor Myself To Comfort Your Ignorance. -Unknown
Reading time: 1 minutesQuote: I'm Not Going to Censor Myself To Comfort Your Ignorance. -Unknown
Hey Black Child – Useni Eugene Perkins Poem Recited By 3 Year Old Pe’Tehn Raighn-Kem
Reading time: 2 minutesSome of our Black Mail Readers may be familiar with the poem, "Hey Black Child" by Useni Eugene Perkins. Click…
Hugh Mulzac: The First U.S. African American Merchant Marine Shipmaster
Reading time: 3 minutesHugh Mulzac – The First U.S. African American Merchant Marine Shipmaster. Click the link to learn more!
Quote: “When rungs were missing, I learned to jump.” -William Warfield
Reading time: 1 minutesQuote: "When rungs were missing, I learned to jump." -William WarfieldUPDATED: Mizzou President Resigns Amid Racial Unrest, Complaints Of Campus Racism
Reading time: 1 minutesMizzou President Tim Wolfe on Sunday acknowledged problems with racism on campus after Black football players vowed to stop playing.…
“Mammy” Almost Goes To Washington: 1923 U.S. Senate Approves Monument Honoring “Faithful” Black Slave Women
Reading time: 3 minutesMammy Goes To Washington: Click the link to learn about 1923 legislation introduced to build monument in honor of "faithful"…
Lincoln University: First Degree Awarding Historically Black College (HBCU) in the U.S.
Reading time: 2 minutesLincoln University: First Degree Awarding Historically Black College (HBCU) in the U.S. Click the link to learn more about this…
Mary Beatrice Davidson Skinner: Household Products Inventor
Reading time: 1 minutesMary Beatrice Davidson Skinner: Household Products Inventor and Entrepreneur. Click the link to learn more!African Proverb: “Don’t look at where you fell. Look at where you slipped.”
Reading time: 1 minutes"Don't look at where you you fell. Look at where you slipped." Where might the black community be slipping? Share…
Quote: The “single” story creates stereotypes. And the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story. -Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Reading time: 1 minutesThe “single” story creates stereotypes. And the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are…