by Yvette L. Craig | March 10, 2020 | Know Your History
‘Lock your guns up and go vote’ There’s a reason we recognize the authentic voice of our ancestors. It’s an amalgam of big momma telling us how it was, daddy schooling us on how it really is, and justice hungry activists clamoring on how it must be(come). The pull and...
by Article Courtesy of WUWM and Written By Teran Powell | March 10, 2020 | Know Your History
Retired Army Major General Marcia Anderson walks to her photo after the unveiling and ribbon cutting ceremony of the African American Veterans Memorial mural, Monday February 3, 2020. The mural is located on the 3rd floor east wing of the War Memorial Center, 750 N....
by Dr. Charles Taylor | March 10, 2020 | Know Your History
Many scholars call Black history invisible because it has been deliberately suppressed, concealed, and squelched for centuries. Dr. James Loewen calls it deliberate lies in his outstanding book: Lies my Teacher Told Me. The good news is that the emerging scholarship...