Koffee is set to perform at the 2020 Coachella music festival, which will take place from April 10-19. She is set as a supporting act to headliner Travis Scott. She made history as the youngest nominee for a Grammy in the Best Reggae Album … [Read more...] about KOFFEE SET TO PERFORM COACHELLA 2020
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THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT
On December 18, 1865, Secretary of State William H. Seward proclaimed the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a … [Read more...] about THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT
01 DEC 1955 – ROSA PARKS REFUSES TO GIVE UP SEAT
After working all day, Parks boarded the Cleveland Avenue bus, a General Motors Old Look bus belonging to the Montgomery City Lines, around 6 p.m., Thursday, December 1, 1955, in downtown Montgomery. She paid her fare and sat in an empty … [Read more...] about 01 DEC 1955 – ROSA PARKS REFUSES TO GIVE UP SEAT
07 NOV 1841 – THE CREOLE REBELLION
Madison Washington was an American enslaved cook who instigated a slave revolt in November 1841 on board the brig Creole, which was transporting 134 other slaves from Virginia for sale in New Orleans, as part of the coastwise slave … [Read more...] about 07 NOV 1841 – THE CREOLE REBELLION
JOHN BROWN AND HARPERS FERRY
16 October 1859, John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) led a raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (today West Virginia), intending to start a slave liberation movement that would spread south through the mountainous … [Read more...] about JOHN BROWN AND HARPERS FERRY