Emancipation Day Celebrations 1900. Juneteenth, also known as Juneteenth Independence Day or Freedom Day, is an American holiday that commemorates the June 19, 1865, announcement of the abolition of slavery in the US state of Texas, and … [Read more...] about JUNETEENTH INDEPENDENCE DAY
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APRIL 04, 1968 – DEATH OF A DREAMER
Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 until his assassination in 1968. He is best known for advancing … [Read more...] about APRIL 04, 1968 – DEATH OF A DREAMER
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
100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY: THE 1921 TULSA RACE MASSACRE
May 31-June 01 is the 100-year anniversary of the "Tulsa Race Massacre", also called the "Tulsa Race Riot", the "Greenwood Massacre", or the "Black Wall Street Massacre", when mobs of white residents attacked black residents and businesses … [Read more...] about 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY: THE 1921 TULSA RACE MASSACRE
BLESSED EARTH STRONG TO CLINTON FEARON
Clinton Fearon was born on 13 January 1951 in St. Andrew and like many reggae musicians who came of age in the late 1960s and early '70s, Clinton Fearon was a country boy who migrated to Kingston as a teenager in order to seek his musical … [Read more...] about BLESSED EARTH STRONG TO CLINTON FEARON