Black History

SECTION ONE: A HIDDEN BLACK TOWN DROWNED BY HISTORYOscarville, Georgia was once a thriving Black community in Forsyth County. It was home to Black families who owned land, ran businesses, and built a life for themselves after emancipation. But in the early 20th century, white residents carried out a campaign of terror that included lynchings,

Section One: A Rocky Introduction to the Big StageIn 1981, Prince, still relatively unknown to mainstream rock audiences, took a bold step by opening for the Rolling Stones at the Los Angeles Coliseum. With only a few albums under his belt, he was on the cusp of stardom but not yet a household name. Mick

Section One: The Evolution of a NameOver the past two centuries, the labels used to identify Black Americans have changed multiple times—“Negro” in 1832, “Colored” by 1950, “Afro-American” in 1970, and “African American” by 1988. Each name reflected shifting social narratives, political agendas, and cultural tides, but few stopped to ask why these labels kept

Section One: Misconceptions About DesegregationThe landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling is often celebrated as a major victory for Black children, but this interpretation deserves deeper scrutiny. Before desegregation, Black communities were already producing intellectual giants, inventors, and thriving educational environments. Black students were learning and thriving, even with fewer resources, under the

Section One: The Confusion Around FBA Identity Many people claiming the Foundational Black American (FBA) label don’t seem to agree on what it actually means. This confusion surfaced after a cryptic comment was left under a video, prompting a deep dive into several FBA-related posts. Each video presented a different definition or agenda, showing no

Section One: Rewriting the NarrativeMost Americans are never taught that the first woman to charter and lead a bank in the United States wasn’t white—it was a Black woman named Maggie Lena Walker. Born in 1864 to a formerly enslaved mother in post-Civil War Virginia, Maggie’s life was shaped by both racial adversity and unrelenting

Section One: The Importance of WitnessingVisiting the slave castles in Ghana offers Black people a powerful opportunity to face the brutal reality of our shared past. These castles, built with dungeons hidden beneath, are not just historical sites—they are echoes of a systematic attempt to dehumanize us. Many of these locations placed churches directly above