Bridgett “Biddy” Mason was amazing. In fact, she is one of my favorite people in history. She was born into slavery in 1818. When her enslavers moved to California, they took her with them. California was a free state so Miss Mason sued in court for her...
William and Ellen Craft were amazing. They were an enslaved married couple in Macon, Georgia when they decided to escape from slavery. So in 1848 they put together a ingenious though risky plan. Ellen had very light skin and she was often mistaken for a European...
Robert Smalls was amazing. He was an enslaved man who was forced to pilot the USS Planter for the Confederate Navy during the Civil War. The USS Planter was docked in Charleston, South Carolina. In the early morning hours of May 13, 1862, Smalls and a crew of fellow...
Althea Gibson was amazing. In case you didn’t know, she started out poor. In 1927 when she was born, her parents were sharecroppers on a cotton farm in South Carolina before they moved to Harlem to find economic opportunity due to the recession. Everyone knows...
I Like My Brown Skin Because…I Am Beautiful. I Like My Brown Skin Because…I Am A Survivor. I Like My Brown Skin Because…I Am Victorious. I Like My Brown Skin Because…I Want To Do What Is Right. I Like My Brown Skin Because…I Continue To...
Henry “Box” Brown was amazing. He was born into slavery in 1815 in Richmond, Virginia. After his wife and three children were sold away from him, he decided to attain freedom in an ingenious way. With the help of a free African American and a European American...
This is a blog about self image. A blog about affirmation. A blog about self worth. A blog about what comes natural. This is a blog about the fullness thereof. A blog about self-realization. A blog about aint’s. A blog about no stopping us. This is a blog about...
Perhaps the saddest experience for me, and the one that prompted me to write this book, occurred a few months ago. It was a bright November morning when my 4-year-old grandson, John Christian, and I left a going-out-of-business sale at a major discount store. I had...
African American children today are living in a nation that preaches equal opportunity for all, while practicing a policy of white privilege and black suppression. In every aspect of American life, children are programmed to see white people as the norm and to see...
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