Prolific ThinkersMalcolm X [Malik El-Shabazz] and Doctor King [Martin Luther King Jr.] were prominent leaders of the civil rights movement in America. Both serving within the same ecosystem of social justice. But how they wanted to achieve that social justice often marked them on opposite...

The Black Archives The Black Archives [located at Vereniging Ons Suriname] is a historical archive, boasting books centered around often withheld topics such as racial issues, [de]colonization, [Trans-Atlantic] slavery, feminism, and more. The historical archive was initiated by Jessica de Abreu, Mitchell Esajas, Miguel Heilbron en...

Creolen and MarronsThe Creoles and Maroons are both direct descendants from kidnapped [west-] Africans forced to labor on the infamous plantations of Surinam. The two distinct cultures have shared much together. Yet the Maroons have known freedom before the Dutch abolition of the trans-Atlantic slavery...

The Cost of IndependenceUnder the leadership of Jean-Jacques Dessalines Haiti achieved independence from the French empire [in 1804]. It’s status as the first freed colony was an immediate threat to other nearby colonies [in the Caribbean], who feared the possibility of a domino-effect, and quickly...

 The Underground RailroadHarriet Tubman [born as Araminta Ross, March 1822] was born into slavery [Maryland] and escaped to Philadelphia [in 1849]. Harriet returned immediately to rescue her family [from Maryland] and went to carry out 13 successful freedom missions, thereby freeing dozens of slaves in...

Biggie and TupacBiggie Smalls [The Notorious B.I.G] and Tupac Shakur [2Pac], two of hip hop's finest, and legendary household names known around the globe. Their musical art marking them as true ‘Scholars of the Culture’.   Ready to Die [September 13, 1994], a highly praised studio debut...

The Islamic Golden AgeThe Islamic Golden Age [ca. 800 - 1400] was a period of cultural, economic and scientific flourishing within the Islamic Empire. The era is said to have begun under the reign of Harun al-Rashid [786 - 809] and with the inauguration of...

Kush and KemetThe [ancient] kingdoms of Kush and Kemet have been popular topics of discussion within history. Discussions ranging from ‘conspiracy’ theories to ‘science-backed’ evidence.   The ancient civilizations have been the playtoy of Hollywood, often embedding western perception into the movies and therefore ending up with...

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