W.E.B. Du Bois

W.E.B. Du Bois

Crusaders For Peace: A Book Review Black civil rights activist, writer and scholar W.E.B. Du Bois is finally beginning to receive the attention and acclaim that he so well deserves. In September 1991, Discovery Enterprises,Ltd., a publishing company in Lowell,...
Who Is J.A Rogers

Who Is J.A Rogers

J.A. Rogers by John Henrik Clarke Joel Augustus Rogers researched, wrote, and published more than ten volumes on the Black man in world history at his own expense because he could not find a reputable publishing house willing to print his material. Twenty-two of...
Benjamin Banneker’s Letter To Thomas Jefferson

Benjamin Banneker’s Letter To Thomas Jefferson

Letter Referred to in the Foregoing Memoir. Maryland Baltimore County, Near Ellicotts’ Lower Mills, August 19th, 1791 Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State. Sir: I am fully sensible of the greatness of that freedom, which I take with you on the present occasion,...
Jefferson’s Response

Jefferson’s Response

Jefferson’s Response TO BENJAMIN BANNEKER. I J. mss. PHILDELPHIA Aug. 30. I79I. SIR,-I thank you sincerely for your letter of the 19th instant and for the AImanac it contained. No body wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit, that nature has...
FORTY ACRES AND A MYTH

FORTY ACRES AND A MYTH

The True Story by Ricardo Guthrie Few slogans have had greater significance or affected African Americans more deeply than the call for “forty acres and a mule.” In 1991, the average Black man or woman is only vaguely familiar with the historical...