Articles

At a time when the mass media wasn’t as developed as it is today, George “Washington” Jones promoted economic activity in Woodstock, Ontario by pacing the downtown streets as a walking billboard and public announcer of business and social events...

Today, Elmina Castle is a tourist attraction and World Heritage Monument in Ghana. This hasn’t always been the case. Looking at the castle from the outside, nothing can ever prepare the unsuspecting visitor or tourist emotionally to hear about the tales of horror and atrocities that went on beyond those walls. ...

This year marks the 90th Anniversary of the formation of the #2 Construction Battalion - the only Black unit in a segregated Canadian Expeditionary Force of the First World War..

In an interview with 60 Minutes’ Mike Wallace, the renowned actor Morgan Freeman stated that in his view Black History Month, and I paraphrase, is not necessary, Black History is American History and there is no need to dedicate a special month to it.

For centuries, Africans walked through the infamous "door of no return" at Cape Coast castle directly into slave ships, never to set foot in their homelands again. These days, the portal of this massive fort so central to one of history's greatest crimes has a new name, hung on a sign leading back in from the roaring Atlantic Ocean: "The door of return." ...