a love affair with black history
Paul Laurence Dunbar was a pioneering African American author who earned international recognition in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Renowned for his literary versatility, Dunbar produced a remarkable body of work distinguished by its formal mastery, wit, emotional depth, and profound exploration of Black inner life. His prolific output encompassed poetry, novels, and [ ] The…
In her beautiful poem, Ancestral Intelligence, CJ Spears evokes a deeper intelligence rooted in the body, in community, and in a sacred inheritance carried forward across rupture. Cultivated through kinship, survival, and reciprocity, this intelligence arises from a living continuum of memory, land, spirit, and collective responsibility. Spears’s poem insists that “we are the way [ ] The post…
“You came to our country — you have driven us from our haunts, and disturbed us in our occupations. As we walk in our own country, we are fired upon by the [European] men; why should the [European] men treat us so?” There are figures whose lives become larger than biography — whose names carry, [ ] The post Yagan: Warrior, Patriot, and Eternal Hero of the Noongar Nation appeared first on Kentake…
Lucien Victor Alexis Sr. was a New Orleans-born educator, scientist, military officer, entrepreneur, and civic leader whose life embodied disciplined achievement, intellectual ambition, and community service. Born on July 8, 1887, he rose to prominence during the Jim Crow era as one of the most consequential figures in Black educational history in Louisiana. Best known [ ] The post Lucien Victor…
The story of the 369th Infantry Regiment stands as one of the most remarkable chapters in First World War history—and as a powerful lens on the contradictions within American democracy itself. Composed primarily of men from Harlem who were denied basic rights at home, the regiment journeyed across the Atlantic to fight for a nation [ ] The post Harlem Hellfighters appeared first on Kentake Page .
Keti Koti is an Afro-Surinamese commemoration that brings together remembrance, spiritual tradition, and cultural celebration to mark the formal end of the Maafa in Suriname and the Dutch Caribbean on 1 July 1863. It has become a key ritual in the Black Atlantic world, linking Suriname, the Caribbean territories under Dutch rule, and the Netherlands [ ] The post Keti Koti appeared first on Kentake…
In 1820, the Antelope was seized off the coast of Florida with approximately three hundred African captives crowded aboard—most of them children, with an average age of only fourteen. Torn from the shores of Central Africa, many from Cabinda, these young people endured a second Atlantic crossing, this time under the control of pirates and [ ] The post The Antelope and the Cruel Fate of Black…
James Van Der Zee was a renowned African American photographer and a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance, celebrated for his evocative portraiture. Over his long career, he combined technical mastery with artistic idealism, producing a rich archive that captured Black dignity, ambition, and daily life. Working primarily from his New York studio, Van Der [ ] The post James Van Der Zee:…
Tupac Amaru Shakur, born Lesane Parish Crooks on June 16, 1971, was an American rapper, actor, poet, and activist whose brief yet impactful life produced one of the most enduring and debated legacies in modern popular culture. Professionally known as 2Pac and later as Makaveli, he sold over 75 million records worldwide, securing his place [ ] The post Tupac Shakur: All Eyez on Me appeared first on…
“Thirty years ago, the MOBO Organisation was born out of a desire to create space where there was none — to recognise, celebrate and elevate Black music and culture.” Kanya King CBE (12 February 1969 – 3 June 2026) was a pioneering British entrepreneur and cultural visionary, renowned as the founder and CEO of the [ ] The post Kanya King: Founder of the MOBO Awards appeared first on Kentake Page .
Jacques Jean-Baptiste Roumain was born on 4 June 1907 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, into an old and affluent family whose social standing placed him near the center of the country s political and cultural establishment. His maternal grandfather, Tancrède Auguste, had served as president of Haiti from 1912 to 1913, and Roumain s early life unfolded within a [ ] The post Jacques Roumain: Voice of the…
Pemulwuy (c.1750–1802) was a Bidjigal warrior of the Dharug Nation and and one of the most formidable resistance leaders against British encroachment and violence in Australia. Born near what the British would later name Botany Bay, he led a twelve-year guerrilla war against the British at Sydney Cove, transforming scattered acts of defiance into a sustained [ ] The post Pemulwuy: Earth, Crow, and…