In 1900, a whopping 90% of Black Americans still lived in the south. By 1930, one out of every three black Americans had migrated from the South into northern industrial cities like Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland and New York City. To …
The Nation of Islam
Eugenics had gotten very popular here in America by the turn of the century, as there were many people looking to Eugenics to advance their social agendas. Eugenics was being used in the United States to support a variety of …
“Why does America tolerate the lynching of Negroes?”
When Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas travelled to India in 1950 the very first question he was asked by the Indian press was, “Why does America tolerate the lynching of Negroes?” 1950 was the height of the Cold War. …
The Doll Test
By 1954, there were a growing number of Americans who had come to realize that America’s unwillingness to deal with its institutionalized “inequities” regarding race were damaging its “brand” throughout the world. But actually doing something about it, well that …
Fool me once…
When the grandchildren of enslaved Africans returned home from Europe after fighting World War I, they returned with the hope that after serving honorably, their own country would appreciate their bravery and sacrifice and see to it that their own …
Obedient Defiance
“Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.” – Malcolm X The second season of lynchings that started after World War II ushered in a second wave of Blacks leaving the south. This time they weren’t just coming north. They …
“Form of a Donkey! Shape of an Elephant!”
On May 17, 1954 the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down separate but equal was unanimous.There was no dissenting opinion this time.All nine Supreme Court Justices, on the strength of the evidence of the Clark’s Doll test, struck down “separate …
Watts Lights Up or “You Don’t Like It? Move”
1966,Watts, Los Angeles, California. The Watts Riot of 1966 marks a significant turning point in American History because it was the first riot in America where Black Americans were the main participants.In every riot involving black Americans prior to 1966, …
Do Unto Others
“So in everything, do unto others what you would have them do unto you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.” Matthew 7:12 Watts burned. In 1964, the same year that The Diana Ross and the Supremes were …
Going from House Pets to Wretched
One of the tale-tell signs of White Supremacy are having different rules for different people. Whenever you see this in public policy, the hairs on your back should start to go up. The G.I. Bill or The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act …
Bad Blood
On July 25, 1972, the year I was born, the Washington Star ran a story that they were tipped off from a whistleblower named Peter Buxtun, a venereal-disease investigator in San Francisco, about a research experiment being controlled by the …