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#DIDYOUKNOW The Buchu Plant Benefits

Buchu is a plant from South Africa. The leaf is used to make medicine.

Buchu is used for urinary tract infections (UTIs), including infections involving the urethra (urethritis) and kidneys (pyelonephritis). It is also used by mouth for treating inflamed prostate (prostatitis), benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), high blood pressure, fever, cough, common cold, upset stomach, stomach ulcers, ir…

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EMPEROR MENELIK II (SAHLE MIRIAM) (1844-1913)

When the advent of colonialism swept across Africa, it was extremely insurmountable for most of the African leaders to resist the military might of the Europeans. Colonization was effected through a powerful mix of trickery, religion and military force.

“This country is mine and no other nation can have it,” Emperor Menelik said in a response to Italy’s claim that it had created a…

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FRANCIS WILLIAMS (JAMAICA) (1700-1770)

Francis Williams is reputed to be the first person of African ancestry to graduate from Cambridge University.

Williams was born around 1702 to John and Dorothy Williams, a free African couple in Jamaica. John Williams had been manumitted by the will of his former master. Furthermore, a petition was filed in Jamaica on behalf of John Williams in 1708, resulting in him “being granted the rights…

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SARAH FORBES BONETTA (1843-1880)

Sarah Forbes Bonetta, a princess of the Egbado clan of the Yoruba people, is best known as the goddaughter of Queen Victoria of Great Britain. Bonetta was born in 1843 in what is now southwest Nigeria. Her parents’ names are unknown as are the names of her siblings who were all killed in the 1847 slave raid that made Bonetta a captive.

Bonetta’s village of Okeadan was attacked by King Gezo…

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BETTY SANDLIN SHABAZZ (1934-1997)

Betty Shabazz, wife and later widow of Malcolm X, became an important political activist after the assassination of her husband in 1965. Betty Shabazz was born Betty Dean Sanders to parents Ollie May Sanders and Shelman Sandlin. Ollie May Sanders was a teenager and Sandlin was 21 when Betty was born. They were unmarried. Early records indicate that Betty was born in Pinehurst, Georgia on May 28,…

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JOSEPH ECHOLS LOWERY (1921-2020)

Joseph Echols Lowery was an American minister in the United Methodist Church and a founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957. Lowery was born on October 6, 1921 to Leroy and Dora Lowery in Huntsville, Alabama.

Because of an incident where Lowery at age 11 was punched by a white police officer, his father sent him to Chicago to stay…

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Beyoncé in the music video for “Love Drought” marching into the water followed by a procession of black women

[image description: Beyoncé in the music video for “Love Drought” marching into the water followed by a procession of black women] Beyoncé’s LEMONADE is filled with incredible artistry and stunning imagery. For me, one of the most striking images on the visual album occurs in the video for “Love Drought”. Much has been said about how LEMONADE draws influence from Julie Dash’s Daughters of the…

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IGBO LANDING in America

Igbo landing also referred to as the first “Freedom March” in America!! The Igbo were known by Slave Owners in America for being fiercely independent and resistant to chattel slavery.

“Igbo Landing is a historic site at Dunbar Creek on St. Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia. In 1803 one of the largest mass suicides of enslaved people took place when Igbo captives from what is now Nigeria…

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#DIDYOUKNOW Peter Williams, Jr.-FREEDOM JOURNAL

It is “Not A Coincidence” that the first African-American newspaper was called the “Freedom Journal”

The newspaper was founded by Peter Williams, Jr. and other leading free blacks in New York City, including orator and abolitionist William Hamilton. The founders intended to appeal to free blacks throughout the United States, who were desperately attempting to elevate their literacy rate and…

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"The word "nana"

“The word “nana”

It is “Not A Coincidence” that most if not all African Americans have/had a Nana/Nanny in their family. In the Twi language from the Akan people of West Africa…

“Nana is a gender-neutral title representing the highest office in society. It is also a term used to denote Grandmother, Grandfather, Elders, Elder, venerable Ancestress, and venerable Ancestor.”

“Amongst the Akan clans of Ghana, the…

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Queen Nanny Asante woman who is the face of the Jamaican $500 bill

In the late 17th century, a young woman and her four brothers were bought by British slave traders and sold to plantation owners in Jamaica but as fate would have it, the young woman is now celebrated as a heroine by Jamaicans.

In 1975, the Jamaican government declared Nanny, a 17th-century slave from the Asante Kingdom in the Gold Coast, a national heroine owing to the fact of her…

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Coronavirus Response: Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium Holds Testing Clinic In North Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — In North Philadelphia, the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium held a free testing clinic Saturday. Eyewitness News was at Miller Memorial Baptist Church, where health care professionals provided testing for people with coronavirus symptoms.

According to city officials, African Americans are being diagnosed at a disproportionately higher rate than other groups.

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KENYA BECOMES FIRST AFRICAN COUNTRY TO EVACUATE ITS CITIZENS FROM CHINA The Kenyan government has announced plans to evacuate its citizens who are stranded in China at their own travel costs.

The Child Support System Hurts Black Families

Today it’s time to expose the child support system for what it is, not for what it said it was. Any time any program, agency or system seems to be promoted as a great thing without the other side being exposed, watch out! The very system they say was set up to help children and struggling custodial parents actually hurt quite a few familiesin many ways. Does DCSS also help families? Yes, it does.…

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Cain & Abel – The Origin of Black Hate.

To Make this story Understandable we Must first put Black Faces to these Biblical Character’s. This real life story begins with Adam and Eve and the Serpent. Eve was seduced by the devil to eat from the tree of knowledge ( Which represents something valuable – today we call it money or an expensive gift ), And in exchange for it she cheated on her husband Adam with him ( That was the first act of…

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#self hate

The Media Prefers Hating Donald Trump who's Helping America.

The Media Prefers Hating Donald Trump who’s Helping America.

The liberal media are urging Joe Biden to form a shadow government to upstage President Donald Trump’s crisis response effort, which illustrates its consuming partisanship — and its insufficient attention to the health and welfare of the American people.

MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle floated the idea during an interview with former Barack Obama staffer Jim Messina. Referring to Trump’s COVID-19…

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Stupid’ won’t serve ‘People of Color’ in fighting this pandemic.

As Americans observe social distancing guidelines and quarantines during the coronavirus pandemic, it is important that we acknowledge the efforts and the dedication of those who are laboring against the virus, whether those in public service or health care workers, the beleaguered troops on the front lines. I believe it is also important to recognize those individuals and organizations that have…

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