Black History: The Rosewood Massacre

We keep learning about massacres in which thriving, prosperous African American communities, such as the Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma were destroyed by white supremacists.  So many of these massacres have been forgotten, lost to history, but they are being recalled and their history restored.  The destruction of Rosewood in Gainesville, Florida is one such event.  

How can we learn from this history to create a better future?  Please comment below and please share.  

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Go here for my list of Black/African heritage museums in Africa, the U.S., the Caribbean and Europe.  

"Slave Museum" to Be Built in Ghana

Plans are underway to build a "slave museum" in Ghana, to serve as a monument to the Transnational Slave Trade. I don't think this is the first one, as has been reported, as there is a "slave museum" in Dakar, Senegal, and I believe there is oe in the Caribbean as well. Very possibly, there are others.

Still, this is a positive move.

The plan to build the museum is being discussed between city experts in Liverpool, England and some local Ghanaian chiefs. Click here to read more.

Click here for my list of Black museums. This is very much a work in progress.

Click here to read my interviews with artists about bicentenary of the end of the Transatlantic trade.

African Nations Have Not Used the World Cup to Brand Themselves

I saw this article today. Why are wooden figures being made in Indonesia for export to South Africa?

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Click here for my list of Black museums (a work in progress).

Click here for my article on how to build a strong black business community.