Slavery and the White House

Below is a fascinating video interview with Clarence Lusane, author of The Black History of the White House.

One point he makes is that people who were enslaved in the U.S.A., and all over the world, were influenced by the Haitian Revolution. Like Oney, a young woman who had been owned by George and Martha Washington until she ran away.

We have so much to learn from each other internationally.

Click here to read more about the Haitian Revolution.

Kwanzaa Videos

This article on Kwanzaa - Celebrating Traditional African Values has some lovely videos with children explaining the meaning of Kwanzaa.

See also: The Spiritual Dimension of Kwanza.

Click here for a listing of Kwanzaa events 2010. I have listed Kwanzaas all over the UK as well as U.S. Kwanzaas.

Happy Kwanzaa!

Holiday Open House at the Schomburg

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a research unit of The New York Public Library, is recognized as one of the leading institutions of its kind in the world.

For details of the Holiday Open House on Saturday December 11th, see Black History International.

They will also be screening The Black Candle, a film about Kwanzaa narrated by Maya Angelou, on 21st December. Click here for details. This is a free event.

To watch a trailer for The Black Candle, and to see more Kwanzaa videos, go to African American Holiday Shopping.

Ancient Egyptian philosophies influenced many religious and spiritual traditions. To read more, see The Influence of Ancient Egypt.