Samuel Chapman Armstrong was the founder of Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (now Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia). A native of Hawaii, he fought with the Union Army during the Civil War and was eventually awarded the brevet rank of brigadier general of volunteers. After working for the Freedmen’s Bureau in Virginia, he recognized that…
Remembering Samuel Chapman, the Civil War General Who Became an Educator for Freed Slaves
‘Don’t Allow Them to Enslave Us:’ Black Americans Protest Against Vaccine Mandates in NYC
A group of almost 100 people, mostly African Americans, gathered at The Brooklyn Bank in New York to express their opposition to vaccine mandates. The meeting was vibrant, vociferous, and involved talk of summoning orthodox spiritual power, as well as other nomenclature used for higher divine authority. It was hosted and organized by Angela Stanton…
California’s Reparations Task Force Holds Inaugural Meeting
California’s reparations task force has met for the first time to begin the two-year process of drafting an apology to the descendants of African American slaves and exploring ways the state might compensate them. The Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans elected international civil rights attorney Kamilah Moore to chair…
The Woke War Against African Americans
Commentary The purpose of the woke “antiracism” movement launched by some members of the educational, media, and political elite, together with race activists, has always been to elevate its proclaimers above other members of the elite. In other words, cultural innovation such as the “antiracism” movement is really self-promotion to gain status and power in…
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