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The Hidden Free Black Society They Don’t Teach You About In School

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:33:04 +0200

Deep in the Great Dismal Swamp, thousands of Black people created a hidden free society, one that defied slavery for centuries. This is the story of the rebels who turned a swamp into a sanctuary.This episode of In The Margins is part of PBS’ America@250 collection, celebrating the country’s 250th anniversary. Democracy is built on participation. Get involved at https://vote.org/pbsIn The Margins is a series that covers the history they didn’t teach in school, exploring obscure, yet captivating tales that offer unique insights into their time and place.Sources used in this episode:-Dismal Freedom, A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp by J. Brent Morris-Slavery's Exiles, The Story of the American Maroons by Sylviane A. Diouf-Armed in the Great Swamp: Fear, Maroon Insurrection, and the Insurgent Ecology of the Great Dismal Swamp by Kathryn Benjamin Golden*****PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateORIG*****Subscribe to PBS Origins so you never miss an episode! / @pbsorigins And keep up with In the Margins and PBS Origins on:Facebook: / pbsdigitalstudios Instagram: www.instagram.com/pbsds

George Washington’s Obsession They Don’t Teach You About In School

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:16:39 +0200

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Ona Judge was born into slavery on George Washington's Mount Vernon plantation. After her escape in 1796, Washington became obsessed with recapturing her. His relentless pursuit reveals the profound contradiction of his views of slavery and freedom.

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Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar

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THE SOURCES OF IZON/IJAW HISTORICAL ORIGIN

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:40:40 +0200

The purpose of this presentation is to identify and explain the sources of Izon/Ijaw historical origin through examining various schools of thought.

Keywords include Ancient Egypt, Autochthonous, Canaanite/Islraelite/Palestine, history, Ijaw nation, Ijoid language, Kumoni, Niger Delta, Oru, Southern Nigeria, and Ujo.

Kebuka!

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:58:32 +0200

Kabuka! is a powerful book written by Educator Mwalimu Baruti that admonishes African heritage people to take an emotional journey to the past to honor our enslaved African ancestors by living vicariously through their slave ship experience. To live through the pain and trauma of being kidnapped, captured, conquered, and enslaved, including the long walk to the oceanfront dungeons to be housed indefinitely, then on to slave ships Baruti describes as 'floating coffins.' Kabuki places you on that slave ship and forces you to experience what our ancestors experienced. It's a painful journey, one that Baruti himself took, and the author is encouraging us all to take it out of respect for the hundreds of millions of enslaved Africans who perished and were forever changed by enslavement.

BAK2 BOOK REVIEW

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:46:19 +0200

Producer Chuck Penn provides an overview of the powerful book BAK2. Written by multi-disciplinarian scholar and scientist Tdka Maat Kilimanjaro, BAK2 is a take no prisoner-style historical account of the history of the United States, particularly as it relates to the interface of Europeans with non-Europeans and the wholesale decimation Europeans have visited on the native indigenous people and Africans. He makes a powerful case for re-examining the misleading Western narratives associated with how many Africans lived and died in slavery, while analyzing the dramatic drop in African population as compared to Europe and Asia during the same time period. Dr. Kilimanjaro also points to where the US is the cycle that all empires go through.

Siphiwe Baleka: Malcolm X’s Hidden Pan-African Mission | Haile Selassie, Reparations & Liberatio

Sat, 30 May 2026 11:20:07 +0200

Siphiwe Baleka delivers a powerful Pan-African analysis of Malcolm X, challenging the mainstream narrative and placing Malcolm’s life, politics, and mission inside a deeper historical framework of African sovereignty, Rastafari, Marcus Garvey, Earl Little, Haile Selassie, repatriation, and the modern reparations struggle.This talk explores Malcolm X not only as a civil rights leader, but as Omowale — a Pan-African revolutionary working to internationalize the condition of Afrodescendant people in the United States by connecting their struggle to African heads of state, the Organization of African Unity, the World Court, and the larger question of return, repair, and liberation.Baleka connects Malcolm X’s political philosophy to the unfinished work of reparations, self-determination, African unity, and the global liberation of Afrodescendant people.Watch, share, and join the conversation: What part of Malcolm X’s Pan-African mission has been most overlooked?Timestamps00:00 — Malcolm X’s birth and why the story needs proper context00:39 — May 19, 1925: Malcolm Little is born in Omaha, Nebraska01:03 — The 1919 Ethiopian royal mission to the United States01:59 — Rastafari prophecy, the Star Order of Ethiopia, and Marcus Garvey03:14 — Earl Little, the UNIA, and the repatriation vision04:23 — African ontology, ancestral memory, and sovereignty05:42 — Malcolm X, the World Court, and repatriation to Africa06:26 — Malcolm’s 1964 interview: short-range survival, long-range return07:24 — Haile Selassie’s connection to Malcolm X’s mission07:51 — Malcolm X in Africa and his meeting with Emperor Haile Selassie08:18 — Taking racism in America before the World Court09:05 — The OAU, Tanzania, and African liberation movements10:22 — The united front: Malcolm X, MLK, John Henrik Clarke, and the OAAU11:27 — Malcolm’s assassination and the World Court strategy12:15 — Revolutionary capacity, the Black Liberation struggle, and repression13:02 — The drug war, mass incarceration, and the 13th Amendment13:43 — The OAAU’s mission to unite Afrodescendant people globally14:27 — Mortimer Planno, Rastafari, and the call for repatriation15:01 — Haile Selassie, Malcolm X, and the repatriation census15:42 — How Malcolm X’s Pan-African plan was buried16:18 — Why this history matters for reparations todayHashtags#malcolmx #siphiwebaleka #panafricanism #reparations #haileselassie #marcusgarvey #rastafari #blackhistory #africanunity #afrodescendant #repatriation #oaau #blackliberation #africandiaspora #worldcourtfacebook: @afrodescendantali Instagram: @afrodescendantali TikTok: @afrodescendantali Twitter: @afrodescendantali PURPOSE: Our Mission is to unify Afrodescendants around the issues of self-determination, Human Rights and reparations for the development of a Nation with peace and liberty through fair, equitable and just laws. Newspaper Website: muhammadspeaksnews.com Email: info@afrodescendant.org Donate: afrodescendant.org/donate

They Declared WAR on Africa in 1452 — The Truth About The Catholic Church and The Dum Diversas | Si

Sat, 30 May 2026 11:14:48 +0200

In this powerful lecture at Langston University — Oklahoma's only HBCU — global African reparatory justice strategist Siphiwe ka Baleka breaks down the LEGAL ORIGIN of the transatlantic slave trade, revealing what Carter G. Woodson called our "miseducation."

| Time | Chapter |
| ----- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| 0:00 | Intro — The Orange Juice Analogy |
| 1:28 | Definition of Afro-Descendant & Reparations Root |
| 3:35 | Ethnocide: Destruction of African Identity |
| 4:52 | Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Legal Doctrine |
| 5:39 | Presentation Begins |
| 8:06 | 1243 AD — Pope Innocent IV's Question |
| 10:03 | Europe's Collapse: Famine & Black Death |
| 10:59 | Mansa Musa & Africa's Wealth |
| 15:47 | 1415: Prince Henry Captures Ceuta |
| 18:10 | 1433: Romanus Pontifex Papal Bull |
| 25:24 | June 18, 1452: Dum Diversas Issued |
| 26:59 | "Declaration of WAR, Not Trade" |
| 27:56 | Asientos: Monopoly War Contracts |
| 29:23 | Catholic Church Gets 50% of All Profits |
| 29:39 | US Constitution Enters the Dum Diversas War |
| 30:06 | Conclusion + Q&A |

#reparations #dumdiversas #africanhistory #siphiwekabaleka #panafrican #transatlanticslavetrade #afrodescendant #blackhistory #poisonedroot #papalbull #guineabissau #balanta #hbcu #africanunion #africandiaspora

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Debunking White Guilt About The Trans-Atlantic Slavery

Sat, 23 May 2026 17:09:09 +0200

⁣00:00 - Basic Logic Versus Antonio Talks00:02:06 - Intro00:02:37 - White Guilt Over Slavery 00:05:50 - European Slavery Wasn’t Special 00:08:49 - Africans Sold Africans 00:11:31 - Verdict 00:12:21 - Outro @B@BasicLogicIQants to debate @Ant@AntonioTalksscause he made three responds videos to him. I think the debate would be pointless because Basic Logic’s agurments are all racist talking points from the 2010s and are have been debunked already. I proved this by dismantling his White Guilt video and telling the truth about the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade.

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PALENQUE the first free settlement of formerly enslaved Afrikans in the Americas

Sat, 16 May 2026 22:22:53 +0200

⁣Last summer my wife, daughter and 3 of our Grandkids while
in Columbia visited San Basilio de Palenque, the first free settlement of
formerly enslaved Afrikans in the Americas who fled a life of enslavement.
Contrary to most history books, Ayati’s (Haiti) independence in 1804, occurred
more than 100 years after Palenque. Palenque is a unique place, famous for its Kmtyw
culture, language (unique blends of Portuguese, English, Twi, Gullah Geechee,
etc.) gastronomy and, of course, its HISTORY. They highly embrace education and
a very low crime rate. Uniquely all children must learn how to box, eliminating
‘beefs’ and other frictions, they are settled at the boxing facility.

They use the equivalent to the Mbongi, it’s called a Ma
kuagro. A communal meeting space that’s both a physical place and a social
institution, where the community gathers to deliberate, educate, provide aid,
resolve conflicts, decision‑making and maintain cultural
continuity.

African Fashion: The Sophisticated Craftsmanship Behind West Central African Clothing

Thu, 14 May 2026 01:53:20 +0200

In the Early Modern Period (around 1500-1800), West Central Africa (modern day Angola, the Congos, and Gabon) was home to a variety of different types of cloth and clothing. In this video, we discuss some of the textiles, jewelry, and other adornment that people in this region wore to cover up or show off status, primarily focusing on the kingdoms of Kongo, Ndongo, and to a lesser extent Loango. Join us as we explore some Central African Fashion History! This video is part of Untold Black History III, a collaboration for Black History Month discussing interesting and positive Black history from around the world. No Generative AI was used in the creation of this video.

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Citations:
1. Vansina, 266; Heywood, 12-13
2. Heywood; Fromont
3. Vansina; Gibson and McGurk
4. Vansina, 272; Heywood; Fromont
5. Thornton, 12-13
6. Vansina, 276
7. Vansina, 265
8. Vansina, 267-268
9. Vansina, 263
10. Thornton, 19
11. Fromont, 845
12. Heywood, 22
13. Fromont, 846
14. Heywood, 196
15. Vansina, 272-273

Sources:
Fromont, Cécile. “Common Threads: Cloth, Colour, and the Slave Trade in Early Modern Kongo and Angola.” Art History, Volume 41, Issue 5 (November 2018): 838–867, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8365.12400

Gordon D. Gibson and Cecilia R. McGurk, “High-Status Caps of the Kongo and Mbundu Peoples." Textile Museum Journal, Volume 16 (1977) https://archive.org/details/gi....bson-mc-gurk-high-st

Heywood, Linda M. Njinga of Angola: Africa’s Warrior Queen. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press, 2017.

Thornton, John. “Precolonial African Industry and the Atlantic Trade, 1500-1800.” African Economic History, no. 19 (1990): 1–19. https://doi.org/10.2307/3601886.

Vansina, Jan. “Raffia Cloth in West Central Africa, 1500-1800.” Essay. In Textiles: Production, Trade, and Demand, 263–82. Ashgate Publishing Limited, 1998.

Clips used:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCpT-4vctNY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oStCNLZBjUM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2ADpO6bau8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijVfGarTEfc

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00:00 Intro
00:45 Types of Adornment
01:37 Textiles in West Central Africa
03:44 Making Raffia Fabric
06:38 Class and Clothing
11:59 Decline of West Central African Fashion
12:35 Conclusion