Who am I? I am the descendent of slaves. My foremothers were stolen from Africa and brought to the Americas to breed slaves that worked the land to build a nation. My ancestors were spies during the Civil War, crossing into enemy territory as cooks and labors and taking back information to help the North. I am the daughter of women who watched their sons be lynched, burned and dismembered for being Black. My grandmother was left behind when her sons joined the Great Migration North, leaving behind the Black Codes of the South for opportunity in the North. I am the daughter of the Civil Rights Movement. My mother marched with Martin and prayed with Malcolm. My older sister raised fists with Baraka and Seale. I am your mother, your sister, your girlfriend; I am not your “ho”.

After the abolishment of slavery, the suggestion was made that slavery had stripped the African American community of its manhood. Uplifting the race was linked to reasserting the race’s manhood, to redefining Black masculinity. In evaluating racial uplift ideology, African American writer and scholar Anna Julia Cooper asserted that you could judge the status of society by the treatment of women in that community. How far have Black men come in gaining their manhood? What does the continued demeaning of Black women suggest about the ranking of Black Americans in society?

Did you know that nearly 65% of the estimated 40.3 million people living with HIV/AIDS in the world in 2005 live in Sub-Saharan African? Did you know that while Sub-Saharan Africa is home to less than 10% of the world population, more than 65% of the new infections—that is 4.9 million new infections—of HIV/AIDS were located in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2005?

Did you know that an estimate 24.5 million adults and children are living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2005?

Did you know that an estimated 2 million people dies from AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2005?

Did you know that the AIDS epidemic in Africa has left 12 million children orphaned in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Did you know that 8,500 Africans are infected with HIV/AIDS everyday?

Did you know that more than 17 million Africans have died from AIDS?

Sources:
http://www.amref.org
http://www.avert.org/subaadults.htm
http://www.data.org/us

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On January 1, 1886, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The Proclamation suggested that all people held as slaves would be free. Lincoln declaration, however, was very limited: the Emancipation Proclamation only applied to states that seceded from the Union; the Emancipation Proclamation did not include those parts of the Confederacy that was already under Northern control; and “freedom” was only promised if the Union was victorious.

It is not until January 31, 1865 that the Thirteenth Amendment was passed, and later ratified on December 6,1865, making slavery illegal in the United States of America.

Black Genius African American Solutions to African American Problems More details: Black Genius: African American Solutions to African American Problems By Walter Mosley, Manthia Diawara, Clyde Taylor Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2000 ISBN 0393319784, 9780393319781 320 pages

From Spike Lee's encouragement of independent community fundraising to Joycelyn Elders's warning about the failings of our "sick-care" system to Stanley Crouch's disputation on "heroic" versus "anarchic" individuality Black Genius is an exceptional, unique colloquy. Conceived by acclaimed novelist Walter Mosley and sponsored by the New York University Africana Studies Program and the Institute of African American Affairs this book originated as a series of community conversations where "visionaries with solutions" shared powerful views on personal and communal struggles triumphs and aspirations. The list of contributors suggests the range of perspectives and talents brought to bear on such issues as economics political power, work, authority, and culture Black Genius is a point of departure for vigorous discussion of our current realities and goals for the future -- and a portrait of "genius" that leads the way to enriching American life in the twenty-first century. [+] Preview this book here

Who was Crispus Attucks?

Crispus Attucks (c. 1723 – March 5, 1770) was one of five people killed in the Boston Massacre in Boston, Massachusetts. He has been frequently named as the first martyr of the American Revolution and is the only Boston Massacre victim whose name is commonly remembered. He is regarded as an important and inspirational figure in American history.

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