Akosua Report: The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
“What with the range of ideology, religious belief, political commitment and background, age, and experience, something interesting was always going on....
Akosua Report: Ralph David Abernathy
Bring on your tear gas, bring on your grenades, your new supplies of Mace, your state troopers and even your national...
Akosua Report: William Dawson
"Politics with me is a full- time business, it is not a hobby to be worked on in leisure hours, it’s...
Akosua Report: Eric Eustace Williams
I was born here, and here I stay, with the people of Trinidad & Tobago, who educated me free of charge...
Akosua Report: Dr. Alexander Thomas Augusta
“I would like to be in a position where I can be of use to my race.” - Letter from Alexander...
Akosua Report: Booker T. Washington
“No white American ever thinks that any other race is wholly civilized until he wears the white man’s clothes, eats the...
Akosua Report: Stokely Carmichael
“…black people in this country unite, recognize their heritage, and build a sense of community." - Stokley Carmichael
Kwame Ture born...
Akosua Report: Dr. Jacob H. Carruthers
written by Akosua Lowery
“No one is alarmed when white scholars become experts on black thought because whites are generally considered qualified...
Akosua Report: Hiram R. Revels
written by Akosua Lowery
In 1870, Hiram R. Revels (R-Miss.), became the first black member of the United States Senate as he...
Akosua Report: Toni Morrison
written by Akosua Lowery
"In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate." - Toni Morrison, The Guardian, Jan. 29, 1992
Toni...
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