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My work covers five areas. History. Faith. Cultural Diversity. Impact. Justice and Fairness.
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TV Talk and Black History
This is the last of our lists (and movie posters). We have enjoyed sharing our favorites with you for Black History Month.
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People of African descent have made significant contributions to society. This month is an opportunity to look at those achievements and celebrate our people.
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Common Era history would have you believe that there is no history from the continent of Africa that would require chronicling.
I disagree.
There is rich valuable information that can be determined from this history. It just needs to be presented so that each individual can make up their own minds.
We have established through a biblical context that people of African descent have been viable since history keeping began. After walking the road with Jesus and Simon of Cyrene, we move to another part of the continent and a little later in time.
Between the 2 and 3rd Century AD, the Kingdom of Aksum (which is now present-day Eritrea and northern Ethiopia) traded gold and ivory into Middle East, India, and China. This was a wealthy civilization that thrived for centuries. They also exported frankincense, myrrh, emeralds, salt, and live animals. It established economic strength, noted in the image as the coin, which held the image of its leaders.
Meanwhile a tribe of about 4,000 people in 200 AD grew to about 26,000 by 800 AD in a settlement in Northern Nigeria. They developed a method to grow rice using tools made of iron. This system would become a game changer later in history. It is noted in the image as white mountain. The other mountains represent gold and copper which were also items other nations wanted.
Different tribes throughout the continent of Africa would gather their natural resources and trade them with countries around the world. Although many of the tales will never be told, Africans began globalization by 150 BC as notes from Chinese Courts tell of ambassadors from Ethiopia bringing goods.
By 1000 AD, Madagascar was part of the route to trading with China through the town of Kilwa on Tanzania. Archeological digs in the town reveal Chinese porcelain.
Stereotypes of people from African countries show them as primitive uneducated people who didn’t know how to manage their own lives, less alone build booming economies. For a very long time they have been the innovators that make the world a better place.
Affirmation
Today think of all of the things you know how to do. Write down all of them. Depending on how old you are the list may be pretty long. Don’t take anything for granted. And you know what? You are still learning. You are not done yet.
Remember. You are able. Tell yourself everyday.
Black History is Activism History
There have been many movements that liberated people. Our history falls in to those histories also.
This is Our History
Best known for her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955. Parks refused to give up her seat and move to the back of the bus. She was arrested, lost her job and was the subject of death threats.
But as the movement grew stronger she became an icon of what activism looks like. After the boycott, Parks moved to Detroit. She went to work for US Rep. John Conyers in the House of Representatives from 1965 to 1988. She died in 2005.
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