Month: February 2019

Georgia Gilmore organized black women to cook without raising the suspicions of their white employers, and poured the proceeds into an alternative transportation system for Montgomery bus boycotters.

Source: Meet The Fearless Cook Who Secretly Fed — And Funded — The Civil Rights Movement : The Salt : NPR

Great movies with black directors you can watch right now.

Source: 5 Movies On Netflix To Watch During Black History Month | HuffPost Life

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accuses the United States of trying to orchestrate a coup against him, and that allegation has resonance among many in a region where Washington has a long history of interventions—military and otherwise.

Source: Before Venezuela: The long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America – People’s World

For over 50 years, a humble nurse used this tea successfully with many terminal cancer patients from her clinic in the…

Source: Native American Tea That Kills Cancer, Kept Secret for over 100 Years

Source: 7 black composers who changed the course of classical music history – Classic FM

Source: Beyond the Painful Chains of Slavery: Phillis Wheatley, the First Published Female African-American Poet | Black Then

Source: Josh Gibson: Likely The Greatest Hitter In Negro Baseball League History | Black Then