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The Only Surviving Text Written in Arabic by an American Slave Has Been Digitized & Put Online: Read the Autobiography of Enslaved Islamic Scholar, Omar Ibn Said (1831) | Open Culture

Several important pieces of primary documentary evidence have now become freely available to scholars, students, and anyone interested in the history of American slavery, one an autobiography written in Arabic by Omar Ibn Said, an enslaved Muslim man who was actively encouraged to read and write by his North Carolina owners.

Source: The Only Surviving Text Written in Arabic by an American Slave Has Been Digitized & Put Online: Read the Autobiography of Enslaved Islamic Scholar, Omar Ibn Said (1831) | Open Culture

The FBI’s Forgotten War on Black-Owned Bookstores | SHOPPE BLACK

In the spring of 1968, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover announced to his agents that COINTELPRO, the counter-intelligence program established in 1956 to combat communists, should focus on preventing the rise of a “Black ‘messiah’”

Source: The FBI’s Forgotten War on Black-Owned Bookstores | SHOPPE BLACK

So, we’re in the 3rd day of Black History Month

That’s right, this is febuary, black history month. But you see, I don’t really celebrate it. Why? Because I celebrate black history ALL YEAR LONG.

For me, black history month is for other races to study, and see black accomplishments and the contributions that black people made to our society.

And to that end, I would like to post this amazing video by the Great Griot on the history of black history month, and why it’s so important

Anyway, I hope you all like the video, and just know I will be posting more videos about black history, not just this month, but ALL YEAR LONG.