The roots of the Diaspora. The Mother Land!
9. The Dudes and the Divas
From the famous entertainers to the not so famous scientists and educators who I will try to name when there is more time. Black people love and appreciate achievers and achievement.
8. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Everyone knows about Martin!
7. The Harlem Rennaisance
60 years after the end of slavery; the children and Grandchildren of American Slaves would create an intellectual and creative movement that would serve as a foundation for what would eventually develop into African American Demands for Equality, the demands for the end of colonialism in Africa, and the end of segregation in the United [...]
6. Soul Food
From the leftovers and plates of slave holders came a mixture of African cuisine mixed with native foods to create Soul Food. Soul Food is expressed in various forms from Fried Chicken and Fish, Collard Greens, and Macaroni and Cheese, to Shrimp Creole and Gumbo in Southern Areas with proximity to water areas. The prior are [...]
4. The Diaspora
Taken from the shores of Africa, flung from corner to corner of the World Globe. Diaspora Blacks are a melting pot of all races, creeds and color but the end result has retained the drop of blood that make them black. From the United States to Brazil back to Trinidad and Tobago from Cuba to [...]
3. Church and Sundays’
In most black households Sunday is a delicious ritual that begins on Saturday in the Salons and Barber Shops of various Communities and for some families a trip to the mall for Sunday clothing. It continues on Sunday Morning with a huge family breakfast and then off to Sunday School and a Fabulous Church Service. [...]
2. Family
Some folks may spend Holiday’s alone and way away from family. Black folks like to spend time with all members of their family as much as possible. The black family does not lose people becauase they have different careers, incomes, and lifestyles. Family is family. You can be a raging transexual or the most conservative [...]
1. Momma
From Baby to Eighty Black People hold a special love and respect for their mothers in their heart. Mother’s in the black community are known for their incredible sacrifice and love for their children from working three jobs to support their families to mortgaging the house so that sonny can be a doctor, this mother’s [...]
