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The word “barbecue” has its origins in the Caribbean where the Taínos, Indigenous people who inhabited the Caribbean islands ...
Last week we noted that Jamaica urgently needed to strengthen its social partnership to achieve the goal of economic independence as intended by our national heroes. Notably I mentioned National ...
While many learned about the American Revolution as beginning in the Northeast, some may not know Florida's role in the ...
Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling ...
Queens Centers for Progress marked its 75th anniversary on Tuesday, June 17, with a gala celebration at Terrace on the Park ...
Curious about the women who shaped 80s rap? Which female MCs made waves in the early hip-hop scene? Find out the leading ...
In New York City, state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani pulled off an upset in the Democratic primary for mayor, defeating former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.— One of the things that probably worked against Cuomo ...
Air Jamaica was a Caribbean airline that expanded rapidly, but unsustainably, eventually merging with another tropical ...
A new exhibit developed by the Museum of African American History I Boston & Nantucket (MAAH), Black Voices of the Revolution: Liberty, Emancipation, and the Struggle for Independence will explore the ...
The name, from the 19th Century, is a portmanteau of “June” and “nineteenth,” celebrated on June 19. It refers to that day in 1865 when Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas to ...
The country of Jamaica is taking its fight for reparations to King Charles in hopes that he'll present the case to the UK's ...
On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger declared at Galveston, Texas, that "all slaves are free" by virtue of Lincoln's edict dated Jan. 1, 1863. It took more than two years to make the promise of ...