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Black History

Black History Black History 

U.N.I.A. MANIFESTO: Declaration of Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World

February 12, 2021February 13, 2021 TheChallengerNews blackhistory, UNIA

The greatest mass movement of Black people in history remains that of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities

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Black History Black History Featured Voices 

Enslaved Africans Built The White House…And A Few Other Things Too…

February 6, 2021February 8, 2021 TheChallengerNews blackhistory

•The Smithsonian Institution, built between 1847 and 1855, is made from red sandstone, which was quarried by enslaved Africans.   

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Black History Featured Voices 

Cater G. Woodson: The Father of Black History

February 1, 2021February 8, 2021 TheChallengerNews blackhistory, cartergwoodson

Carter Godwin Woodson was born on December 19, 1875, in New Canton, Virginia, to Anna Eliza Riddle Woodson and James

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Black History Featured Voices 

We’v Seen That Mob Before…

January 18, 2021January 20, 2021 TheChallengerNews blackhistory

Ed. Note:   When the  violent mob descended on the White House last Wednesday, the sight shocked  the nation and

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Area News Black History Buffalo Education Featured 

Telling Our Stories: Doug Ruffin Launches The Buffalo History Channel on YouTube ; Continuing the Mission to Tell Stories about Buffalo Through His Lens

October 17, 2020October 17, 2020 TheChallengerNews

photos by Cams Banks Since his relocation from his beloved City of Buffalo for his new digs in Prince Georges

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Black History Voices 

A Brief History of Slavery and the Origins of American Policing

June 9, 2020June 7, 2020 TheChallengerNews historyofpolice, slavery

By  Victor E. Kappeler, Ph.D. The birth and development of the American police can be traced to a multitude of

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Black History News Rochester 

City Installs Historic Marker at Home Owned, Occupied by Frederick Douglass

March 1, 2020March 1, 2020 TheChallengerNews #blackhistory, #frederickdouglass, #rochesterny

The City of Rochester has installed a new historical marker at the site of the only home owned and occupied

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Black History Voices 

“Harriet Tubman is My Aunt” One Buffalonian Reveals His Own Black History

February 29, 2020February 29, 2020 TheChallengerNews #blackhistory, #buffalony, familytree, harriettubman

by Kent Olden I have a secret. It’s something that I’ve been sitting on my entire life. Sometimes it manages to

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Black History Voices 

Black History and Mass Incarceration

February 23, 2020February 23, 2020 TheChallengerNews #blackhistory, #prp2, massincarcdertation

Black History is American History. There is no aspect of America’s history that you can consider and leave Black people

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Black History Featured Voices 

“This Holiday Is Yours, Not Mine” – Frederick Douglass

July 4, 2019July 4, 2019 TheChallengerNews #blackhistory, #frederickdouglass, 4thofjuly

Douglass’ Historic July 4th Speech On July 4, 1776, THE Declaration of Independence was signed, marking the colonists    independence

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