Remembering History

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Welcome to my blog. I examine Black history and the Black experience through discoveries in literature, politics, philosophy, art, food and more. It's a great adventure with lots of inspiration and a few surprises along the way!

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Sep 13

Sep 13 On the Masks We Wear

Robin Lofton

Activism, African American history, African culture, Black culture, Literature, Racism

A part of the Negritude movement of the 1930s and 1940s, Franz Fanon (a citizen of Martinique) saw the attack on and diminishing of Blackness as derived from colonialism and the dehumanization of the Black race.

Sep 15

Sep 15 On Being Maladjusted: King, Gandhi, Thoreau, Russians and a Brave Teen Girl

Robin Lofton

Activism, African American history, Civil Disobedience

There was a time, in America, when segregation was acceptable to many people. There was a time, in America, when racial, ethnic, gender, and age discrimination were acceptable. There was a time when slavery, segregation and discrimination were also legal.

Oct 12

Oct 12 Fun & Easy Ways to Learn History: Watch Great Movies!

Robin Lofton

African American history, Black culture, Entertainment

Other movies brought painful stories to life but also inspired us to overcome our own challenges and hardships.