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Thomas Jefferson’s Legacy as a Slave Owner

February 21, 2024

By Dannie Gore Sr. Few people know that Thomas Jefferson conducted a leveraged loan using slaves as collateral. Thomas Jefferson mortgaged 150 of his enslaved workers to build Monticello, with a Dutch company putting up money. Mortgaging people to buy other people. A large part of Europe had abolished slavery in 1848, but Europeans were […]

An Unheralded Military Hero, Charles Young

November 20, 2023

By Dannie Gore Sr. Charles Young was the most highly decorated African American military officer of his time: The first African American national park superintendent The third black graduate of West Point The first African American officer to command a regular army regiment The first black U.S. military attaché A professor at Wilberforce University and […]

St. Benedict of Palermo, Black America’s Patron Saint, Ascetic Healer, Humble Teacher

April 28, 2023

By Dannie Gore, Sr. The Italian black Catholic saint’s name was Benedict, of Palermo, Sicily, and he was the son of African slaves. In life, Benedict was an ascetic healer who devoted his life to the humble teachings of St. Francis, in death, he was used by the Church and colonial European powers to convert […]