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The Soweto Uprising June 16, 1976

June 19, 2024

By Dannie Gore Soweto, South Africa On June 16, 1976, black high school students numbering in the thousands took to the streets to protest their grievances over a racially discriminatory educational policy that forced them to use Afrikaans as the official language in the classroom. The ensuing clashes between the police and the defenseless children […]

Dorothy Celeste Boulding Ferebee, Obstetrician and Civil Rights Activist

April 21, 2024

By Dannie Gore, Sr. Dorothy Celeste Boulding Ferebee (October 10, 1898 – September 14, 1980) was an African American obstetrician and civil rights activist. Who Was Dorothy Celeste Boulding Ferebee? Born in a middle-class family in Norfolk, Virginia, Boulding grew up in Boston, where she attended The English High School and Simmons College before studying […]

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 […]