How an HBCU helped Black Latinos after slavery
Afro-Latinos went to Jim Crow Alabama for education at a Black school. The story is a reminder that Black history is part of Latino history.
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Afro-Latinos went to Jim Crow Alabama for education at a Black school. The story is a reminder that Black history is part of Latino history.
Samuel Chapman Armstrong was the founder of Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (now Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia). ...
Their gravestones still rest alongside military housing; the name of a plantation remains on buildings. Their stories include conquest and colonization, revolution and a daring slave escape, Civil War blunders and federal land buyers in disguise.
From David Robert Lewis’ era to Eric Richardson’s, generations of Black Boilermakers have held each other up and built on one another’s successes.
| By Tamara Shiloh James Baldwin is known as “the most eloquent literary spokesperson for the civil rights of African Americans.” A staunch supporter of Black nationalism, Malcolm X was a minister and leader in the civil rights movement. He strongly suggested that Blacks stand against white aggression “by any means necessary.” Social activist and Baptist By Tamara Shiloh James Baldwin is known as “the most eloquent literary spokesperson for the civil rights of African Americans.” A staunch supporter of Black nationalism, Malcolm X was a minister and leader in the civil rights movem...