Is August the New Black History Month?
In 1915, Carter G. Woodson and Jesse Moreland started the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. The precursor to today’s...
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Linda Muse
Mar 7, 20233 min read
“When I Think of Africa, I Think of Joy”
"When I Think of Africa, I Think of Joy." I bet you cannot guess who said this about Africa hundreds of years ago? It was Shakespeare! ...
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Linda Muse
Oct 30, 20223 min read
The Unfulfilled Prophecy...
of Equality and Justice. Hope is eternal. From the belly of the slave ship our ancestors held out hope that one day they would be...
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Linda Muse
Oct 29, 20224 min read
From England to Point Comfort
In the beginning. English trading in enslaved Africans became established in the 1500’s. In 1562, Captain John Hawkins was the first...
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Linda Muse
Oct 25, 20222 min read
Old Wine in a New Bottle
Recent focus on the narrative of the First Enslaved Africans. 1619 and the landing of the first enslaved Africans to English Occupied...
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Linda Muse
Oct 19, 20221 min read
Flower Petal Ceremony
In remembrance of.... Millions of our Afrikan Ancestors perished in the midst of a watery grave without markers, with having to endure...
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Linda Muse
Oct 17, 20222 min read
You Are the Drum
“YA NGOMA” (The DRUM) The shape of the drum is circular, no beginning, no end. It's connected. The center of the drum is the sweet...
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Linda Muse
Sep 23, 20222 min read
African Naming & Healing Ceremony
African Naming, Healing & Cleansing Ceremony This year I was determined to attend as many of the events sponsored by and associated with...
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Linda Muse
Sep 23, 20221 min read
African-American Heritage Festival
A Time to Celebrate African Culture & History in Hampton, VA The Hampton African -American Festival in downtown Hampton, Virginia had...
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Linda Muse
Sep 17, 20223 min read
The Importance of Our Story
Enslaved African Landing Day In 2008, the first commemoration of Enslaved African Landing Day took place at Mill Point Park in Hampton,...
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Linda Muse
Sep 12, 20223 min read
Before Columbus
Links Between Africa and America The Mission of Project 1619 Inc. is to promote the arrival and history of the FIRST Enslaved Africans...
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