Tag: Black History
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🌍 Red, Black and Green Over America: U.S. Cities That Have Raised the Pan-African Flag
Across the United States, cities and public institutions have raised the Pan-African flag to recognize Black history, African heritage, culture, and the African diaspora. From Tracy and Long Beach to Richmond, Hayward, San José, Chula Vista, and Ferndale, these ceremonies have placed the red, black, and green flag in American civic spaces.
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Henrietta Lacks and the HeLa Legacy: The Black Woman Whose Cells Changed Modern Medicine
Henrietta Lacks’ HeLa cells transformed biomedical research, contributing to decades of discoveries while raising enduring questions about consent, privacy, ownership and racial equity in medical science.
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🇨🇺 Assata Shakur Dies in Havana at 78, Closing a Remarkable Chapter of Black Liberation History
Assata Shakur’s life crossed the defining political struggles of the Black liberation era—from her activism in the United States and imprisonment to her 1979 escape and decades of exile in Cuba. Explore the key moments that shaped her contested legacy.
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BET News and the Vanishing Digital Archive: What Happens When Black Media History Goes Offline?
By Panafrican.email News Desk A piece of Black media history appears to have disappeared from the public internet. BET has removed its digital news articles from BET.com, reportedly as the company shifts the website toward a more video-first strategy. The change may appear to be a routine corporate redesign, but for journalists, researchers, historians and…
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🇺🇳 Global Reparations Movement: Latest Developments (2026)
Focus on Ghana, California, USA, and Key Beneficiary Nations 1. Ghana’s Leadership in Reparations Advocacy 2024 Developments: Key Quote:“Reparations are not charity; they are a debt owed.”— President Nana Akufo-Addo, Address to the UN General Assembly (September 2023). 2. California’s Reparations Legislation (AB 3121 Updates) 2024 Progress: Opposition: 3. Major Countries Advancing Reparations A. Caribbean…
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🇺🇸 California Moves Toward Requiring Major Companies to Disclose Historical Ties to Slavery
SACRAMENTO, California — California lawmakers have advanced legislation that could require major companies operating in the state to disclose whether their businesses or predecessors have historical connections to slavery and other forms of forced labor. The measure represents another step in California’s continuing debate over how corporations should confront the legacy of slavery and the…
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🇺🇸 The Plantations Behind America’s Wealth: Confronting the Brutal Reality of Slavery
By Pan African News The story of America’s economic rise is often told through railroads, factories, banks, agriculture and entrepreneurship. But beneath that familiar narrative lies another history—one built on forced labor, racial violence and the systematic exploitation of millions of enslaved Africans and their descendants. A recent examination of Louisiana’s Whitney Plantation and Woodland…