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A Love Letter to My Trini-Vene Tribe… #BlackHistoryIsGlobal
Today’s La Vida En Black History Month moment comes in the form of a love letter. A love letter written through history, by our ancestors, by our Great Grandmothers and Great Grandfathers…today’s Post is dedicated to mi famila. Born in the “in between” time my Mummy, Josefa Machado was a bright daughter in the Luces family. …
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La Vida En Black; El Negro Primero #BlackHistoryIsGlobal
Afro-Venezuelans were a vital part of the struggle for independence. One of Simon Bolívar’s most famous lieutenants, Pedro Camejo, is legendary in Venezuela’s history as “El Negro Primero,” who was always the first to ride into battle. In the final battle of Carabobo, Camejo was mortally wounded but survived long enough to utter one infamous phrase: “General, vengo decirle,…
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Chile’s Encomiendas = 40 acres and a mule…
#BlackHistoryIsGlobal Todays La Vida En Black History Month message comes from deep in South America. Chile’s first Afro-descendants were brought as slaves and soldiers in 1536, with the explorer Diego de Almagro. The African Slaves worked in farming and agriculture, mined gold and worked on construction projects. The quality of the slaves’ lives was so…
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Maestra; Norma Guillard #BlackHistoryIsGlobal
Today’s La Vida En Black History Month message comes from Cuba and is about a woman who as a teenage girl, helped a revolution teach her entire nation to read. Norma Guillard is a Social Psychologist and a former brigadista with the 1961 Cuban Literacy Campaign or La Campaña Nacional de Alfabetizaciòn. I am…
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Alberto Santiago Lovell, Afro-Argentine Wins Olympic Gold! #BlackHistoryIsGlobal
Today’s La Vida En Black History Month message is about an Olympic athlete. He hailed from Argentina. And came from a great boxing family Alberto Santiago Lovell (1912–1966) won the Gold Medal in the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Just 20 years old, Lovell fought in the heavyweight category at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Lovell was…
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