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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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Los Africans Y Simon; Luchando Para Independencia
La Vida En Black History continues today as Venezuela struggles with its sovereignty. Their fight today is not unlike their fight 100 + years ago… Afro-Venezuelans have continued to live in deep poverty and subjugation. This Venezuelan African, prays for peaceful, and productive change. Black-Venezuelans played a decisive role in the struggle for the nation’s…
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First Black President of Mexico, Vicente Guerrero #BlackHistoryIsGlobal
via First Black President of Mexico, Vicente Guerrero #BlackHistoryIsGlobal
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El Rey Miguel y Su Reina Guiomar
MimiTVA posting from the DMV More on La Vida En Black Venezuela As soon as enslaved Africans arrived in Venezuela, a movement of resistance and rebellion to enslavement was born. Communities of Africans who had freed themselves were immediately formed and WERE also well organized. The first documented insurrection was the rebellion in 1532 in…
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First Black President of Mexico, Vicente Guerrero #BlackHistoryIsGlobal
Today’s La Vida En Black, History Month message is about Vicente Guerrero, Mexico’s first black president, let’s call him the Mexican version of Abraham Lincoln. In 1829 Presidente Guerrero issued Mexico’s own abolition of slavery decree (which was the cause a few years later to Texas slave holders seceding from Mexico). Vicente Guerrero was born…
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