African-American – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:02:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg African-American – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 When Sunday Comes: Gospel Music in the Soul and Hip-Hop Eras https://brewminate.com/when-sunday-comes-gospel-music-in-the-soul-and-hip-hop-eras/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 01:02:50 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=224686 Exploring gospel music’s essential place as an outlet for African Americans to express their spiritual and cultural selves.

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]]> Poet Paul Laurence Dunbar Gave Dignity to the Black Experience in the 19th Century https://brewminate.com/poet-paul-laurence-dunbar-gave-dignity-to-the-black-experience-in-the-19th-century/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 20:02:13 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=203764 Dunbar became the first Black writer to earn international acclaim through his poetry, essays, and musical lyrics. Introduction

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]]> Congo Square: Music and Community for Black Americans in the 18th and 19th Centuries https://brewminate.com/congo-square-music-and-community-for-black-americans-in-the-18th-and-19th-centuries/ Sat, 11 Oct 2025 16:58:44 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=234264 The communal activities undertaken here gave rise to the greatest musical traditions of the U.S.: ragtime and jazz.

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]]> Benjamin Banneker: Pioneering 18th-Century Black Mathematician and Scientist https://brewminate.com/benjamin-banneker-pioneering-18th-century-black-mathematician-and-scientist/ Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:25:22 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=252024 Mathematician, statistician, astronomer, surveyor, and farmer Benjamin Banneker. By Jessie KratzHistorianU.S. National Archives and Records Administration Benjamin Banneker

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]]> Dolls for Black Children since the Early Twentieth Century https://brewminate.com/dolls-for-black-children-since-the-early-twentieth-century/ Thu, 16 Jan 2025 15:13:39 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=245537 Toys offer opportunities to reiterate children’s inclusion. By Alexis DixonCuratorial AssistantSmithsonian National Museum of African American History and

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]]> Making a Vote of Thanks: The Long History of Black Third-Party Activism since the 19th Century https://brewminate.com/making-a-vote-of-thanks-the-long-history-of-black-third-party-activism-since-the-19th-century/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:25:20 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=233878 Clark and Griggs introduced Black political priorities and cultural practices to white-led movements. From its start on June

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]]> Black Economic Boycotts of the Civil Rights Era https://brewminate.com/black-economic-boycotts-of-the-civil-rights-era/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 14:00:47 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=238100 By putting financial pressure on white businesses, Black civil rights leaders achieved social change. Introduction Signed into law 60 years ago, the Civil Rights Act of

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]]> Stolen Lands: A Black and Indigenous History of Land Exploitation https://brewminate.com/stolen-lands-a-black-and-indigenous-history-of-land-exploitation/ Tue, 13 Feb 2024 15:23:55 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=190548 Colonization has dispossessed Indigenous and Black peoples of their homelands across the continents for generations. Indigenous cosmologies, the

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]]> Harriet Tubman Military Raids and Slave Rescues during the Civil War https://brewminate.com/harriet-tubman-military-raids-and-slave-rescues-during-the-civil-war/ Fri, 08 Jul 2022 14:03:02 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=179446 In addition to her work on the Underground Railroad, Tubman also served as a Union spy. Introduction Harriet

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]]> The First Black Archaeologist: A Life of John Wesley Gilbert https://brewminate.com/the-first-black-archaeologist-a-life-of-john-wesley-gilbert/ Tue, 31 May 2022 14:31:07 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=172814 He was the first African American scholar to go to Greece in 1890 to conduct professional archaeological work.

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