Black History Month

When the revolution comesSome of us will probably catch it on TV, with chicken hanging from our mouthsYou’ll know it’s revolution because there won’t be no commercialsWhen the revolution comes -The Last Poets The above […]

So we are going to take another break from our “By The Numbers” series, to talk about Stand Watie. Stand Watie is mentioned in our BTN – It’s Getting Real Now, series, and thought you […]

“While writing my series on By The Numbers- Civil Rights, I mentioned Jack Johnson and his contribution to African American history, So I decided to take a break from the series for a moment and […]

There have been over 4700 lynchings in the United States between 1882 and 1968. Seventy-two percent or 3446 were African Americans according to the NAACP and Tuskegee University, although the records don’t seem to include […]

“That devil Forrest must be hunted down and killed if it costs ten thousand lives and bankrupts the federal treasury.” – Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman 1864One of the most atrocious and godless crimes of the […]

Typically when you think about lynchings, you think about the deep south and how historically it was known for hanging from the highest tree they could find, disrespectful black folks. However, during the Red Summer […]

The Hamburg Massacre, which occurred on July 8, 1876, was a violent confrontation between white paramilitary groups… otherwise known as the Klan, and black militia members… otherwise known as black folks protecting themselves, in Hamburg, […]

Part II As many of you know, the Hill1News site has been down for the last week or so because yours truly was trying to find a way to host my site for free. I […]