Fun Fact

A Soundtrack for the Revolution: Wu-Tang Clan – Bring Da Ruckus

September 16, 2019

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Black Like Vanilla created a playlist (below)… A soundtrack for the revolution (ASFTR) not THE soundtrack for the revolution. ASFTR is a unique blend of various black artists and musical genres curated to represent the ebbs and flows of Black Americans continued fight for the basic civil and human rights afforded…

America’s First Boxing Superstar: Tom Molineaux, the Slave Who Boxed His Way to Freedom

September 16, 2019

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By now we should all know about Jack Johnson, who was the First Black heavyweight boxing champion BUT have you ever heard of Tom Molineaux, who was the first Black person to compete for the heavyweight championship AND was America’s first international boxing superstar? Molineaux, who was born into slavery…