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10/13/2025

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📚 Book Spotlight: They Came Before Columbus by Ivan Van Sertima 🌍

On this National Heroes Day in The Bahamas — and Indigenous People’s Day in some countries around the world — we celebrate Ivan Van Sertima’s groundbreaking work, 'They Came Before Columbus', that powerfully challenges traditional narratives by revealing the African presence in the Americas long before Columbus. It’s a reminder that our story — the story of Black and Indigenous peoples — is ancient, global, and deeply interconnected.

✨ Honor the heroes of history.
✨ Reclaim the stories that were never meant to be forgotten.

Available at Black Food Bookstore & Culture Shop.
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10/13/2025

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This , we express our heartfelt gratitude to the partners, colleagues, Knowledge Keepers, and leaders who are illuminating a path of healing and rematriation for our communities.

We stand in reverence of the generations of Indigenous ancestors whose wisdom is helping to guide us toward a safe, healthy and just future, and we honor the Indigenous leaders today who are continuing this transformational work.

Today, and every day, we are deeply thankful to be part of a global alliance that honors and actively supports the leadership of grassroots Indigenous women who are safeguarding our Earth. It is a privilege to walk this journey alongside you.

This powerful artwork was done by Britt Newton (), Mvskok (Muscogee Creek) for our colleagues at . Visit Sogorea Te’ Land Trust to learn how you can take action to heal and transform the legacies of colonization, genocide, and patriarchy, and support Indigenous land rematriation.

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RG : “In recognition of the generations of Indigenous ancestors that came before us and have led the way, In honor of all who struggled and suffered, In honor of the people whose land we are on, In honor of our own existence and the next seven generations, we rematriate land. ⁠
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We work towards restoring sacred relationships with Indigenous people and their ancestral land. ⁠
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We work towards creating opportunities for all people to contribute to the healing of our history, this planet, and our relationships with all of our relatives in it. ⁠
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As the world continues to change we have an opportunity to make new choices about how we will live in this place. ⁠
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Listen to the Earth, Rematriate the land. ⁠
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10/13/2025

https://youtu.be/5h2MzXavgEg?si=ya03q1lUj_NKcjmN
Fannie Lou Hamer. Queen Mother 💚

Fannie Lou Hamer's America is a portrait of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. Through evocative speech and soulful song, Hamer made it her life's work ...

10/11/2025

Empower women 💚

10/11/2025

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10/10/2025

Points of View By Ishmael Reed.

The pioneers and the [natives]
disagree about a lot of things
for example, the pioneer says that
when you meet a bear in the woods
you should yell at him and if that
doesn't work, you should fell him
The [natives] say that you should
whisper to him softly and call him by
loving nicknames
No one's bothered to ask the bear
what he thinks. 🐻

10/10/2025

Hoodoo History Month 💕 Learn about Biddy Mason. https://freedomcenter.org/heroes/bridget-biddy-mason/

Biddy Bridget Mason (1815-1891) was born into slavery and "given" as a wedding gift to a Mormon couple in Mississippi named Robert and Rebecca Smith. In 1847 at age 32, Biddy was forced to walk from Mississippi to Utah tending to the cattle behind her master’s 300-wagon caravan.
After 4 years in Salt Lake City, Smith took the group to a new Mormon settlement in San Bernardino, California in search of gold. Biddy Mason soon discovered that the California State Constitution made slavery illegal, and that her master's had a plan to move them all to Texas to avoid freeing them.
With the help of some freed Blacks, she and the other Slaves attempted to run away to LA, but they were intercepted by Smith and brought back.
Biddy had Robert brought into court on a writ of habeas corpus. She, her daughters, and the ten other Slaves were held in jail for their own safety to protect them from an angry and violent pro-slavery mob until the Judge heard the case and granted their freedom.
Now free, Mason and her three daughters moved to Los Angeles where they worked and saved enough money to buy a house. Biddy was employed as a Nurse, Midwife, and Domestic Servant.
She used part of her land as a temporary resting place for horses and carriages, and people visiting town paid money in exchange for the space. That particular area was considered the first "parking lot" in Los Angeles.
Biddy began a philanthropic career by opening her home to the poor, hungry, and homeless. Through hard work, saving, and investing carefully, she was able to purchase large amounts of real estate to help build schools, hospitals, and churches.
Her financial fortunes continued to increase until she accumulated a fortune of almost $300,000. In today's money, $6M. Her most noted accomplishment is the founding of the First AME Church in California.
Biddy Bridget Mason died on January 15, 1891 at the age of 76. On March 27, 1988.

10/10/2025

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