Friday, June 22, 2018
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Thursday, June 14, 2018
Monday, June 11, 2018
REMEMBRANCE 2018 The Middle Passage
he Charleston Remembrance Committee conducted The 21st Annual Charleston Middle Passage REMEMBRANCE Program, paying homage and tribute to the millions of Africans who perished in the Middle Passage. #middlepassageremembrance #sullivansisland #charleston #explorecharleston The Middle Passage refers to the part of the African Holocaust during which captive Africans were crammed into the cargo holds of ships like livestock, bound for chattel slavery in the Americas. These living, breathing men, women and children who had families, hopes, dreams and aspirations, were stripped of any sense of humanity. Historians estimate that 10 - 20 million Africans died from disease, starvation, suicide and murder during this torturous voyage. Indeed, author and historian, Dr. John Henrik Clarke proclaimed, “If the Atlantic were to dry up, it would reveal a scattered pathway of human bones, African bones marking the various routes of the Middle Passage.”
Saturday, June 9th, 2018, the public is invited to Fort Moultrie on Sullivan’s Island for the 21st annual memorial and healing rite in Charleston, SC. Similar programs will take place simultaneously at numerous ports around the world, including New York, California, Washington, Virginia, Panama, The Virgin Islands, Brazil, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Ghana. Remembrance programs are held on the Atlantic coast or near another body of water. Charleston is an important historical location for this tribute as it was the port of entry for 40 to 60 percent of enslaved Africans arriving to America’s shores as human cargo. www.RemembertheAncestors.com
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
June is Full of Surprises
June is Full of Surprises. June is Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month, June is Black Music Appreciation Month, June is my Birthday Month and so much more. #CharlamagneThaGod #Rhianna Stay tuned!
Friday, June 1, 2018
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