Digital Archives of Race and Racism

"Black Americans are going to face the worst impacts of climate change according to a new prediction by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The Report titled Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the United States: A Focus on Six Impact Sectors predicts that Black people in the US are more likely than other races to have their livelihood negatively affected by climate change. The negative impacts will significantly worsen as the climate warms. The predictions were also grim for those in lower socio-economic classes.,,"

Mother Nature and the EPA send urgent warnings to the Black community - Nubian Message Black Americans are going to face the worst impacts of climate change according to a new prediction by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Report titled Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the United States: A Focus on Six Impact Sectors predicts that Black people in....

The Siddis: India's Forgotten Africans/ United Nations United Nations Documentary of Siddis (Afro-Indians)

"The Red Summer refers to the summer and fall of 1919, in which race riots exploded in a number of cities in both the North and South."

The Red Summer: The Chicago Race Riots of 1919. The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow accessed 10/24/2020 from Red Summer | PBS - Thirteen "The Red Summer refers to the summer and fall of 1919, in which race riots exploded in a number of cities in both the North and South. The three most violent episodes occurred in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Elaine,...

"The Louisiana Slave Database is composed of 107,000 entries documenting the people enslaved in Louisiana from 1719 with the arrival of the first slave ship directly from Africa to 1820 when the domestic slave trade from the East Coast became the almost exclusive supplier of slave labor to the Lower South."

Louisiana Slave Database / Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy The Louisiana Slave Database is composed of 107,000 entries documenting the people enslaved in Louisiana from 1719 with the arrival of the f

"The Eugenics Board of North Carolina began, in great part, to ensure the constitutionality of the state’s sterilization laws. Courts deemed the 1929 sterilization law to be unconstitutional because it lacked an appeal process."

Eugenics Board / North Carolina History Project The Eugenics Board of North Carolina began, in great part, to ensure the constitutionality of the state’s sterilization laws. Courts deemed the 1929 sterilization law to be unconstitutional because it lacked an appeal process. With the Eugenics Board’s creation in 1933, an appeal process was inc...

What Is It Like Being Black In India/ BBC What is it like being Black in Indian, originally published 13 April 2016 BBC

More Than Juneteenth? What’s In Trump’s $500 Billion “Platinum Plan” For Black America On Friday, President Trump unrolled what he refers to as a “platinum plan” for Black America, calling for increased investment in Black businesses and additional capital for Black entrepreneurs. The President also announced support for Juneteenth to be recognized as a national holiday. But is Tr...

The Irish Sugar Slaves of Barbados WIKIPEDIA: Irish immigration to Barbados (retrieved 9/29/2020) The Irish settled in Barbados with the English from the 1620s, as emigrants, merchants, indentured servants and prisoners sold into lifetime servitude. While Irish indentured servants are often conflated with African chattel slaves (see....

There was a time when indigenous populations were exhibited like zoo animals....

Human Zoos: America's Forgotten History of Scientific Racism Wikipedia "A human zoo was an exhibition that showed people from other cultures. Very often, this was done in similar ways than animals are shown in zoological gardens today. Most such exhibitions were done between 1870 and 1940. Human zoos attracted many people in Europe. They were often based on t...

Crash course: The Holocaust,Genocides, and Mass Murder of WWII: Crash Course European History #40

The Holocaust,Genocides, and Mass Murder of WWII: Crash Course European History #40/ Crash Course Crash Course, history of N**i Germany Persecution of Jews, Slavic,

"This film explores South Africa's apartheid policy, focusing on issues such as race relations, political practices, and segregated dwellings. The footage includes several interviews with black leaders. from archive.org"

Apartheid in South Africa (1957)/ Reelblack Reelblack's retrievied 1957 documentary on South Africa Aparthied's system

Nueva Germania (New Germania) is a district of San Pedro Department in Paraguay. It was founded as a German settlement on 23 August 1887 by Bernhard Förster, a German nationalist, who was married to Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, sister of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Förster's idea was to create a model community in the New World and to demonstrate the supremacy of German culture and society. Förster committed su***de after the settlement's initial failure. Wikipedia

Finding Traces of a Failed A***n Colony in Paraguay - 2013 | The New York Times New York Times 2013 article on Nueva Germania. A***n settlement in Paraguay