ICYMI: Watch “Haitian Independence Day at Rainbow/PUSH in Conjunction with Emancipation Day”
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Haitian Independence Day at Rainbow/PUSH in Conjunction with Emancipation Day Streamed live January 6, 2024 from Rainbow/PUSH Headquarters, Chicago, IL, a rally-forum celebrating Haiti as the world’s first Black republic and a discussion with the Montana…
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The Editor speaks: Emancipation Day
Yesterday (Sunday) I was present at St George’s Anglican Church where Jamaica’s Independence Day (actually tomorrow Tue 6) was celebrated. Tagged with it was Emancipation Day. One can hardly “celebrate”Emancipation Day to its fullest because, although it is observed in…
Jamaica Emancipation Day Tue Aug 1 2017
Emancipation When full Emancipation came in 1838 a system that had been tried and tested in the Caribbean since the sixteenth century came to an end. Slavery had within itself the seeds of its own destruction, whether because slaves resisted…
Janet Bostwick gives lesson: Women in Bahamian history
From Bahama Islands Info First female MP shares struggles and triumphs of Bahamian women NASSAU, Bahamas — As a woman who has carved a niche in Bahamian history, the country’s first female Member of Parliament (MP), the Honourable Janet Bostwick,…
