Successful Black Towns You Were Never Taught In History Class.

1. The town that now lies the Central Park: Seneca Village, N.Y.

One of the exclusive black towns in America is Seneca Village which was located in the present day Central Park. Seneca was founded by Epiphany Davis and Andrew Williams who were both African-American in 1825.

Connecticut woman sues Harvard for ‘profiting’ from images of her enslaved relatives.

A Connecticut woman has sued Harvard University for allegedly making money out of early images of African slaves who she claims are her ancestors.Tamara Lanier, who filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Massachusetts, claims that the images, which were taken in 1850, depict an African man called Renty, who was her great-great-great-grandfather, and his daughter Delia.

Veteran Hollywood Actor Morgan Freeman Turns His 124-acre Ranch Into Bee Sanctuary.

Many Hollywood movie stars often like to have a hobby to escape to when they’re not acting, and for Morgan Freeman, that’s his bees. The 81-year-old first began his foray into beekeeping back in 2014 and has since converted his 124-acre ranch into a giant bee sanctuary.

Kenyan Tea Picker Awarded $14,000 For Copyright Infringement.

The High Court in Kenya has ordered the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) to pay $14,000 to a woman for using her photo in marketing materials without her consent.

Luke Perry’s Death Highlights Rising Stroke Risk for Younger Adults.

When the television show “Beverly Hills 90210” first hit the airwaves on October 11, 1991, it was Luke Perry’s 24th birthday. That’s when the nation was introduced to his character Dylan McKay, a high school rebel with a soft side and awe-inspiring sideburns.

Parkland massacre survivor Sydney Aiello kills herself.

Sydney Aiello escaped the horrific Valentine’s Day slaughter at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School with her life.But just over a year later, she became gunman Nikolas Cruz’s 18th victim.

Happiest African countries in 2019.

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Edafe Okporo, the gay Nigerian refugee who founded the first full-time asylum shelter in NYC

As Edafe Okporo will probably be the first to admit, the vast difference between Delta State in Nigeria and New York does not lie only in the 5,000 miles that separate the two states, but also in what might get you killed in either.

A look at Mpeni Kofi, the Ghanaian tree that turns human at night to guard people

The story of Mpeni Kofi, a tree in Ghana is incredibly mythic but true. About 300 years old, Mpeni Kofi can be found in the heart of Akropong, a town in Ghana’s Eastern region. The mythic tree, local media reports, turns human at night to serve as a protective shield to its people the people of Akuapem.

Why at 79, Joseph Ligon who has been in prison since 16, turned down offer to be released

It was February 20, 1953, when Joseph Ligon, then 15 years, attended a dance and drank wine with four other teens. They then ended up robbing and stabbing eight people in Philadelphia. Two of the victims, Charles Pitts and Jackson Hamm, died.