Diaspora
After electrifying Colombian voters, Francia Marquez makes history
Francia Marquez's historic election as Colombia's first-ever Black vice president marks a monumental moment in the nation's history, resonating with significance far beyond its...
Community
SALSA SAL PA’ FUERA Latino Cultural Annual Events returns to Riverfront Park
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. – Sunday, July 24th. 2022 from 4 pm-9 pm Salsa Sal Pa' Fuera Cultural Annual Events recognizes that Springfield’s’ rich Diversity includes 52% of the...
Africa
News From Africa to the Caribbean
News Shorts You Will Not See Anywhere Else
Cameroon: Soldiers free senator held hostage by Anglophone separatists
Soldiers freed several hostages in western Cameroon, including a...
Africa
THE GULLAH:Â Rice, Slavery, and the Sierra Leone-American Connection
Written By Joseph A. Opala
The Gullah people are the descendants of the slaves who worked on the rice plantations in South Carolina and Georgia.Â
They...
Community
The Prosser Files by Marlene Prosser
Ohana Hussle owned by Shanika
Shanika was born in Holyoke. She obtained her high school diploma through a non-traditional program and moved forward with her...
Community
The African-American community and Christianity
Is it time for another emancipation proclamation from Christianity for a community that has been oppressed by it for 200+ years?
June 19th, also known...
Art
Get Familiar With: PAHMUSA
The Pan-African Historical Museum
One of Springfield’s best-kept secrets and a historical treasure trove is affectionately referred to by its acronym: PAHMUSA.
LaJuana Hood (b.1954) who...
Diaspora
African American history you probably weren’t taught in school
Historians estimate that one in four cowboys in the US were black.
In 2015, a study from the National Museum of African American History...