The Promise of Mound Bayou


Less than a square mile in total area, the city of Mound Bayou, Mississippi even now stands for release, freedom, and a promised land for the descendants of formerly enslaved people. Founded in 1887, Mound Bayou’s population is 98 percent African-American, one of the largest of any community in the United States, according to the… Read More The Promise of Mound Bayou

Debtors Prison: A modified form of Slavery!They are running a Hybrid slave system!


Mississippi has businesses but without cheap labor it has a huge problem.The MDOC came up with a win win situation for the local businesses,farms and Department of Corrections: Hybrid Slavery! How the state’s “restitution/slavery program forces poor people to work off small debts. They needed a way to put black males and females back into… Read More Debtors Prison: A modified form of Slavery!They are running a Hybrid slave system!

Be a ‘Slave for a Day’: Controversial black history event held by National Park


by Similoluwa Ojurongbe         At Hampton National Historic Park in Maryland, “Black History Month is every month.” But this month they decided to try something new. Guests had the opportunity to be a ‘Slave for a Day’. Kids were able to do some of the things that slaves did so that they… Read More Be a ‘Slave for a Day’: Controversial black history event held by National Park