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Sojourner Truth CHRONICLE: c. 1797 – November 26, 1883 Sojourner Truth was an African American evangelist, abolitionist, women’s rights activist, author and former slave. Sojourner Truth was born Isabella Baumfree in 1797, a slave who lived a miserable life, serving several masters throughout New York before escaping to freedom in 1826. Sojourner would go on to […]
30 Years Later CHRONICLE: October 17, 1989 – 5:04 PM Photography by: J.K. Nakata, United States Geological Survey On October 17, 1989, at 5:04 pm, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake severely shook the San Francisco Bay Area. The Loma Prieta Earthquake was the largest earthquake to hit San Francisco since 1906. The violent force of the […]
Alton Nehemiah Ellis OD… Facts an’ T’ings September 1, 1938 – October 10, 2008 IRIE remembers Alton Nehemiah Ellis OD (September 1, 1938 – October 10, 2008) a Jamaican vocalist best known as one of the innovators of rocksteady, a romantic, rhythm and blues styled Jamaican music genre which was a successor of ska and […]
W.E.B. Du Bois… Facts an’ T’ings February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963 W. E. B. Du Bois was an American civil rights activist, historian, American sociologist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. W. E. B. Du Bois was born William Edward Burghardt Du Bois on February 23, 1868, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, the only child […]
Reggae Month Celebrating Reggae’s Legacy Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding made February 2008 the first annual Reggae Month in Jamaica. To celebrate, the Recording Industry Association of Jamaica (RIAJam) held its first Reggae Academy Awards on February 24, 2008. In addition, Reggae Month included a six-day Global Reggae conference, a reggae film festival, two radio […]
MLK… Facts an’ T’ings January 15, 1929 January 15, 2019 marks the 90th birthday of Baptist minister and Social Activist, Martin Luther King, Jr., the prominent voice in the civil rights movement. A champion for advancing civil rights, Martin Luther King, Jr. chose nonviolence and civil disobedience, to address the political and social injustice that […]
Hemp is Legalized December 20, 2018 On December 20, 2018 at 4:00 pm (not 4:20 pm), the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 aka the Farm Bill, was signed into law. The Farm Bill, which was passed by Congress on December 12, 2018, includes Section 10113 titled ‘Hemp Production’ which removes hemp completely from the Controlled […]
