Kelvin Doe: A Teenage Electronic Genius From Sierra Leone

From the NY Daily News , "West African teen Kelvin Doe awes scientists with his knack for building tech from scrap: Doe, the Sierra Leo...

William Kamkwamba The Malawi Windmill Boy

From the BBC News , "Malawi windmill boy with big fans," by Jude Sheerin, on 1 October 2009 -- The extraordinary true story of a ...

Juffureh, Gambia; Kunta Kinte's Villagers Bash Alex Haley

As reported in the Seattle Times , "Bitter `Roots': Kunta Kinte's Village Bashes Alex Haley: Descendants, Townspeople `Expecte...

Malcolm X Killer Paroled 45 Years After Murder

From the BBC, On This Day, February 21  --  1965: Black nationalist leader shot dead Controversial black leader Malcolm X, who once called ...

Mortality of Slave Children

From  Digital History   --  Slaves suffered extremely high mortality. Half of all slave infants died during their first year of life, twice ...

Dividing a Nation: The Origins of the Secession Crisis and the Civil War

From the Washington Post , "Five myths about why the South seceded," by James W. Loewen, on 26 February 2011  --  One hundred fift...