Black Jesus – A picture essay

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This wall painting, depicting the Healing of the Paralytic, is the earliest known representation of Jesus, dating from about 235 AD. The painting was found in 1921 on the left-hand wall of the baptismal chamber of the house-church at Dura-Europos on the Euphrates River in modern Syria. It is now part of the Dura Europos collection at the Yale University Gallery of Fine Arts. read more

HAPPY EARTHDAY MARCUS GARVEY

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HAPPY EARTHDAY MARCUS GARVEY
Today, Wednesday, August 17, 2011 is the 124th anniversary of Marcus Garvey birth in St. Ann, Jamaica

“Garvey was unique in advancing a Pan-African philosophy to inspire a global mass movement and economic empowerment focusing on Africa known as Garveyism. Promoted by the UNIA as a movement of African Redemption, Garveyism would eventually inspire others, ranging from the Nation of Islam to the Rastafari movement (which proclaims Garvey as a prophet).” read more