August 20, 1619:
Firstborn Afrikan captives were brought to England’s North American Colony of Jamestown, Virginia
August 16, 1768:
Charlestown, South Carolina rebellious Afrikan slaves (known as Maroons) engaged British military forces in bloody battle defending their camp which was a haven for fugitive slaves.
August 30, 1800:
Day set for launching Gabrier Prosser’s revolt. On this day, over 1,000 armed slaves gathered to endeavor to secure their liberty. However, bad weather forced them to postpone the revolt and betrayal ultimately lead to the crushing of their physical force.
August 21, 1831:
Slave revolt launched under the leadership of Nat Turner which lasted four days and resulted in 51 slaveholders and their loved ones being subjected to revolutionary people’s justice.
August 29, 1841:
A street skirmish took place in Cincinnati between Afrikans and Euro-Americans, wherein for 5 days Afrikans waged a valiant struggle in defense of their women, children, and property against brutal racist terror campaigns.
August 1854:
Delegates from eleven states met in Cleveland at the National Immigration Convention of the Colored People, to advance the position that an independent land base (nation) be set up for the absorption of captive Afrikans in Babylon who wanted to return to Afrika.
August 1, 1856:
In North Carolina, a fierce battle erupted between fugitive slaves, and slaveholders who sought their capture and re-enslavement. Only recorded casualties were among slaveholders.
August 1860:
Freedom (slave) conspiracy uncovered with the discovery of an organized camp of Afrikans and Euro-American co-conspirators in Talladega County, Alabama.
August 2, 1865:
Virginia, a statewide conference of 50 Afrikan delegates met to demand that Afrikans in Virginia be granted legal title to land occupied during the civil war. Numerous off-pitch battles ensued during this same month as terrorist mobs moved to evict Afrikans from the land and were met with resistance.
August 17, 1887:
Honorable Marcus Garvey, father of contemporary Afrikan Nationalism was born.
August 1906:
Afrikan soldiers (in service of Babylon) enraged by racial slurs and discrimination struck out and wrecked the town of Brownsville, Texas.
August 1906:
Niagara movement met at Harpers Ferry, Virginia and issued W.E. Marcus Garvey DuBois’ historic manifesto against racist discrimination in Babylon against Afrikans.
August 1, 1914:
Garvey founds Universal Negro Improvement Association, advancing the call for land, freedom, and independence for Afrikan people.
August 23, 1917:
Afrikan soldiers in Houston engage in street skirmishes that left more than 17 Euro-Americans racists dead.
August 1920:
Over 2,000 delegates representing Afrikans from the four corners of the earth gathered in New York for the International Convention of the Negro People of the World, sponsored by UNIA Convention issuing a bill of rights for Afrikans.
August 1943:
Slave revolt took place in Harlem as a result of a K-9 shooting, a brother defending the honor of Afrikan womanhood. More than 16,000 military and police personnel were required to quell the rebellion.
August 1963:
190,000 Afrikans (250,000 people all told) took part n the march on Washington led by Dr. Martin Luther King to petition for the extension of the rights and privileges due to them mandated by the U.S. Constitution.
Most standard history books tend to either play down or ignore New Afrikan resistance as a factor in the destruction of the slave economy. On the other hand, when one understands new Afrikans are still an oppressed nation, the reason for such deception becomes clear. Black August contends that not only was such resistance a factor in the destruction of the slave economy, but New Afrikan resistance to slavery continues to inspire New Afrikan resistance to national oppression. Herbert Aptheker (the author of the American Negro Slave Revolt) recounts the personal remark of one new Afrikan involved in the civil rights struggle.
From personal experience, I can testify that American Negro Slave Revolt made a tremendous impact on those of us in the civil rights and black liberating movement, and the practices of Black August will live on....We hope!
Until All Oppressed Are Free
Mualimu Shakur