Barbara Sizemore breaks down Ourstory

Dr. Barbara Sizemore 1927-2004

"Africans were here before the Europeans...[But our system of education] preserve[s] the myth of white superiority. Thats what our whole educational process is devoted to" Barbara Sizemore

If reading from Facebook Notes, view video here. 



Also dig:

• Washington Post Obituary
• History Makers Bio
• National Visionary Leadership Project (The full interview, part 1-10, is posted here in an easy to view format).
• Barbara Sizemore on Test Preparation and Black Children (essay by Anne Bradley)

Tags: barbara sizemore, african american, education, they came before columbus, ivan van sertima

When the Moors Ruled in Europe

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I stumbled upon this video about the Moorish occupation of Spain (711-1492 ACE). It's a fascinating account of the Islamic foundations of European science, literature (poetry and romance), architecture, mathematics and more. The video stops just short of saying the Moors/Arabs civilized Europe. Clearly, from the perspective of the producers, colonization was a good thing. Which is precisely the position of Afrocentric scholars like Ivan Van Sertima...


The video occasionally slips between words like Islamic/Moors/Arabs, but basically claims that the first wave of colonization was by African Berbers (Moors), followed by "enlightened" Arabs. Apparently many contemporary Spaniards downplay the Moorish/Arab influence on Spain. By way of contrast peep this white nationalist account of the Moorish conquest.