history Archives - Sankofa Impact

Happy International Women’s Day! To celebrate, Sankofa Impact is highlighting women in history and those...

08
Mar

Today is Mardi Gras Day! The festivities signifying the final day of Carnival have a...

04
Mar

Chief Si’ahl, the namesake of the city of Seattle, was born to a mother from...

19
Nov

Born in Santa Ana, California in 1936 to Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez, Sylvia Mendez is...

02
Oct

It is a bright Sunday morning in Birmingham, Alabama and Black families in their Sunday...

15
Sep

It is a pleasant summer day on the campus of Tuskegee University. The green grass...

24
Jul

In the United States, June signals the start of Pride month, a period of celebration,...

11
Jun

The Pacific Climate Warriors are a grassroots, youth-led organization fighting climate change in the Pacific...

29
May

Grace Lee Boggs was born in 1915 above her father’s restaurant in Rhode Island. The...

15
May

Born in 1919 Georgia, Jackie Robinson spent the majority of his youth in California as...

15
Apr