history Archives - Sankofa Impact

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

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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...

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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...

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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

Henrietta Lacks was a Black tobacco farmer from southern Virginia, the wife of a steelworker...

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Mar

In 1946 The Four Way Grill opened its doors in Memphis, TN. Serving a warm...

06
Mar

Sankofa Impact strives to continue the work in uncovering the often neglected, hidden, and erased...

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Feb