The Archive Codex
A curated collection of people, events, movements, and documents from across the African Diaspora.
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The Haitian Declaration of Independence: First Black Republic
The Haitian Declaration of Independence, issued on January 1, 1804, was a historic document that declared Haiti the first independent Black republic a...
I Have a Dream: The Speech That Defined a Movement
The I Have a Dream speech, delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on August 28, 1963, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, is one of ...
Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth: The Philosophy of Decolonization
"The Wretched of the Earth" (French: "Les Damnés de la Terre"), published in 1961, is Frantz Fanon's most influential work—a searing analysis of colon...
The Emancipation Proclamation: Freedom's Promise
On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious ...
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religio...
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