Humorist AY Makun and his wife Mabel are commending their sixth wedding commemoration and 10 years of togetherness today Nov. 30th. The couple are honored with a little girl. Check out AY’s warm message to his wife posted on his instagram page..
Matilda McCrear lived long enough to become a human bridge between Africa, American slavery, and the modern era. Born in West Africa around 1857, she was captured as a toddler and transported across the Atlantic aboard the Clotilda in 1860—the last known ship to bring enslaved Africans illegally into the United States. Her Yoruba name was Àbáké, meaning “born to be loved by all.” The facial scars on her left cheek, preserved in photographs, marked her as Yoruba. The voyage ...