The Generation Tap

08/11/2020

Every 2nd Sunday in November is marked as Remembrance Sunday to honour the contributions made to World War I and World War II.

BlackPoppyRose honours ALL those who fought contributed and sacrificed for King and Country.

We ensure we remember as many as possible and under what these wars and what it really meant for African, Black, West Indian, Caribbean, Pacific Islands and Indigenous Communities who served whether voluntarily or by force. (For Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Italy, The Netherlands, America and Canada)

To the communities impacted in ways that led them to lose so much and yet still their memory lacks a certain respect.

Our Ancestors are NOT forgotten, they live as we live and We WILL REMEMBER.

We will learn and share these histories with all people of the world alongside the children descendants of those who gave their lives so they too can learn the truth about their ancestral heritage and legacies.

02/08/2019

August 1, 1834 marked a special day for Africans in British colonies as it was the day they received freedom from slavery. In Jamaica, the Emancipation Declaration was read from the steps of the Old Kings House in Spanish Town, St Catherine, the country's capital at the time. The bill for the abolit...

20/06/2019

When the Europeans came to what is now known as Jamaica (Yamaye), the Tainos had established themselves in several villages all over the island. They had functional social, commercial, religious and political systems. The cacique (also spelt...

07/03/2019

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced this week that it's donating $2 million to the International African-American Museum in Charleston, S.C., to create a Center for Family History aimed at helping Black Americans trace their genealogy. The church made the announcement on Feb. 2...

05/03/2019

https://annecbailey.blogspot.com/2018/02/gullah-geechee-community-finally.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR1D1aSGj8foc6hLK0yYs-wNPtxAwPa7Z-ZAE_sonO1MBlk4x71UHUcZT_U

Anne C. Bailey writes about race, slavery, refugees, African American, Caribbean and African Studies, human rights, history and memory.

22/02/2019

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11/02/2019

A new DNA study explores where the Taino came from and where they went.

23/12/2018

A very Merry Christmas to you from The Generation Tap! May the new year be filled with lots of joy and of course lots of family connections! Christmas historyresearch

19/07/2018

We say yes.