History & Culture

By Winston Nugent Roy Innis was born, June 6, 1934 on St. Croix. His father, Alexander Innis who was a police officer, died when he was only six years old, and so his mother, Georgianna Innis decided to leave St. Croix and move to New York. She did not send for him until 1947 as...
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By Winston Nugent As a little boy growing up on his native St. Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands with (12) brothers and sisters, he dreamed of exploring other parts of the world. Born on March 13, 1926, Terrence Todman graduated from public school, and enrolled at Inter American University in Puerto Rico. His wondrous imagination prompted him to drop out and he...
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By Winston Nugent He was called “The Voice of Harlem Radicalism.” He was born in Estate Concordia, St. Croix during Danish occupation of the now U.S. Virgin Islands. When his mother and father died, he traveled to New York, an orphan at the age of 17 years old. He found odd jobs such as a bellhop...
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By Winston Nugent he first boxer born in the Virgin Islands to ever become a world boxing champion was Emile Alphonse Griffith, born February 3, 1938, on St. Thomas.  As a young man he moved to New York.  It was by accident when he was discovered. It is said as a teen he was working at a hat...
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Once a year, we celebrate Black History Month. For 29 days in February, we recall the contributions our people have made to world history. For those of us in the Virgin Islands, the names we recall are all too familiar – David Hamilton Jackson, Buddhoe, Queen Mary – and countless others who have solidified...
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Guest Opinion by Shelley Moorhead As we count down to yet another historic departure to Denmark scheduled for January 12th-18th, 2008, and as we embark upon a mission to repair and address Virgin Islands Humanity, I will speak for ACRRA and the many thousands impacted by the work of the USVI Reparations Movement and I...
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