Black History Month Archives - The Captain's Table

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A New Vision: Marcus Garvey & the Black Star Line (Part 2)

February 28, 2025 Zach W. 0

Marcus Garvey was at the height of his power in the early 1920s. His Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) had between two and four million […]

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A New Vision: Marcus Garvey & the Black Star Line (Part 1)

February 24, 2025 Zach W. 0

Marcus Garvey, founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), had a dream of uniting all people of African descent. Proclaiming an agenda of Black […]

A group of American WWII soldiers standing at the railing of a ship.

Day of Final Victory: Black Soldiers Aboard the Queen Mary

February 10, 2025 Zach W. 1

During World War II, the need to transport large numbers of Allied troops across the globe saw the world’s ocean liners being pressed into military […]

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Breaking Barriers: Captain Belinda Bennett

February 3, 2025 Zach W. 0

Belinda Bennett made history in January 2016 when Windstar Cruises promoted her to captain of MSY Wind Star. It was well earned. She’d begun her […]