Tag: Snoop

In the antebellum era, it was not unusual for slaves to approach free blacks and request them to serve as their agents to purchase their freedom. Usually, a slave worked in his spare time to earn the capital to facilitate the purchase. Once the money was raised, the [free black] agent appr...

During his formative years in Long Beach, Snoop Dogg, then known as Calvin Broadus, found himself surrounded by the struggles and hardships of a community grappling with socio-economic challenges. Born into a working-class family, Snoop faced the realities of life in a neighborhood marked by its rou...