Alessandro de'Medici

You can talk about the Renaissance, without talking about the The Medici Family. History doesn’t like to talk about is that the financial ruler of the western world — Alessandro de Medici, Duke of Penne and Duke of Florence and commonly called “Il Moro” was born to an African-Italian mother (a servant) and a white father. Alessandro de' Medici, called “Il Moro” (“The Moor”), … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Historical and Modern People and Figures Who Are Black