black history month

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"How the Civil Rights Movement paved the way for South Asian migration into the US" How the Civil Rights Movement paved the way for South Asian migration into the US

Artist William H. Johnson was born in 1901 in Florence, South Carolina. After deciding to pursue his dreams as an artist, he attended the National Academy of Design in New York and met his mentor, Charles Webster Hawthorne. After graduating, Johnson moved to Paris, traveled throughout Europe and...

Photos: Celebrating WWE's black Superstars for Black History Month The rest are in the link above

The only way Robert Smalls could ensure that his family would stay together was to escape. By Cate Lineberry

Maj. Gen. Edward M. Almond, commanding general of the 92nd Infantry, inspects his troops during a decoration ceremony in Italy in 1945. (National Archives

Happy Black History Month! Let's post some Black American History! Negro History Week (1926) The precursor to Black History Month was created in 1926 in the United States, when historian Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History announced the second week of...

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In this thread, we honor the Black men and women who have contributed greatly to our society. Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. The first African American in space Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bluford graduated from Overbrook High School in 1960. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in...

This is my favorite Carter G Woodson quotes: "If you can control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his action. When you determine what a man shall think you do not have to concern yourself about what he will do. If you make a man feel that he is inferior, you do not have to...

Hey Mods, I'm used to seeing a Black History month banner featuring a famous black pioneer starting on the first day of Feb. Do you guys plan to continue that tradition?

These notes shine a light on the complex relationships that slaves had with their masters. After escaping or being liberated, most former slaves were probably more than happy to never speak to their erstwhile masters. After all, what would you say? Though little evidence of this...

As a food professional, activist and educator, I deeply understand that caring about food means caring about people. For the past decade, I’ve worked within a movement that upholds values of “good, clean and fair,” yet remains quiet or woefully tone-deaf in conversations about black and brown...

Excerpts In a sense, the greatest tragedy of this other America is what it does to little children. Little children in this other America are forced to grow up with clouds of inferiority forming every day in their little mental skies. And as we look at this other America, we see it as an arena...

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Thoughts comments, concerns, phew. Morgan released some ether I never thought he had, fukk black history month. I thought the brother was on that jordan tip, but I was wrong. :whoo::whew: I'm feeling like fukk black history month too, but its set up that way because whites ignore our history...

Here's the link! Ex-con earns doctorate, plans community college to help ex-cons Here's a sample of the article CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's a story of strong will over circumstances and education over incarceration. As we celebrate Black History Month, we turn our attention to a man who is working...