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Category: BLACK HISTORY MONTH – 2020

RUBY BRIDGES

~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~ Ruby Bridges was the first African-American child to … More

Black History, Black History Month, Charles Burks, Civil rights, Federal Marshals, Integrate, Norman Rockwell, Painting, Ruby Bridges, Segregation, The Problem We All Live With

RIP, KATHERINE JOHNSON (1918-2020)

  ~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~ Katherine Johnson passed away this morning at … More

Apollo 11, Astronauts, Black History Month, Hidden Figures, Katherine Johnson, mathematician, Moon, NASA, RIP

The Harlem Renaissance

  ~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~  Click on individual images for larger view … More

activism, art, Black History, Black History Month, culture, Harlem, Jazz, literary, Music, Poetry, The Harlem Renaissance

AUDRE LORDE (1934-1992)

~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~  Audre Lorde was a poet, novelist, essayist, professor, … More

Audre Lorde, Black History, Black History Month, Civil Rights Activist, education, Librarian, Poet, Poetry, Sexuality, Writer

SEPTIMA POINSETTE CLARK (1898-1987)

~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~  The daughter of a former slave and a … More

Activist, Black History, Black History Month, Civil rights, education, Educator, Literacy, NAACP, Septima Poinsette Clark, Vote

MAYA ANGELOU (1928-2014)

  ~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~      Marguerite Annie Johnson Angelou, known … More

Black History, Black History Month, Books, Civil Rights Movement, Maya Angelou, memoir, Phenomenal Woman, Poet, Poetry, Still I Rise, Writing

STEVE BIKO (1946 –1977)

  ~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~      Bantu Stephen Biko was a … More

Activist, Alice Walker, apartheid, Biko, Black Consciousness Movement, Black History, Cry Freedom, Donald Woods, Nelson Mandela, South Africa, Steve Biko

GUION BLUFORD

~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~  Guion “Guy” Stewart Bluford Jr. (born November 22, … More

Air Force, Astronaut, Black History, Black History Month, Guion Bluford, Guy, NASA, Space, Vietnam

ERNIE BARNES (1938-2009)

~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~    Ernie Barnes was well known for his … More

art, Black History, Black History Month, Ernie Barnes, Good Times, Marvin Gaye, NFL Football, Painting

MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE (1875-1955)

~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~    Mary McLeod Buthane was a human rights, … More

Black History, Black History Month, Civil rights, education, Florida, HBCU, Mary McLeod Bethune, National Statuary Hall, school, Women

ROSA PARKS (1913-2005)

~ New  posts will be added throughout the month of February ~  ** Today (February 4th) is Rosa Parks’ birthday! … More

Activist, Birthday, Black History, Black History Month, Civil rights, history, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Rosa Parks, Truth

GORDAN PARKS (1912 – 2006)

  ~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~    “I’ve been asked if I think … More

Black History, Black History Month, Civil rights, Film, glamour, Gloria Vanderbilt, Gordan Parks, Langston Hughes, Life, Malcolm X, Muhummad Ali, Music, Photography, photojournalism, Poetry, Vogue, Writer

CARTER G. WOODSON (1875–1950)

  ~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~ “What we need is not a history … More

Author, Black Hisotry, Black History Month, Carter G. Woodson, Historian, Journalist, Writer

Ida B. Wells (1862-1931)

~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~  Ida B. Wells was a journalist, abolitionist, feminist … More

abolitionist, Activist, Black History, Black History Month, feminist, Ida B. Wells, Journalist, NAACP, NACW

JAMES BALDWIN (1924-1987)

~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~ “Not everything that is faced can be changed, … More

Author, Black History, Black History Month, Civil Rights Movement, James Baldwin, Poetry, short stories

MARIE M. DALY (1921-2003)

  ~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~   Marie M. Daly was a biochemist. … More

Biochemist, Black History, Black History Month, Educator, Marie M. Daly, Science

HAZEL SCOTT (1920-1981)

~ New posts will be added daily through out the month of February ~ Hazel Scott was a Trinidadian born jazz and classical pianist, singer and actor. She was the first black American to host her own TV show, “The Hazel Scott Show”. The show was notable for being one of the first U.S. Network […]

Black History, Black History Month, Hazel Scott, Music, Piano, Trinidadian

ALVIN AILEY (1931-1989)

  ~ New posts will be added through out the month of February ~ Alvin Ailey was the founder of … More

Activist, Alvin Ailey, Black History, Black History Month, Dance, Theater

Black History…. #everyday

Click on individual images for a large view Welp, here we are at the end of February and I did … More

Black History, Black History Month, everyday, February, list, Love
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