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Born in Virginia in 1903 Ella Baker became known as the mother of Civil Rights and for good reason. She graduated Shaw Univeristy and moved to New York City where she began organizing around 1930. In 1940 she joined the NAACP. She’s good at it and Martin Luther King recruits her to join his Souther […]
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In 1875 Cornelia Graves is born as the youngest of 9 children. She works hard, graduates from Prairie View A&M University then earns her teaching certificate. In 1907 she leaves Dallas and goes back to Stephenville. There she takes a job at Bethelda Colored School. A new school, with just 12 students. For the next
In 1979 President Jimmy Carter declared June as Black Music Month. President Carter forgot to actually make it official despite holding celebrations each year after. I think Jimmy just liked Black music and wanted a reason to celebrate. For years journalist Dyana Williams lobbied for it to be officially recognized by the US Government, and
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“The First Slave Owner Was Black” Not really, so let’s give it some context that always gets left out. In 1619 a group of 20-30 Africans are brought to Jamestown Virginia. Not as slaves, but as indentured servants who would work for 7-14 years to cover the cost of their travel to America, AND 50
As of 2022 just over 56% of players in the NFL were Black. CFL, XFL, and even USFL don’t publish their numbers, but I doubt they’re much different. That’s a lot of Black professional football players, but it wasn’t always that way. Charles Follis was the 3rd of 7 children born to his parents in
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Cardiss Collins serves for 25 years from 1972 until 1997, most of which she was the only Black woman in Congress.
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Black people can all agree on the flavor. We just have to choose between Pecan, Peekin, Peeecan.
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Luckily Harriet Tubman wasn’t alone out there, many men and women were as dedicated to the cause as she was. Let’s talk about Aunt Polly Jackson for a moment.
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The music was rock music for sure, but at the time nobody really had a description for what it was. Today, we would call it punk rock.
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She said, “Oh, these kids and rock and roll. This is just sped up rhythm and blues. I’ve been doing it forever,”
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