Celebrating Black History Month
On this day, February 21st
Feb. 21, 1936 – Barbara Jordan, politician, lawyer, educator, born.
In honor of Black History Month, I plan to post wonderful memories, facts and historical accounts related to Black History.
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Celebrating Black History Month
On this day, February 20th
Feb. 20, 1895 – Death of Frederick Douglass. Douglass was the leading black spokesman for almost 50 years. He was a major abolitionist, lecturer, and editor.
In honor of Black History Month, I plan to post wonderful memories, facts and historical accounts related to Black History.
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Celebrating Black History Month
On this day, February 19th
Feb. 19, 1919 – Pan-African Congress, organized by W.E.B. DuBois, met at the Grand Hotel, Paris. There were 57 delegates- -16 from the United States and 14 from Africa as well as others from 16 countries and colonies.
In honor of Black History Month, I plan to post wonderful memories, facts and historical accounts related to Black History.
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Celebrating Black History Month
On this day, February 18th
Feb. 18, 1931 – Toni Morrison (born Chloe Anthony Wofford), who will win the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Beloved, was born on this day in Lorain, Ohio.
In honor of Black History Month, I plan to post wonderful memories, facts and historical accounts related to Black History.
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Celebrating Black History Month
On this day, February 17th
Feb. 17, 1963 – Michael Jeffrey Jordan, famed basketball player and former minor league baseball player, born in New York, N.Y.
In honor of Black History Month, I plan to post wonderful memories, facts and historical accounts related to Black History.
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Celebrating Black History Month
On this day, February 16th
Feb. 16, 1923 – Bessie Smith makes her first recording, “Down Hearted Blues,”
which sells 800,000 copies for Columbia Records.
In honor of Black History Month, I plan to post wonderful memories, facts and historical accounts related to Black History.
#blackhistorymonth
Celebrating Black History Month
On this day, February 15th
Feb. 15, 1848 – Sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston. Her father, Benjamin Roberts, filed the first school integration suit on her behalf.
In honor of Black History Month, I plan to post wonderful memories, facts and historical accounts related to Black History.
#blackhistorymonth
