Celebrating Black History Month
On this day, February 22nd
Feb 22, 1979 – Frank E. Peterson Jr. named the first black general in the Marine Corps.
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 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.
#blackhistorymonth
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.
#blackhistorymonth
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.
#blackhistorymonth
In light of recent emergencies to erect walls to bar immigrants I’m sharing my poem, “Stranger, You Can’t Enter Here”, published by Blue Lake Review in their January online edition:
Click the link below to read it. (Select web format at bottom of page for a better display)
http://bluelakereview.weebly.com/stranger-you-cant-enter-here.html
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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Taking it easy at The Regent’s Park, London, Late December 1995.
