This page has recently been updated in light of the exciting return of Black History Fun Fact Friday! First, a little history:
Black History Fun Fact Friday was a new element of The PBS Blog that first began as a desire to highlight certain aspects of black identity per Black History Month two years ago (2015). I discontinued the series for my inability to keep up with it and to therefore stay consistent. Though publishing one post every week, this segment takes up a lot of time and I couldn’t produce. As a result, I created this page to help those new to this blog to stay updated on all of the Black History posts from that time.
As of Friday, October 28, 2016, I re-launched Black History Fun Fact Friday, which now includes a new badge:
I will continue in the same way as before. Black History articles covering a wide range of historical facts will be published to this blog every Friday (or every other Friday), and the links will appear here so you can always come back and reference them. Below are the articles I wrote some time ago, as you can see, I had not published many but I’m back on it! The newer posts are under their respective headers:
2015
Week 7: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Week 10: Jazz (and the introduction of the new badge!)
2016
Week 14: 3 Facts You Should Know about the Black Panthers
Week 16: The Chicago Black Renaissance
Week 17: The Inspiration Behind Renaissance: The Nora White Story
2017
Week 18: 5 Harlem Renaissance Women You Probably Don’t Know
Week 20: The Origins of Black History Month
Week 21: The First Black Public School
Week 26: Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
Week 31: Inventors / Inventions
Week 32: Capturing the Good in Harlem
Week 34: Historic Rivals: W.E.B. Dubois vs. Booker T. Washington
Week 35: A Brief History of Race Riots in America
Week 36: Eugenics and The Caged Man
2018
Week 37: How I Almost Learned an African Language
Week #41: The Community of Africa Town
Week #42: Beatrice Davidson Kenner
Oh, definitely continue this feature! Please do consider adding more facts about the history of the African diaspora as well as African-American history.
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I definitely plan to. As soon as I’m at a place to stay consistent, its on.
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