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 4: 3 Facts You Should Know about the Black Panthers
Week 6: The Chicago Black Renaissance
Week 7: The Inspiration Behind Renaissance: The Nora White Story
2017
Week 8: 5 Harlem Renaissance Women You Probably Don’t Know
Week 10: The Origins of Black History Month
Week 11: The First Black Public School
Week 16: Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
Week 21: Inventors / Inventions
Week 22: Capturing the Good in Harlem
Week 24: Historic Rivals: W.E.B. Dubois vs. Booker T. Washington
Week 25: A Brief History of Race Riots in America
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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