black history fun fact friday
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Black History Fun Fact Friday Returns
As long as you’re trying to change a system within that system it will never work. If you were never designed to be part of the system, you cannot expect that system to treat you with fairness. If you never intended for a people to be free within your gates there will always be laws… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – A Brief History of Race Riots in America
New Orleans Riot, 1886 – On July 30, 1886, white men attacked blacks parading outside the Mechanics Institute in New Orleans, where a reconvened Louisiana Constitutional Convention was being held. Republicans in Louisiana had called for the convention as they were angered by the legislature’s enactment of the Black Codes. Wilmington North Carolina, 1898 –… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Historic Rivals: W.E.B. Dubois vs. Booker T. Washington
Today, I thought I’ll do something fun. I would like to do a few of these so let’s call this part one. Let’s see who was at war and why. Of course, we have to start with the famous rivalry of all time: W.E.B. Dubois vs. Booker T. Washington Yecheilyah sits in a chair with… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Nora Holt
Did you know there was a woman writer during the Harlem Renaissance named Nora? Yup. One of the things I wanted to do with The Nora White Story project is to make everything make as much sense as possible. I know how important it is that everything fits the era to include names. Thus, I… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Capturing the Good in Harlem
Yes indeed, twins make history again. Meet Marvin and Morgan Smith, painters who focused on capturing the positive side of Harlem during the decline of the Harlem Renaissance and the birth of The Great Depression. “During the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s, Harlem spread itself before the cameras of Morgan and Marvin Smith like a… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday –Black Inventors / Inventions
There’s a funny story behind this post. My stomach was growling and I thought “Hmmm, what if there was a device where you could hook up to your body parts and see what’s going on in there??” Like, say your stomach hurts or you’re hungry or your leg is in pain, you could hook up… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Mary Seacole
Mary Seacole was born Mary Jane Grant in Kingston, Jamaica in 1805. A mixed raced woman, her mother was Jamaican and her father Scottish. In her autobiography Mary referred to herself as Creole. Legally, she was called a Mulatto, a term equivalent to Negro or Colored. In fact, Colored is a term that originally meant… Continue reading
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