black history
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – 5 Harlem Renaissance Women You Probably Don’t Know
If you’re anything like me, you get tired of the same repeated history. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neale Hurston. These are names to which we are exceptionally familiar. They were great but we know them. Let’s talk about something else. Admittedly, I didn’t have a… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – The Inspiration Behind “Renaissance”
Since this is our last Black History Fun Fact of the year (There won’t be one next week. I will be on vacation), I decided to share my inspiration for the first book in my soon-to-be released novel series Renaissance: The Nora White Story. Despite the wealth of information online, in books, and in movies,… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – The Chicago Black Renaissance
Many of us have heard of The Harlem Renaissance, the literary, musical, and artistic movement that exploded during the 1920s in Harlem New York. Also known as The New Negro Renaissance, the New Negro Movement, the Negro Renaissance, and the Jazz Age, the Great Migration of blacks from the south to northern cities like New… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Free Frank
This is a man who was free in more ways than one. Welcome back to Black History Fun Fact Friday. Meet, Free Frank. The first African American to found his own town in the United States, Free Frank was born Frank McWorter on September 7, 1777 as a slave in South Carolina to a West… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Originally Published February 27, 2015 Today is a special Friday because we’re going to be talking about a special woman in history. She’s a unique study because there is not a lot of information on her. While technology has blessed us with the internet so that we no longer have to sit through 500-page books… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Jan Matzeliger
Growing up, my brother was a collector of the latest Nikes. He was the Air Force One version of the Air Jordan lover. He’ll collect all kinds of pairs of “Air Ones” and stack them in his room or in the basement. It was truly a work of art and since he actually is an… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Sarah Rector
Welcome Back to Black History Fun Fact Friday! I introduce to you Sarah Rector who was just eleven when she received international attention for being a millionaire. In 1913, The Kansas City Star publicized the headline, “Millions to a Negro Girl.” Sarah Rector was born on March 3, 1902, in Twine, Oklahoma, on Muscogee Creek,… Continue reading
