She was born 1/26/44 in Birmingham, Alabama. As a girl scout she protested against segregation. She went to a Quaker school in New York during her junior and senior years in high school. She was one of three black students at Brandeis during her freshman year. She was prosecuted for conspiracy in 1970, spent 18 […]
Read more "Angela Davis #WeAreEverywhere"Hidden Figures won the weekend of 1/9/17’s box office knocking Rogue One from the spot it held for 3 weeks. Taraji P. Henson portrays Katherine Johnson an African American physicist, space scientist and mathematician. Mrs. Johnson is 98 years old. Octavia Spencer portrays Dorothy Vaughan also 98 years old. Janelle Monae portrays Mary Jackson also […]
Read more "#HiddenFigures"She became the first female African-American aviator in 1921 by obtaining an international aviation license. She was born Elizabeth Coleman. In 1923 she came to Oakland, California to publicize the Coast Tire and Rubber Company in newspaper ads. The sign announcing the roadway is four foot high and greets visitors entering OAK. She was born […]
Read more "Bessie Coleman"He was a botanist and inventor. He was born into slavery in Missouri, the exact day and year of his birth was unknown but it was probably in January 1861 or 1864. He was about sustainability for farmers for food and to improve their lives using alternative crops to cotton, yes peanuts, but also sweet […]
Read more "George Washington Carver #WeAreEverywhere"She was born Araminta “Minty” Ross the exact date, year and place is unknown as it was for many slaves. She was married twice, first to John Tubman and had one child, Gertie through adoption. She had a brother named Moses. She helped newly freed slaves find work. She was the first woman to lead […]
Read more "Harriet Tubman"He was born James Hubert Blake. He wrote Shuffle Along, among the first Broadway musicals to be written and directed by African Americans. Eubie! opened on Broadway in 1978 and featured his body of work. He was he sole survivor of 8 children who died in infancy. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in […]
Read more "Eubie Blake"She was born Isabella Baumfree (Bomefree) a slave in upstate New York circa 1797 and died November 26, 1883. She had 5 children. Smithsonian magazine named her among the 100 Most Significant Americans of All Time. She escaped to freedom in 1826 with only one of her children. In 1828 she became the first black […]
Read more "Sojourner Truth"Sunrise December 19, 1875, Sunset April 3, 1950. He was a high school principal in the United States and a school supervisor in the Philippines. He was a member of the first black professional fraternity. In 1915 he founded the Journal of Negro History. He founded the Association for the Study of African American Life […]
Read more "Carter G. Woodson"Sunrise 12/23/1867, born Sarah Breedlove, sunset 5/25/1919. Her official website lists her as an “entrepreneur, philanthropist, and social activist”. In July 1912 she said “I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And […]
Read more "Madame C. J. Walker"Sunrise 8/2/24 in Harlem, sunset 12/1/87 in Saint-Paul-de-Vance, France. He wrote the school song while attending P.S.24. He was the editor of his junior high school paper. Countee Cullen was an influence. He was a literary editor of the school magazine of DeWitt Clinton High School. His classmate was Richard Avedon. He was a PK […]
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