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Challenge. Educate yourself, people!
Today I read up on James Meredith, the first black student to attend Ole Miss in 1962 (after a SCOTUS ruling)
4 yrs later, he planned March Against Fear, a demonstration to promote voter registration. They shot him on Day 2
Challenge. Educate yourself, people!Today I read up on James Meredith, the first black student to attend Ole Miss in 1962 (after a SCOTUS ruling)
4 yrs later, he planned March Against Fear, a demonstration to promote voter registration. They shot him on Day 2
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Read today about Ed Dwight, who said his mom once wrote the Vatican to convince a KC Catholic HS to integrate (he later was its 1st Black grad). He was in line to be our 1st Black astronaut but got stonewalled in the 60s. So he became an accomplished sculptor
Read today about Ed Dwight, who said his mom once wrote the Vatican to convince a KC Catholic HS to integrate (he later was its 1st Black grad). He was in line to be our 1st Black astronaut but got stonewalled in the 60s. So he became an accomplished sculptor
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Went waaaayyy back today, reading about Hiram Revels. Born 1827 in NC, where it was illegal at that time to educate black children. He eventually became a pastor, a teacher & a politician. He was the first Black U.S. Senator (repping postwar Mississippi)
Went waaaayyy back today, reading about Hiram Revels. Born 1827 in NC, where it was illegal at that time to educate black children. He eventually became a pastor, a teacher & a politician. He was the first Black U.S. Senator (repping postwar Mississippi)
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Reading with gratitude on this cold winter day about Alice H. Parker, who at age 24 patented a natural-gas, central-air home furnace in 1919. Her innovative design had flaws. But it paved the way for the modern systems we use today.
Reading with gratitude on this cold winter day about Alice H. Parker, who at age 24 patented a natural-gas, central-air home furnace in 1919. Her innovative design had flaws. But it paved the way for the modern systems we use today.
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My guy @RealBrianBlade suggested I read today about Madam C.J. Walker. One of the (if not THE) 1st American women to become a self-made millionaire. She had a hair care business.
The ultimate started-from-the-bottom story. She was born on a cotton plantation
My guy @RealBrianBlade suggested I read today about Madam C.J. Walker. One of the (if not THE) 1st American women to become a self-made millionaire. She had a hair care business.
The ultimate started-from-the-bottom story. She was born on a cotton plantation
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Today's read: In the 1700s, smallpox was spreading thru the colonies. A Black slave, named Onesimus, shared word of a practice used back home. Where uninfected got a controlled exposure to the disease & their bodies learn to fight it off. The idea caught on.
Today's read: In the 1700s, smallpox was spreading thru the colonies. A Black slave, named Onesimus, shared word of a practice used back home. Where uninfected got a controlled exposure to the disease & their bodies learn to fight it off. The idea caught on.
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My Super Bowl Sunday read was on George Taliaferro, the 1st Black NFL draft pick. He went to Indiana, in the 40s, so he didn't live in the dorms or eat on campus. He did it all on the field, tho. Played 7 positions. And was a community leader wherever he went
My Super Bowl Sunday read was on George Taliaferro, the 1st Black NFL draft pick. He went to Indiana, in the 40s, so he didn't live in the dorms or eat on campus. He did it all on the field, tho. Played 7 positions. And was a community leader wherever he went
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Today's read: Fannie Lou Hamer. She registered to vote...and got fired. Was jailed & terrorized b/c of her civil rights activism. She spoke on all this in a moving speech at the 1964 DNC (but the TV broadcast got interrupted by an impromptu LBJ address...hmm)
Today's read: Fannie Lou Hamer. She registered to vote...and got fired. Was jailed & terrorized b/c of her civil rights activism. She spoke on all this in a moving speech at the 1964 DNC (but the TV broadcast got interrupted by an impromptu LBJ address...hmm)
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Read today about Matthew Henson, who as a young orphan learned to read & write aboard a sailing ship. He'd later spend 20ish years exploring the Artic with Robert Peary (It was Henson who was 1st to the North Pole, though he didn't initially get the glory).
Read today about Matthew Henson, who as a young orphan learned to read & write aboard a sailing ship. He'd later spend 20ish years exploring the Artic with Robert Peary (It was Henson who was 1st to the North Pole, though he didn't initially get the glory).
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Go get yourself a copy of @dirkchatelain’s book, 24th & Glory, about an incredible generation of athletes who grew up in the same Omaha neighborhood https://www.owhstore.com/product/24th-glory-the-intersection-of-civil-rights-and-omahas-greatest-generation-of-athletes/
And check out @Bsullivan1012’s documentary on the subject https://omaha.com/video/sports/24th-glory-the-intersection-of-civil-rights-and-omaha-s-greatest-generation-of-athletes/video_0700e99c-9911-56ab-93c2-a7cb2c2c467e.html
Go get yourself a copy of @dirkchatelain’s book, 24th & Glory, about an incredible generation of athletes who grew up in the same Omaha neighborhood https://www.owhstore.com/product/24th-glory-the-intersection-of-civil-rights-and-omahas-greatest-generation-of-athletes/
And check out @Bsullivan1012’s documentary on the subject https://omaha.com/video/sports/24th-glory-the-intersection-of-civil-rights-and-omaha-s-greatest-generation-of-athletes/video_0700e99c-9911-56ab-93c2-a7cb2c2c467e.html
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Spent this morning watching videos of Sister Rosetta Tharpe on the guitar. WOW! She's only lately gotten the recognition she deserves (2018 Rock & Roll HOF inductee). Her talent & flare influenced Elvis, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry...
Spent this morning watching videos of Sister Rosetta Tharpe on the guitar. WOW! She's only lately gotten the recognition she deserves (2018 Rock & Roll HOF inductee). Her talent & flare influenced Elvis, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry...
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Spent some time today reading about Benjamin Singleton, a former slave who led a post-Civil War Black exodus. Start over together in Kansas, he said. Some did. But they lacked the financial means to sustain a farm/business. Still, Singleton was a visionary
Spent some time today reading about Benjamin Singleton, a former slave who led a post-Civil War Black exodus. Start over together in Kansas, he said. Some did. But they lacked the financial means to sustain a farm/business. Still, Singleton was a visionary
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Doing some late-night reading on Claudette Colvin. She refused to give up her seat to a white person on a Montgomery bus 9 months before Rosa Parks’ iconic stand for equality. Claudette was 15 at the time. She got arrested that day. What courage!
Doing some late-night reading on Claudette Colvin. She refused to give up her seat to a white person on a Montgomery bus 9 months before Rosa Parks’ iconic stand for equality. Claudette was 15 at the time. She got arrested that day. What courage!
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Reading about Frederick Douglass (my fro bro!) on his "birthday"...and now learning about his wife, Anna. An impressive woman. First off, she helped him escape slavery. Then ran the house, managed finances & aided more runaways on the Underground Railroad
Reading about Frederick Douglass (my fro bro!) on his "birthday"...and now learning about his wife, Anna. An impressive woman. First off, she helped him escape slavery. Then ran the house, managed finances & aided more runaways on the Underground Railroad
