Friday, March 31, 2017

CELEBRATE THE BLACK WOMAN

                                       BESSIE SMITH-1894-1937-SINGER
                                             EMPRESS OF THE BLUES

Thursday, March 30, 2017

CELEBRATE THE BLACK WOMAN

ODETTA HOLMES-1930-2008-SNGER-SONGWRITER-MUSICIAN-ACTRESS-CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

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                                      OCTAVIA BUTLER-1947-2006-AUTHOR
                        First Science Fiction Writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship Genius Grant

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

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                            SHIRLEY CHISHOLM-1924-2005-POLITICIAN-EDUCATOR-AUTHOR
                                              First Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress
                               First woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination
                      First Black candidate for a major party's nomination for President of the U.S.

Monday, March 27, 2017

CELEBRATE THE BLACK WOMAN



    FANNIE LOU HAMER-1917-1977-CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER/ACTIVIST-PHILANTROPHIST

Sunday, March 26, 2017

CELEBRATE THE BLACK WOMAN


       DOROTHY HEIGHT-1912-2010-CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST-HUMANITARIAN-EDUCATOR
                              Her life's work represents dedication to justice for all.

Saturday, March 25, 2017

CELEBRATE THE BLACK WOMAN


                                     CLARA WARD-1924-1973-GOSPEL MUSIC PIONEER
                                First gospel singer to sing with a 100-piece symphony orchestra

Friday, March 24, 2017

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                                                  ETHEL L. PAYNE-1911-1991
                             JOURNALIST-PUBLISHER-EDUCATOR-CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER
                                         First Black Woman Radio and Television Commentator

Thursday, March 23, 2017

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                                    NAOMI SIMS-1948-2009-Model-Writer-Businesswoman
                                            One of America's first Black Supermodels

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

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                                          LENA HORNE-1917-2010
                               SINGER-DANCER-ACTRESS-CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

CELEBRATE THE BLACK WOMAN


                                   ELLA JOSEPHINE BAKER-1903-1986
                                           CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

Monday, March 20, 2017

CELEBRATE THE BLACK WOMAN


                           IDA B. WELLS-1862-1931-WRITER-JOURNALIST-EDITOR-ACTIVIST
            Born a slave, she brought international attention to the lynching of Black people in the South in the 1890s.

Saturday, March 18, 2017

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                                                       HARRIET TUBMAN-1820-1913
                           ABOLITIONIST-ARMED CIVIL WAR SCOUT/SPY-HUMANITARIAN
                            ***LEAD CONDUCTOR ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

Friday, March 17, 2017

CELEBRATE THE BLACK WOMAN


                                                           ROSA PARKS-1913-2005
                                                  THE "FIRST LADY" OF CIVIL RIGHTS

Thursday, March 16, 2017

CELEBRATE THE BLACK WOMAN


                                                BRIDGET "BIDDY" MASON-1818-1891
                                      NURSE-REAL ESTATE ENTREPRENEUR-PHILANTROPIST
Born a slave she organized First A.M.E. Church, the oldest Black church in Los Angeles, California

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

BIRTH of a COMMUNITY CREATOR


SLY STONE, Musician, Songwriter, and Record Producer was born SYLVESTER STEWART on this day 3/15/1943 in Denton, Texas.

His band, SLY and the FAMILY STONE was instrumental in the development of the music genres of SOUL, ROCK, and FUNK. Sly and the Family Stone was inducted into the ROCK and ROLL HALL OF FAME in 1993.

CELEBRATE THE BLACK WOMAN


                                                SOJOURNER TRUTH-1797-1883
                                              Abolitionist-Women's Rights Activist

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

CELEBRATE THE BLACK WOMAN


                                                 MARIE CATHERINE LAVEAU-1801-1881-Voodoo Practitioner
                                                  The most powerful woman in New Orleans in the 19th century

Monday, March 13, 2017

CELEBRATE THE BLACK WOMAN


                                                ELIZABETH HOBBS KECKLEY-1818-1907-Seamstress-Author
An ex-slave who bought her freedom in 1852. She was an expert seamstress and dressmaker. In 1861 she became the dress-designer, personal modiste and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln, the President's wife.

Sunday, March 12, 2017

CELEBRATE THE BLACK WOMAN


                                          SUSAN (SUSIE) BAKER KING TAYLOR-1848-1912
                                  First Black teacher to openly instruct Black students in Georgia.
                                       Nurse with a Black regiment during the Civil War

Saturday, March 11, 2017

CELEBRATE THE BLACK WOMAN


                                            SARAH PARKER REDMOND-1824-1894
A free Black woman who lectured against slavery in the British Isles and other parts of Europe prior to the Civil War. She made her first anti-slavery speech at the age of sixteen.

Friday, March 10, 2017

CELEBRATE THE BLACK WOMAN


                                       EMMA JANE ATKINSON-A FREE BLACK WOMAN
                                       CONDUCTOR ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

Thursday, March 9, 2017

CELEBRATE THE BLACK WOMAN


                                                      JULIANN JANE TILLMAN
This picture is from 1844. It was labelled "Mrs Juliann Jane Tillman, Preacher of the A.M.E. Church.                      Women were not "officially" allowed to preach until more than a hundred years later.

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

CELEBRATE THE BLACK WOMAN

                                                 ROGER ARLINER YOUNG - 1899-1964
                                               First Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in Zoology

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

CELEBRATE THE BLACK WOMAN


                                           ELIZABETH TAYLOR GREENFIELD-1809-1876
                                                America's First Black Classical Music Singer
                              The first Black singer to gain recognition in both Europe and the United States.

Monday, March 6, 2017

jazz LEGEND

JOHN LESLIE  "WES"  MONTGOMERY was born on this day 3/6/1923. He was one of  the greatest jazz guitarists of all time.






CELEBRATE THE BLACK WOMAN


                                                        ALTHEA GIBSON-1927-2003
                            First Black tennis player to win the French, Wimbledon, and U.S. singles titles

Sunday, March 5, 2017

CELEBRATE THE BLACK WOMAN


                                                 EMMA VIRGINIA KELLEY- 1867-1932
                                                Founder of the Grand Temple Daughters of Elks

Saturday, March 4, 2017

CELEBRATE THE BLACK WOMAN


                                                   ZORA NEALE HURSTON-1901-1960
                                                       Novelist,Folklorist,Anthropologist

Friday, March 3, 2017

CELEBRATE THE BLACK WOMAN


                                                    GWENDOLYN BROOKS-1917-2000
                                                First Black Poet to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry

Thursday, March 2, 2017

CELEBRATE THE BLACK WOMAN


  HETTIE LLOYD BROWN-1889-1970- FAMILY MATRIARCH
              MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER






REMEMBERING GRAND-MAMA
                               By Lonewolf




She was tall and lean
Skin as dark as night
Hands on her hips
Fists clenched tight when
She caught the spirit just right.
And at Pee Dee Baptist Church
On any Sunday afternoon
Mama be shouting and singing
Some ole time spiritual tune
Strutting back and forth
Holy ghost dancing across the floor
Shouting in the fire of  the spirit
Until she couldn't shout no more
Praise the Lord she be saying
Glory must be on high
Praise him hallelujah
Until the day I die











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                                           SARAH JANE WOODSON EARLY - 1825-1907
                                                                 Pioneer Educator

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

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                                         QUEEN MOTHER AUDLEY MOORE 1898-1997
                                                     Political, Social and Cultural Activist

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

BLACK HISTORY QUIZ - THE ANSWER


JAMES HERMAN BANNING was the first Black aviator to receive his pilot's license in the United States and the first Black aviator to complete a transcontinental flight.


Monday, February 27, 2017

PROFILES IN COURAGE


DAVID P. RICHARDSON, JR.  1948-1995

Became the youngest member of the Pennsylvania State Legislative District at the age of 24.  He went on to serve an outstanding 12 consecutive terms and was the prime sponsor of more than 400 proposed bills before Congress.

Sunday, February 26, 2017

profiles in COURAGE


                                  JOHN HERMAN HENRY SENGSTACKE  1912-1997
 WAS OWNER AND PUBLISHER OF THE LARGEST CHAIN OF BLACK NEWSPAPERS IN THE COUNTRY.