GO CELEBRATE YOUR MOTHER, WHO GAVE YOU THE GIFT OF LIFE!
Sunday, May 11, 2014
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY
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GO CELEBRATE YOUR MOTHER, WHO GAVE YOU THE GIFT OF LIFE!
GO CELEBRATE YOUR MOTHER, WHO GAVE YOU THE GIFT OF LIFE!
Saturday, May 10, 2014
THE BLACK EXPERIENCE 101
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DIRECTIONS: Read the clue. Each clue tells about a famous Black American. Can you name that person?
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Hint: This person was instrumental in creating the Black community.
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Clue: This person visited President Abraham Lincoln in the White House in 1864.
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Answer to quiz provided next Sunday, 5/18/14
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ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S QUIZ: BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
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DIRECTIONS: Read the clue. Each clue tells about a famous Black American. Can you name that person?
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Hint: This person was instrumental in creating the Black community.
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Clue: This person visited President Abraham Lincoln in the White House in 1864.
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Answer to quiz provided next Sunday, 5/18/14
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ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S QUIZ: BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
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ARMED FORCES DAY
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Many Americans celebrate Armed Forces Day every year on the 3rd Saturday in May. It is a day to pay tribute to the men and women who serve in the United States armed forces.
Many events take place across the country on this day. This year it will be celebrated on May 17, 2014.
DON'T FORGET OUR BLACK SOLDIERS WHO HAVE SERVED IN AMERICA'S ARMED FORCES FROM THE BEGINNING!
GET OUT AND CELEBRATE!
For a list of events/activities log on to timeanddate.com/holidays/us/armed-forces-day
Many Americans celebrate Armed Forces Day every year on the 3rd Saturday in May. It is a day to pay tribute to the men and women who serve in the United States armed forces.
Many events take place across the country on this day. This year it will be celebrated on May 17, 2014.
DON'T FORGET OUR BLACK SOLDIERS WHO HAVE SERVED IN AMERICA'S ARMED FORCES FROM THE BEGINNING!
GET OUT AND CELEBRATE!
For a list of events/activities log on to timeanddate.com/holidays/us/armed-forces-day
Sunday, May 4, 2014
THE BLACK EXPERIENCE 101
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DIRECTIONS: Read the clue. Each clue tells about a famous Black "American". Can you name this person?
Hint:--This person was instrumental in CREATING THE BLACK COMMUNITY!-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CLUE: This person started a school in Alabama where Black children could learn skills such as shoe making and farming.
Answers next Sunday, 5/ll/14 on The Black Experience 101
DIRECTIONS: Read the clue. Each clue tells about a famous Black "American". Can you name this person?
Hint:--This person was instrumental in CREATING THE BLACK COMMUNITY!-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CLUE: This person started a school in Alabama where Black children could learn skills such as shoe making and farming.
Answers next Sunday, 5/ll/14 on The Black Experience 101
Friday, April 25, 2014
INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY CELEBRATION
APRIL 30, 2014 is celebrated as INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY at various locations throughout the world to highlight jazz and it's diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe.
It brings together communities, schools, artists, historians, academics, and enthusiasts, all over the world to celebrate and learn about jazz, it's roots, it's future, and it's impact on society.
HERE ARE A FEW WAYS TO CELEBRATE:
*** Play jazz recordings
*** Play video clips of jazz performances
*** Decorate with jazz pics or posters
*** Research jazz roots in your local area
BUT DON'T JUST DO IT FOR A DAY, DO IT EVERYDAY!
To discover more ways to celebrate and a very special event webcast that you can participate in, click on the following link jazzday.com
It brings together communities, schools, artists, historians, academics, and enthusiasts, all over the world to celebrate and learn about jazz, it's roots, it's future, and it's impact on society.
HERE ARE A FEW WAYS TO CELEBRATE:
*** Play jazz recordings
*** Play video clips of jazz performances
*** Decorate with jazz pics or posters
*** Research jazz roots in your local area
BUT DON'T JUST DO IT FOR A DAY, DO IT EVERYDAY!
To discover more ways to celebrate and a very special event webcast that you can participate in, click on the following link jazzday.com
Saturday, April 19, 2014
JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH
April is National Jazz Appreciation Month. It's celebration highlights jazz as a living historical treasure. After all, jazz is America's original art form.
Keep in mind also, that jazz was created by people of color and transported throughout the African diaspora to all parts of the world. It embodies a spirit of freedom that impassioned an enslaved people in the American colonies to survive the rigors of chattel slavery and rise to be all that they can.
The goal of JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH (JAM) is to showcase and stimulate the current jazz scene, and encourage all people to join in the celebration.
So check out the special programs going on in your neck of the woods.
Go out to a jazz club or listen to recordings or a jazz radio station, (personally, I listen to wbgo.org, the jazz source. Pandora.com, which is free internet radio where you create your own music station is also an option), support jazz programming in your city, read a book, (I am currently reading, "John Coltrane," a biography by Bill Cole, an oldie but goodie book, copyright 1976, which I found and pulled down from my book shelf and dusted off. I'm sneezing a lot, but I'm reading a lot too.
Hey I remember now, I bought it from a public library book sale many years ago in Brooklyn, New York. Remember when they used to sell discarded books for next to nothing? I think they still do it now!
ANYWAY, get in the swing of things. YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED!
For more info click on americanjazzmuseum.org (Kansas City, Missouri) and then click on smithsonianjazz.org (Washington, D.C.) and then jazzmuseuminharlem.org (New York City)
GO LISTEN TO SOME JAZZ! RIGHT NOW!
Keep in mind also, that jazz was created by people of color and transported throughout the African diaspora to all parts of the world. It embodies a spirit of freedom that impassioned an enslaved people in the American colonies to survive the rigors of chattel slavery and rise to be all that they can.
The goal of JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH (JAM) is to showcase and stimulate the current jazz scene, and encourage all people to join in the celebration.
So check out the special programs going on in your neck of the woods.
Go out to a jazz club or listen to recordings or a jazz radio station, (personally, I listen to wbgo.org, the jazz source. Pandora.com, which is free internet radio where you create your own music station is also an option), support jazz programming in your city, read a book, (I am currently reading, "John Coltrane," a biography by Bill Cole, an oldie but goodie book, copyright 1976, which I found and pulled down from my book shelf and dusted off. I'm sneezing a lot, but I'm reading a lot too.
Hey I remember now, I bought it from a public library book sale many years ago in Brooklyn, New York. Remember when they used to sell discarded books for next to nothing? I think they still do it now!
ANYWAY, get in the swing of things. YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED!
For more info click on americanjazzmuseum.org (Kansas City, Missouri) and then click on smithsonianjazz.org (Washington, D.C.) and then jazzmuseuminharlem.org (New York City)
GO LISTEN TO SOME JAZZ! RIGHT NOW!
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