-April 9, 1898- January 23, 1976 -Robeson attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., where he was an All-America football player. Upon graduating from…
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Black History Month- Dred Scott
-1795- September 17, 1858 -After the death of his original owner, he was sold to another man and spent time as a slave in two…
Continue Reading....Black History Month Featuring Ella Baker
-December 13, 1903- December 13, 1986 -Civil rights and human rights activist beginning in the 1930s. She was a behind-the-scenes activist whose career…
Continue Reading....Black History Month- Ida B. Wells-Barnett
-July 16, 1862- March 25, 1931 -She was a journalist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s and…
Continue Reading....Black History Month- Frederick Douglass
-February 1818- February 20, 1895 -African American who was one of the most eminent human-rights leaders of the 19th century. His oratorical and literary…
Continue Reading....Black History Month- W.E.B DuBois
-February 23, 1868- August 27, 1963 -American sociologist, the most important black protest leader in the United States during the first half of…
Continue Reading....Black History Month Featuring Barack Obama
-Born August 4, 1961 -He was elected the 44th President of the United States on November 4, 2008, and sworn in on January 20,…
Continue Reading....Black History Month- Nat Turner
-October 2, 1800- November 11, 1831 -Leader of a slave insurrection. -Sold three times in his childhood and hired out to John Travis (1820s),…
Continue Reading....Black History Month- Rosa Parks
-February 4, 1913- October 24, 2005 -Named “The Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement” – Most historians date the beginning of the modern…
Continue Reading....Black History Month Featuring Marcus Garvey
-August 17, 1887- June 10, 1940 -An orator for the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement…
Continue Reading....Black History Month- Thurgood Marshall
-July 2, 1908- January 24, 1993 -On June 13, 1967, President Johnson nominated Marshall to the Supreme Court. -Marshall was confirmed as an Associate…
Continue Reading....Black History Month- Dr. Garrett Morgan
-March 4, 1877- August 27, 1963 -On July 25, 1916, he made national news for using his gas mask to rescue 32 men trapped…
Continue Reading....Black History Month- George Washington Carver
-July 12, 1864- January 5, 1943 -Carver’s reputation is based on his research into and promotion of alternative crops to cotton, such as…
Continue Reading....Black History Month- Jackie Robinson
-January 31, 1919- October 24, 1972 -First black player in the MLB, making his debut in 1947 for the Brooklyn Dodgers. -His major league…
Continue Reading....Black History Month- Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson
-December 19, 1875- April 3, 1950 -Founder of Black History -Historian, author, journalist and the founder of the Association for the Study African…
Continue Reading....Black History Month- Susan B. Anthony
-February 15, 1820- March 13, 1906 -She dedicated her life to “the cause,” the woman suffrage movement. -The accomplishments of Susan B. Anthony paved…
Continue Reading....Black History Month- Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman – 1820 to March 10, 1913 -Born Araminta Harriet Ross -Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman escaped to freedom, and…
Continue Reading....Black History Month- Booker T. Washington
Okay we all know that the month of February is Black History Month. So what I’m doing this month is featuring a different person everyday…
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