Join me Wednesday @ 6pm EST/5pm CST when #MusComEnt celebrates #ValentinesDay early #BlackHistoryMonth-style with “Sylvie’s Love” (2020). Available on Amaz*n and for free here (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Zslnc5XTfuDAbez98jIT1Lc_FWRXG9P&si=bHialefG2jZ-13bI)
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On this day in 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (#NAACP) was founded.
In a 2003 interview for WQED’s Black Horizons, then-NAACP Chairman Julian Bond reflected on the ongoing fight for equality: https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-be7a7033642
Now more than ever is a great time to be reminded of the powerful work of Margaret Morgan Lawrence (1914-2019) & honor her extraordinary legacy.
Decades before "social determinants of health" was coined, she spoke of "nature, nurture and noxia"
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This is the visual #artist Jonathan Harris from #Detroit #Michigan
The title of his work is called "#CriticalRaceTheory"
(his website: https://jonathanharrisart.bigcartel.com/ )
#blackhistorymonth
@blackmastodon
Bessie Coleman (1892-1926)
-first licensed Black woman pilot.
Denied access to flight training in the USA, Bessie Coleman learned French and went to France for flight training.
When astronaut Mae Jemison made history as the first black woman in space, she was carrying a photograph of Bessie Coleman with her.
-image credits via:
https://dressparade.org/bessie-coleman/
#BlackHistoryMonth Day 15
Astronaut Leland Melvin. Also a former professional football player. He flew two missions on the Space Shuttle Atlantis as a mission specialist. In all, Melvin logged over 565 hours in space. & he took the GREATEST official NASA astronaut photo in history.
Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !
Feb 17
Q: Why is it OK for Black folk to like the Black Panthers, but white folk can't like the klan? Black supremacy is just as bad as white supremacy! Why the double standard?
Read the whole linked thread. Every. Word.
Read about Frances Thompson, a Black, transgender woman whose testimony before Congress helped push them to ratify the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. This is the history that has been whitewashed - and straightwashed - in the US and that is once again in danger of being forgotten.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/us/frances-thompson-transgender-memphis-massacre/index.html
#lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtqia2s #Black #BlackHistoryMonth #trans #transgender
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”
MLK, 1967 #BlackHistoryMonth
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https://www.cityheightscdc.org/stories/mlk-quotes-too-radical-to-be-white-washed
via @ike_seblon 🙏🏽 &
@breadandcircuses
⚠️ Post en edición:
Necesito organizar (aunque haya cosas que no siga) un calendario de los "eventos" mensuales del #literaverso.
Así que si conocéis alguno más o me he dejado alguno, decidme, porfa.
Enero:
Febrero: #Febreve (#LittleFebruary) y #BlackHistoryMonth (EEUU, Canadá y Jamaica)
Marzo: #EnMarzoLeeGratis y #MarzoAsiático
Abril:
Mayo: #MayoScifi
Junio: #LeeConOrgullo (#ReadWithPride)
Julio: #JulioFantástico
Agosto:
Septiembre:
