This Day In History

 

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February 23, 1979, Frank E. Peterson Jr. became the first African-American General in the Marine Corps. Before then he was also the first African-American Marine Corps aviator.

Taken from: https://www.cbs42.com/news/this-day-in-history-black-history-month-edition-february-23rd/

We are the Champions!

 

Booker T - Boy's Basketball are District Champions for the last 3 years in a row UNDEFEATED!!!  Now playoffs!  

CONGRATS BOOKER T!

This Day in Black History

 

February 22, 1989, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince (Will Smith) won the first ever Grammy for best Rap song with their hit “Parents Just Don’t Understand.” Other nominees for the inaugural award were: J. J. Fad, “Supersonic”; Kool Moe Dee, “Wild Wild West”; LL Cool J, “Going Back to Cali”; and Salt-n-Pepa, “Push It”.

Taken from: https://www.cbs42.com/news/this-day-in-history-black-history-month-edition-february-22nd/

This Day In Black History

 

February 21, 1965

February 21, 1965: In New York City, Malcolm X, a Black nationalist and religious leader, is assassinated while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights. He was 39.

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/february-21/malcolm-x-assassinated

This Day in Black History

 

February 20, 1956

Civil rights activists are arrested for organizing a bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.

Taken from: https://www.naacpberkshires.org/announcements/black-history-month-a-day-in-history-february-20-1956/

Happy Black History Month

 

A great movie to see about the Tuskogee Airmen is Red Tails.  It follows their time in World War II.  You see the bravery and discrimination they faced daily.  George Lucas, the director of Star Wars, heard their story and had to tell it.  But not one movie studio green lit it.  So he spent $100 million of his own money to tell the story.

This Day in Black History

 

This Day in Black History: Feb. 19, 1942

The Tuskegee Airmen were initiated into the armed forces on Feb. 19, 1942.

Taken from: https://www.bet.com/article/eec7q8/this-day-in-black-history-feb-19-1942