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!

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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/

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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

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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.

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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

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On February 18, 1865, Rebel troops abandoned the city of Charleston, South Carolina. Some of the first Union troops to enter the city included members of the 21st U.S.C.T. (United States Colored Troops).

Taken from: https://www.cbs42.com/news/this-day-in-history-black-history-month-edition-february-18th/

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On February 17, 1870, Mississippi became the 9th state readmitted after the Civil War. Congress passed the resolution on the condition that Mississippi would never change its constitution to disenfranchise African-Americans.

Taken from: https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/this-day-in-history-black-history-month-edition-february-17th/

Enjoy Your 4 Day Weekend!

 See you on Wednesday the 18th!  Hope you get lots of rest!

Happy President's Day!

 

On this President's Day I want to highlight the 44th President - Barack Obama.  I miss him and his family!  They had no scandals, and were a family of love and decency!  Here is a current photo of his family now!  His girls are grown up!

I miss how he could laugh at himself!

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On February, 1972, playing in his 940th game, Wilt Chamberlain scored his 30,000th point. The Los Angeles Lakers star became the first player in NBA history to score that many points.

Taken from: https://www.cbs42.com/news/this-day-in-history-black-history-month-edition-february-16th/

Happy Black History Month

 

A great way to start Black History Month is with the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing..."  This is the anthem for Black History Month.  NFL plays it every year at the Super Bowl.  So here is Alicia Keys singing it for the NFL.  

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On February 15, 1804, New Jersey began the process to abolishing slavery in the state. The state legislature approved a law that would bring gradual emancipation in the Garden State. New Jersey was the last Northern state to outlaw slavery.

Taken from: https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/this-day-in-history-black-history-month-edition-february-15th/

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On February 14, 1818, “The Great Emancipator,” Frederick Douglass was born. While this day is considered his birthday, the exact year and date of Douglass’ birth are unknown. Late in life, Douglass chose to celebrate it on February 14th. He became one of the most famous intellectuals of his time, a leader of the abolitionist movement, and dazzled thousands with his oratory skills. Douglass was also an accomplished writer, writing on his experiences in slavery and his life after the Civil War.

Taken from: https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/this-day-in-history-black-history-month-edition-february-14th/

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On February 13, 1957, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference organized a New Orleans meeting with Martin Luther King Jr. as president.

Taken from: https://www.cbs42.com/cbs-42-living-local/this-day-in-history-black-history-month-edition-february-13th/

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

 

This Day in Black History

 

On February 12, 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded. The call for the meeting meant to organize the association was issued on the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday.

Taken from: https://www.cbs42.com/cbs-42-living-local/this-day-in-history-black-history-month-edition-february-12th/

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February, 11 in 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from a South African prison after being held for 27 years as a political prisoner.

Taken from: https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/this-day-in-history-black-history-month-edition-february-11th/

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February 10 in 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed the U.S. House of Representatives. A few months later, on July 2nd, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson would officially sign it into law.

Taken from: https://www.cbs42.com/news/this-day-in-history-black-history-month-edition-february-10th/

Happy Black History Month

 

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This Day in Black History: Feb. 9, 1906

Poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar dies in Dayton, Ohio. Also, Leroy “Satchel” Paige nominated to Baseball Hall of Fame.

Taken from: https://www.bet.com/article/qfcy6e/this-day-in-black-history-feb-9-1906

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This Day in Black History: Feb. 8, 1986

On Feb. 8, 1986, figure skater Debi Thomas became the first African-American to win the Women's Singles of the U.S. National Figure Skating Championship competition while studying as a pre-med student at Stanford University.

Taken from: https://www.bet.com/article/ybfhif/this-day-in-black-history-feb-8-1986

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Feb. 7, 1926: Carter G. Woodson Launched Negro History Week

This crusade is much more important than the anti-lynching movement,
because there would be no lynching if it did not start in the schoolroom.
— Carter G. Woodson

Taken from: https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/carter-woodson-black-history-month/

Happy Black History Month

 

A GREAT movie that tells the true story of black women excellence in the 1960s is Hidden Figures.  The women the movie follows were the human calculators of NASA double, triple checking numbers. What they did for this country is EXTRAORDINARY!!!! See the movie if you have not!

This Day in Black History

 

February 6, 1820

This Day in Black History: Feb. 6, 1820

On Feb. 6, 1820, 88 free Black men and women set sail for the British colony of Sierra Leone aboard a ship called the Mayflower of Liberia.

Taken from: https://www.bet.com/article/ad61pg/this-day-in-black-history-feb-6-1820

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February 5,  1934

On this day in 1934, Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron Jr., was born in Mobile, Alabama. “Hammerin’ Hank” broke Babe Ruth’s home run record when he knocked career home run 715 out the park. Though that record has since been broken, he still holds the records for most career runs batted in (RBI’s) with 2,297, most career total bases with 6,856, and most career extra base hits at 1,477.

Taken from: https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/this-day-in-history-black-history-month-edition-february-5th/

This Day In Black History

 

February 4, 1996

On this day in 1996, the Republican Party selects Oklahoma representative J. C. Watts to respond to President Bill Clinton’s recent State of the Union Address. Watts was the first African-American to do the response.

Taken from: https://www.cbs42.com/cbs-42-living-local/this-day-in-history-black-history-month-edition-february-4th/

Happy Black History Month

 

February is Black History Month!  To celebrate this month every this day in history will be a moment in black history.  Also I will highlight moments in Black History.

Marian Anderson

On Easter Sunday 1939 Marian Anderson sang at the Lincoln Memorial in D.C.  She was the BEST singer in the world and the Daughter's of yhe American Revolution denied her singing at their venue.  So members in the government organized a singing at the Lincoln Memorial.