This Day in Black History

 

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/

This Day In Black History

 

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

 

This Day In Black History

 

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

This Day In Black History

 

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

This Day in Black History

 

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!