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Black History Month 2018 honors “African Americans in Times of War” like the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, who were highly decorated for their service in World War II. The theme for Black History Month in 2018 was “African Americans in Times of War” honoring those brave men and women who served their countries in the armed […]
How Watermelons Became a Racist Trope Before its subversion in the Jim Crow era, the fruit symbolized black self-sufficiency. Courtesy Brown University Library WILLIAM R. BLACK “But the stereotype that African Americans are excessively fond of watermelon emerged for a specific historical reason and served a specific political purpose. The trope came into full force […]
Meet Bessie Blount Griffin, a physical therapist, inventor, and forensic scientist who invented an electronic feeding device in 1951 to help amputees feed themselves. She also invented the cardboard disposable emesis basis. A physical therapist working with wounded soldiers during World War II, Griffin realized that soldiers struggled with feeding themselves. She programmed a tube to […]
Wangari Maathai founded the Green Belt movement in Kenya in 1977, which has planted more than 10 million trees to prevent soil erosion and provide firewood for cooking fires. A 1989 United Nations report noted that only 9 trees were being replanted in Africa for every 100 that were cut down, causing serious problems with deforestation: soil runoff, […]
Charlotte Forten was born into a prominent African American family in Philadelphia. Her father, Robert, was the son of James Forten (1766-1842), was a businessman and antislavery activist who was a leader in Philadelphia’s free black community, and his wife, also named Charlotte, identified in census records as “mulatto.” The elder Charlotte, along with her three daughters […]
A return to debtors’ prisons: Jeff Sessions’ war on the poor One day after President Donald Trump invited Republican lawmakers to the White House to celebrate the historic tax cuts they passed for corporations and wealthy business leaders, his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, quietly reinstated a draconian policy that effectively serves as a regressive tax […]
28 Days, 28 Films for Black History Month By MANOHLA DARGIS and A.O. SCOTT https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/01/movies/28-essential-films-black-history-month.html 2/1/18 IT HAS BEEN ALMOST A YEAR since Barry Jenkins’s “Moonlight” won the Oscar for best picture. This awards season, Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” and Dee Rees’s “Mudbound” have received multiple nominations and accolades, optimistic signs that black filmmakers are receiving more opportunities in the […]
Have you had your flu shot this year? The best time to get a flu shot is NOW, because flu season runs from mostly October through May, and it takes a couple of weeks after getting the shot for it to become effective. WHY SHOULD PEOPLE GET VACCINATED AGAINST THE FLU? Influenza is a serious […]
What Happens to Your Body When You Overeat? Click HERE for a graphic that shows what happens.
These 9 Tax Deductions Are Going Away in 2018 Learn what the tax bill just took away from taxpayers. The new tax reform bill is now law, and taxpayers can expect a lot of changes to take place in 2018. Reduced tax rates, higher standard deductions, and higher child tax credits for families are just a […]
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2012/01/13/archives-president-reagan-designates-martin-luther-king-jr-day-federal-holiday RONALD REAGAN AND THE REWRITING OF MARTIN LUTHER KING’S LEGACY It’s become an MLK Day tradition for conservatives to point to King’s speeches on nonviolence and equality as a way to criticize modern black activists. Meanwhile, King’s popular image—transmitted in elementary school lessons for the holiday—has been drained of its radical social critiques and has […]
Octavia E. Butler Author(1947–2006) Octavia E. Butler was born on June 22, 1947, in Pasadena, California. She studied at several universities and began her writing career in the 1970s. Her books blended elements of science fiction and African American spiritualism. Her first novel, Patternmaster (1976), would ultimately become one of the installments in the four-volume Patternist series. Butler […]
Marie M. Daly Chemist, Scientist, Scientist(1921–2003) Marie M. Daly is best known for being the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry in the United States. Marie M. Daly was born on April 16, 1921, in Queens, New York. She was raised in an education-oriented family, and Daly quickly received her B.S. and M.S. […]
More to Think About: Community Rep. John Larson came to Faith Church for many reasons. Rep. Larson has visited numerous times, bringing information and keeping us informed. On this visit, he did two important things: he presented a copy of a proclamation in conjunction with having Rev. Camp’s words read into the Congressional Record, and […]