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African-American women were written out of the history of the woman suffrage movement. As the centennial of the 19th Amendment approaches, it’s time for a new look at the past. By Brent Staples Americans are being forced to choose between a cherished lie and a disconcerting truth as they prepare to celebrate the centennial of the […]
When You Are Lost, Thank Gladys West for Your GPS byCathy Dyson, The (Fredericksburg, Va.) Free Lance-Star /AP via militarytimes.com Gladys West was putting together a short bio about herself for a sorority function that recognized senior members of the group. She noted her 42-year career at the Navy base at Dahlgren and devoted one short-and-sweet line to the fact she […]
By Alexis Clark They were called “brown babies,” or “mischlingskinder,” a derogatory German term for mixed-race children. And sometimes they were just referred to as mutts. Born during the occupation years in Germany after World War II, the offspring of German women and African-American soldiers, their fathers were usually transferred elsewhere and their mothers risked social […]
courtesy of: http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2016/02/black-history-month-slavery-and-forced-migration-in-the-deep-south/ The theme for Black History Month in 2019 is “Black Migrations” tracking the continuous movement of blacks from the American South to the industrialized North and beyond. Beginning in the early 20th century, a growing number of black industrial leaders and black entrepreneurs emerged as families relocated from farms to cities, and from the South […]
The narrative that we are encouraged to believe, or at least accept, about white people’s youthful flirtations with racism is: that was then, this is now, and I am not that person – if I ever was. At the beginning of February, we saw a photo from the 1984 medical school yearbook page of Virginia […]
First African-American artist commissioned for US president portrait to be displayed in the Smithsonian: Kehinde Wiley First African-American artist commissioned for US first-lady portrait to be displayed in the Smithsonian: Amy Sherald First African-American president of the American Psychiatric Association: Altha Stewart First African-American woman to be major party nominee for state governor: Stacey Abrams First African-American superintendent of the United […]
Citizens of Color, 1863-1890:Black society after the Civil War In the nineteenth century, there were five Black churches. That number was probably due more to the variety of beliefs than a reflection of the number of Black neighborhoods in Hartford. According to the Hartford Black History Project, “Although the Front Street Black Neighborhood was not the […]
Alexa Canady Surgeon, Educator (1950–) In 1981, Alexa Canady became the first female African-American neurosurgeon in the United States. Dr. Alexa Canady was born on November 7, 1950, in Lansing, Michigan. While she was in college, a summer program inspired her to pursue a medical career. In 1981, she became the first female African-American neurosurgeon […]
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 […]
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, […]