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Republican Revival--Great Email from a member of Republican Revival ! Ricardo Jackson It would be more appealing to minorities if you posted pictures of some of the most prominent African American republicans starting with (former slave) Frederick Douglass ( one of the founding members) He was also, an adviser to President Lincoln and all republican presidents in the 19th century. Dr. Martin Luther King was a republican. I am a minority and a republican strategist. If you want to put those miserable democrats on the run, address the origin of the republican party. Democrats will not refute what you say, They will go on the offensive. When you're armed with truth, the truth will stand, and you stand your ground.

Chloe just came home with an A on her 'Root Causes of American Slavery and the Civil War" Test. My little social-justice-oriented historian in the making. Chloe's learning about these important points in our history reminded me of the horrific learning experience I had in my 7th and 8th grade years. Not only did my school have a 'slave auction' but I remember being assigned a social studies project in which I got the state of South Carolina. I presented on this state -- even constructing a plantation with cotton fields -- and never mentioned the state's horrific past in terms of slavery and the exploitation of Blacks. My teacher never discussed these atrocities nor did my text book. I'm so glad that Chloe goes to a public school with a mandated African American history curriculum (as well as lessons on other racial and ethnic groups, religions, and class). She was all about Frederick Douglass and John Brown today!

History of Pan-Africanism Some claim that Pan-Africanism goes back to the writings of ex-slaves such as Olaudah Equiano and Ottobah Cugoano. Pan-Africanism here related to the ending of the slave trade, and the need to rebut the 'scientific' claims of African inferiority. For Pan-Africanists, such as Edward Wilmot Blyden, part of the call for African unity was to return the Diaspora to Africa, whereas others, such as Frederick Douglass, called for rights in their adopted countries. Blyden and James Africanus Beale Horton, working in Africa, are seen as the true fathers of Pan-Africanism -- writing about the potential for African nationalism and self-government amidst growing European colonialism. They, in turn, inspired a new generation of Pan-Africanists at the turn of the twentieth century -- JE Casely Hayford, and Martin Robinson Delany (who coined the phrase 'Africa for Africans' later picked up by Marcus Garvey). African Association and Pan-African Congresses Pan-Africanism gained legitimacy with the ...

In Lincoln, the movie, where were Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman? "People like Tubman and Douglass were leaders of an abolitionist movement without which the 13th Amendment might never have been proposed to begin with. They were, unlike Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, believers in the full humanity of black people. In short, they werenâ€™t white supremacists." RACEFILES

Getcha knowledge on;Manufacturing Content/Consent, The Prince,The life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Karl Marx the Communist Manifesto,48 laws of power,The rose that grew from the concrete by Tupac, Black Boy and Native Son By Richard Wright. And anything Written by Langston Hughes

When I was young(er), my heroes were not imaginary characters from comic books, cartoons or TV shows like the Bionic Woman, the Six Million Dollar Man, of the Incredible Hulk. My heroes were real people, human beings, flesh and blood, people like Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez, Dorothy Day, Daniel Ellsberg, Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Eugene Debs, Mother Jones, Joe Hill, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and the other Abolitionists and Suffragists.

On this day in a second-grade classroom in the Midwest, Harvey Milk was on the same stage as Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth and Elizabeth Cady Stanton as an 8-year-old *** boy who has never seen the need for a closet told Milk's story.

"Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe." - Frederick Douglass quotes from BrainyQuote.com

TQ Dr. Myat Kaung for reminding this Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which is a theory in psychology proposed by Abraham Maslow in his 1943 paper "A Theory of Human Motivation".[2] Maslow subsequently extended the idea to include his observations of humans' innate curiosity. His theories parallel many other theories of human developmental psychology, some of which focus on describing the stages of growth in humans. Maslow used the terms Physiological, Safety, Belongingness and Love, Esteem, Self-Actualization and Self-Transcendence needs to describe the pattern that human motivations generally move through. Maslow studied what he called exemplary people such as Albert Einstein, Jane Addams, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Frederick Douglass rather than mentally ill or neurotic people, writing that "the study of crippled, stunted, immature, and unhealthy specimens can yield only a cripple psychology and a cripple philosophy."[3] Maslow studied the healthiest 1% of the college student population.[4] Maslow's theory was ...

Day 5 of Women's History Month we honor he spirit of Harriet Tubman, freedom fighter and Underground Railroad "conductor." It has been 100 years since she made her transition from this life. During a ten-year span she made 19 trips into the South and escorted over 300 slaves to freedom. And, as she once proudly pointed out to Frederick Douglass, in all of her journeys she "never lost a single passenger."

To understand Ingersollâ€™s importance, one need only look at a partial list of distinguished Americans of his own generation who were influenced by his arguments and, even more important, younger admirers who lived on into the twentieth century to make critical contributions to American politics, science, business, and law and to become leaders on behalf of civil liberties and international human rights. This list of nineteenth-and twentieth-century luminariesâ€” poets, artists, inventors, social reformers, even a member of the Baseball Hall of Fameâ€” includes Clara Barton, Clarence Darrow, Luther Burbank, Eugene V. Debs, Frederick Douglass, W. C. Fields, H. L. Mencken, Robert M. LaFollette, Andrew Carnegie, Margaret Sanger, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Thomas Edison, and my favorite Ingersoll fan of all, â€œWahooâ€ Sam Crawford, baseballâ€™s outstanding power hitter throughout the first two decades of the twentieth century.* Ingersollâ€™s appeal as a freethinker cut across politic ...

More â€˜Slaveâ€™ Movies in the Works for 2013 Quentin Tarantino sparked something quite interesting or just beat all other filmmakers to the punch. Seven more â€˜slaveâ€™ themed films are scheduled to premiere this year. One IdieWire.com writer speculates Hollywood is on a celebratory kick, commemorating the 150-year anniversary of the Civil War. Among the seven films to expect this year are â€œTwelve Years A Slaveâ€ starring Chiwetel Ejiofo, Michael Fassbender, Ruth Negga and several others; Chimamanda Ngozi Zdichieâ€™s â€œ Half of a Yellow Sun Movie,â€ also starring Chiwetel; Cuba Gooding Jr. is set to take the lead in â€œSomething Whispered,â€ a film about a man who attempts to help his family escape from a tobacco plantation; Jeremiah Trotter will play the role of Big Ben Jones alongside Keith David, as Frederick Douglass in â€œThe North Starâ€; â€œBelle,â€ a story of a mixed-race girl in the 1700s, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Miranda Richardson, Tom Wilkinson, and Sarah Gadon; â€œThe Keeping Roomâ ...

THE BLACK LONG ISLAND ICED TEA PARTY "In 1849, Frederick Douglass had a paper named the North Star that printed an article called "Girls Hold Up Your Heads." The commentary piece pushed women to get an education and strive for "complete development" of their intellectual power. It also ridiculed men who didn't respect the worth of women. In 1993, Tupac released a song called "Keep Ya Head Up" that spoke of the ill conditions that women faced in impoverished communities. He also told brothers that it was time to "be real" with our women. See the connection? Two great orators and writers with the same powerful message." - Albert Phillips Jr.

Put a Nail in the Coffin Because Black History Month Is Dead Well, Black History Month is over. Hope you enjoyed your kente-print streamers and gaze upon your decorative baobab tree. Before you gently place your commemorative Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass salt and pepper shakers back in the curio, not to be seen for another yearsâ€™ time, riddle me this: What new thing have you learned about black people in this fleeting 28-day celebration? Iâ€™ll wait. Mmm hmm. Still waitinâ€™.

Ok... So me and Derrick were out and about and we saw a black history poster displayed at a store... But, i was disturbed to see faces like Whitney Houston, Micheal Jackson and Micheal Jordon listed on this poster... I would think much more deserving of remembrance would be people like... Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr,Frederick Douglass ,Booker T. Washington ,Thurgood Marshall ,Malcolm X , Carter G. Woodson, James Weldon Johnston ,George Washington Carver ... you may disagree, but having a God given talent then turning to drugs instead of doing anything to truly deserve anything more than admiration of your voice doesn't seem worthy of celebration or teachings... And if your going to add an athlete i would think you would add one that really fought segregation to play and opened doors for the next like Moses Fleetwood walker or many others ...don't get me wrong Michael Jordon was great, but other than that what is his legacy?... I'm just saying

Black History Month celebrations are incomplete without a salute to nationally recognized fundraiser Dr. Frederick Douglass Patterson, founder of the United *** College Fund. Named for abolitionist Frederick Douglass, Patterson was committed not only to fundraising but to collective fundraising th...

=TIME to VENT= Not all white people are racist!!! Some of the most loving, caring and GOD FEARING people I know are WHITE! Got it its February and its "Black History" month but save all this racist B.S. for someone who isn't educated in the facts!!! STOP putting people in classes because of the color of there skin...SOUND FIMILAR?! It should and you should pick up a book before you go ranting about "white people screwed black folks by giving us the month of February" Well let me school you on OUR month you ignorant __fill in the blank__! Fact number ONE: Black History Month was founded by Carter G Woodson (WHO WAS A BLACK MAN). Not freaking Martin Luther King...go kill yourself for that Fact number TWO: The month of February was selected in deference to Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln who were both born in that month. So now that I have let that off my chest do yourself a big favor and STATE FACTS before you make yourself look like an ***

This has been a great month. Remembering our past as well as focusing on our future. Celebrating those who had paved a road for us. Black History Month should not be taken for granted for all the men and women who poured their hearts into making that history rich. Figures like Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Thurgood Marshall, Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, George Washington, as well as many more great Black men and women fought for change. We must remember those who fought so we too would learn what is worthy to fight for. Today is a new day and there are new wars. I pray that we rise up and like those great figures from the past, that we will fight for ourselves as well as those who are standing with us. This has been a great month full with rich history. This month celebrates their story, but is our story worthy enough to be read? Lets start a new page and write an inspiring powerful story of knowledge, love, and sacrifice for much better causes than for ourselves.

Black History Facts: February 20 - Death of Frederick Douglass (78), Douglass was the leading Black spokesman for almost fifty years. He was a major abolitionist and a lecturer and editor. Charles Wade Barkley, basketball player, born Leeds, AL, February 20, 1963. February 21 - today in 1987, African Americans in Tampa, Florida rebelled after an African American man was killed by a white police officer while in custody. February 22 - Julius Winfield( "Dr.J") Erving, former basketball player, born Roosevelt, NY, Feb 22, 1950. Also on this day DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince win the first rap Grammy for the hit single "Parents Just Don't Understand." February 23 - Baseball catcher Elston Gene Howard was born in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1965, Howard signed a $70,000 contract with the NY Yankees and became the highest paid player in the history of baseball at the time in 1929. February 24 - Former world heavyweight boxing champion Jimmy Ellis was born James Albert Ellis in Louisville, Kentucky in 1940. Elli ...

If you ever wondered, and your little known Black History Fact: February was chosen as Black History Month because two important birthdays occur in Februaryâ€”that of Abraham Lincoln, the author of the Emancipation Proclamation, and that of Frederick Douglass, an early African American abolitionist

Black history is U.S. history February 21, 2013 By Cynthia Tucker ï¿¼ Eighty-seven years ago - when Black Americans were still terrorized by lynching - black historian Carter G. Woodson had a simple but powerful idea: Designate a week to celebrate the contributions that Black Americans had made to their country. Woodson chose the second week of February to commemorate the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. *** History Week, as it was known, was an important development for its time. Back then, official history barely acknowledged the presence of Black Americans, while popular culture actively diminished their humanity. Black Americans desperately needed an acknowledgement of their patriotism, enterprise, and ingenuity. Knowledge is power. Decades later, the landscape has changed, yet Woodson's commemoration - now Black History Month - lingers. It is an artifact that, ironically, works to minimize the myriad ways in which Black Americans' accomplishments are part of the national mosaic. . ...

ï¿¼ In September of 1848, the incredible Frederick Douglass wrote the following open letter to Thomas Auld â€” a man who, until a decade previous, had been Douglass' slave master for many years â€” and published it in North Star, the newspaper he himself founded in 1847. In the letter, Douglass writes of his twenty years as a slave; his subsequent escape and new life; and then enquires about his siblings, presumably still "owned" by his old master. He even asks Auld to imagine his own daughter as a slave. It's a lengthy letter, but perfectly written and such a valuable read. The final paragraph is also exquisite. (Source: The Frederick Douglass Papers; Image below via Library of Congress; Image above, of Frederick Douglass, c.1874, via Wikipedia.) ï¿¼ Transcript TO MY OLD MASTER. Thomas Auld, Sir: The long and intimate, though by no means friendly, relation which unhappily subsisted between you and myself, leads me to hope that you will easily account for the great liberty which I now take in addressing y ...

Itâ€™s the last day of Black History Month. I donâ€™t think that there should be one month set aside for just black history. The black people in our country are just as much apart of this countries history as any other nationality. Their stories should be told year round for all to hear, not set aside until February every year. I on the other hand know that a man named Carter Goodwin Woodson, who was a noted historian and publisher, and who was a pioneer in American Black history selected February for several reasons. As February has an enormous significance in Black American history. First it is in celebration of two historical figures who had a great impact on the Black population. They are Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. As well as other people and events that are significant to February and Black History are: W.E.B. Dubois, who was born on February 23, 1868, and who was a Civil Rights leader and co-founder of the N.A.A.C.P. The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution was passed on ...

Black History Month- Be proud of your heritage! Day 28 fact: I called myself sharing a Lil Black history with my kids but I hope some of my FB family got a Lil something as well! My son aka Dude gave me a new insight into African-American history. In his words, "Dad, I know why we need Black History Month but I think Black History Month should go away! This should be part of American history! All American should be proud of these pioneers because they wanted the best for the United States!" I pray that some day we can be a nation like that!!! I think God for all that fought and lead the fight! There are not enough days in a year to name all that fought/lead for civil rights in the United States! Here's a list of a few (if you haven't heard of some, google them): Ralph Abernathy, Mary McLeod Bethune, John Brown, Linda Brown, Ruby Bridges, Frederick Douglass, Medgar Evers, John F. Kennedy, Martin L. King Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks, Homer Plessy, Dred Scott, Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman!

One more day of Black people month. I'm tearing up a lil bit. I was going to dress up like Frederick Douglass, but I didn't have time to get any glue. :( I failed you. But please come to the Gallery tomorrow night any way and celebrate my melanin one mo time. 10:30.

Rosa Parks . a champion of civil rights was honored today and Just like all the other famous supporters of Civil Rights like Martin Luther King Jr., Booker T. Washington, Harriet Tubman, and Frederick Douglass, she was a Republican.

Come to the Hope Drop In center on Tuesday, March 5th at 1 PM to listen to Kenny Morris speak! Kenny is a direct descendant of Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington, and currently serves as the president of the Frederick Douglass Family Foundation. FDFF's purpose is to create awareness about modern-day slavery in an effort to combat it. The HOPE Drop In Center is located at 13001 Ramona Blvd. Suite I. Irwindale, CA 91706. Refreshments will be served!

Today we salute L. Douglas Wilder. Lawrence Douglas Wilder was born January 17, 1931, in the segregated Church Hill neighborhood of Richmond. The seventh of eight children, Mr. Wilder was named for the African American writers Paul Laurence Dunbar and Frederick Douglass. His father, Robert, was an insurance salesman, and the younger Mr. Wilder recalled a childhood of "gentle poverty." His mother, Beulah, encouraged his education by making him learn a new word every day from a crossword puzzle. Mr. Wilderâ€™s aunt, meanwhile, held formal teas where all the children were expected to perform. Mr. Wilder later said he learned at these events how to speak in front of crowds. Mr. Wilder attended George Mason Elementary School and Armstrong High School, then racially segregated. He did his undergraduate work at Virginia Union University, where he graduated with a degree in chemistry in 1951. Wilder is a prominent life member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity. Mr. Wilder served in the Korean War, earning ...

Some random questions/thoughts... What if politicians admitted they were corrupt and compromised liars at election time? Would we care? Would Jesus, John the Baptist and others be received as heroes or heretics, today? Would the U.S. Bill of Rights pass todayâ€™s U.S. House or U.S. Senate? What if every profession paid $5.00 per hour? Which career would you pursue? What if families were as functional today as they were in the 1950's? Would Dr. King or Frederick Douglass issue todayâ€™s generation of politicians and religious leaders a rebuke or praise? How would a young child prodigy named Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart be received in today's American public schools? If new knowledge and technology is improving medical procedures and overall health, why is healthcare going up? What would happen if no one watched the news, bought a newspaper, paid for advertising, or subscribed to a news site for 6 months? Instead, what if people went to city council meetings, state legislature sessions, and engaged our represent ...

Director Young's exceptional docudrama chronicles the multitude of contributions to America made by African Americans, from scientist Benjamin Banneker and notable poetï»¿ Phillis Wheatley to later promiminent figures including Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass.

(1843) Henry Highland Garnet, "An Address To The Slaves Of The United States" The National *** Convention of 1843 was held in Buffalo, New York drawing some seventy delegates a dozen states. Among the delegates were young, rising leaders in the African American community including Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown, Charles B. Ray and Charles L. Remond. Twenty-seven year old Henry Highland Garnet, a newspaper editor and pastor of a Presbyterian Church in Troy, New York, however captured most of the attention of the delegates with his â€œAn Address to the Slaves of the United Statesâ€ in which he called for their open rebellion. The speech failed by one vote of being endorsed by the convention. The speech appears below. Brethren and Fellow Citizens:â€”Your brethren of the North, East, and West have been accustomed to meet together in National Conventions, to sympathize with each other, and to weep over your unhappy condition. In these meetings we have addressed all classes of the free, but we have .. ...

Early on in Western medical history, vaccines have been held with much public skepticism. Edward Jenner first published his claims that scratching cowpox pus into the arms of healthy children could protect them against smallpox in 1802. Almost immediately, a cartoon was published showing vaccinated people with cowsâ€™ hooves and horns. As the anti-vaccine movement began to build, it brought prominent supporters like Frederick Douglass and Leo Tolstoy. Even George Bernard Shaw called vaccinations â€œa peculiarly filthy piece of witchcraft." Anti-vaccers from the beginning have been brow-beat and scorned by the main stream, yet the unvaccinated children are much healthier by and large than the vaccinated children. ~ Via Craig Stellpflug, NDC

I am happy to live in a time where several of the best picture nominees speak to the Black experience in America (Lincoln, Django Unchained, Beasts of the Southern Wild-my favorite I even cried at the little reel they showed) and to the experience of People of Color around the world (Life of Pi, Zero Dark Thirty, Argo). I find it depressing that the majority of the individual nominees are white. It is as if many of the film makers used the richness of of these "other" experiences and stories as a backdrop for another movie that employes and is about/for white people. I get why Affleck made the casting choice he did and told that story the way that he did. I also get why Spielberg made this movie instead of the one he originally wanted to make about the relationship between Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. However, in the aggregate, it is very dispiriting to see all these white folks winning awards and accolades for films that exploit the stories of POC here and around the world for the "drama" that makes . ...

At the dawn of the twentieth century black men of distinction had long functioned in various leadership posts, especially in the churches and benevolent association movement. Some, notably Frederick Douglass among them, had even served in high government posts. But by and large they lived lives sepa...

Of all the places for Black History Month to get its start, a college fraternity may seem like a long shot. Carter Woodson, the son of former slaves and the second black American to receive a Harvard University degree, urged Omega Psi Phi fraternity to create *** History and Literature Week. February because both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass were born in in that month. In the 1970s, amid the Black Power Movement, the association changed *** History Week to Black History Month.

After the bloody East St. Louis Race Riot of 1917, Madam Walker devoted herself to having lynching made a federal crime. In 1918 she was the keynote speaker at many National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) fund raisers for the anti-lynching effort throughout the Midwest and East. She was honored later that summer by the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) for making the largest contribution to saving the home of abolitionist Frederick Douglass. She donated large sums of money to the NAACP's anti-lynching campaign and later in her life revised her will to support black schools, organizations, individuals, orphanages, retirement homes, as well as YWCAs and YMCAs. Builders completed construction of Madam Walker's home, Villa Lewaro, in August of 1918 in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York. Her neighbors included industrialists Jay Gould and John D. Rockefeller. The grand estate served not only as her home but also as a meeting place for summits of race leaders to discuss current ...

THANK YOU EMMETT TILL'S FAMILY!!! "Yesterday marked a week since the â€œunofficialâ€ release of â€œKarate Chop~remixâ€ inclusive of your lyrics. The words we speak are powerful enough for preservation of life but also have the capacity to destroy it. When you spit lyrics like â€œBeat that pâ€”-y up like Emmett Tillâ€, [sic] not only are you destroying the preservation and legacy of Emmett Tillâ€™s memory and name, but the impact of his murder in black history along with degradation of women. The tongue possesses power! I could offer you a history lesson and talk about the trailblazers that paved the way for our people and lyricists to engage in freedom of speech such as Marcus Garvey, Nat Turner, Frederick Douglass, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mamie Till Mobley; but this isnâ€™t an argument about freedom of speech. It is critical that we stay true to urgency of the hourâ€¦ our youth! Your â€œcelebrityâ€ thrusts you into the spotlight affording you the opportunity to embrace y ...

Truth!!! And I dont care if you dont like it! Grow your mind up and stop acting like sheep!(Rahsaan Street In my readings of the Slave Narratives of Frederick Douglass he mentions this too, and if people watched the movie Django they wouldve saw the master whipping the slave and reciting the Bible while doing so,)

In Honor of Black History Month: In 1893, Charles Douglass, son of the famous Frederick Douglass, was denied entry into a white-only resort in Bay Ridge, Maryland. Upset, Douglass purchased his own plot of beach land from a nearby black farmer. Although the land was as small as two city blocks, it became itâ€™s own getaway for blacks, and gave root to a new vacation spot that was free from racism. The area was known as Highland Beach. Intellects like Paul Robeson, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Dubois, Langston Hughes and Paul Laurence Dunbar were found at the small, but quaint Highland Beach. Douglass built his father a home on the beach and named it Twin Oaks. It was meant to be his fatherâ€™s place to reflect on his life as a former slave turned a free man with property and prosperity. Unfortunately, Frederick Douglass passed away before the home was complete. Since 1922, the beach had been run by its own â€˜government,â€™ which was said to have attributed to its survival during the Jim Crow era. As dese ...

My students are busy and learning for Black History Month we have covered James Balwin (writer) Mae Jemison (Astronaut) Marian Anderson (Singer) and our final discussion will be on Frederick Douglass (abolitionist) it is with great pleasure to teach my students about black history and the struggle of our people lets not forget our civil rights and the movenent our black leaders fought for i am proud to be a African American Queen

Amabutho-Ubuntu On this day in Black History February 21 1895 North Carolina Legislature, dominated by Black Republicans and white Populists, adjourned for the day to mark the death of Frederick Douglass. 1924 Robert Gabriel Mugabe is born, and is the President of Zimbabwe. As one of the leaders of the guerrilla movements against white-minority rule, he was elected into power in 1980. He served as Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987, and as the first executive head of state since 1987. Mugabe rose to prominence in the 1960s as the Secretary General of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) during the conflict against the white-minority rule government of Ian Smith. Mugabe was a political prisoner in Rhodesia for more than 10 years between 1964 and 1974. Upon release with Edgar Tekere, Mugabe left Rhodesia in 1975 to re-join the fight during the Rhodesian Bush War from bases in Mozambique. At the end of the war in 1979, Mugabe emerged as a hero in the minds of many Africans. He won the general electi ...

(Feb. 20, 1895 R.I.P. Frederick Douglass) Frederick Douglass was born in a slave cabin, in February, 1818, near the town of Easton, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Separated from his mother when only a few weeks old he was raised by his grandparents. At about the age of six, his grandmother took him to the plantation of his master and left him there. Not being told by her that she was going to leave him, Douglass never recovered from the betrayal of the abandonment. When he was about eight he was sent to Baltimore to live as a houseboy with Hugh and Sophia Auld, relatives of his master. It was shortly after his arrival that his new mistress taught him the alphabet. When her husband forbade her to continue her instruction, because it was unlawful to teach slaves how to read, Frederick took it upon himself to learn. He made the neighborhood boys his teachers, by giving away his food in exchange for lessons in reading and writing. At about the age of twelve or thirteen Douglass purchased a copy of The Colu ...

Hillsdale College was founded in 1844 by men and women who proclaimed themselves â€œgrateful to God for the inestimable blessings resulting from the prevalence of civil and religious liberty and intelligent piety in the land,â€ and who believed that â€œthe diffusion of sound learning is essential to the perpetuity of these blessings.â€ Hillsdale was the first American college to prohibit in its charter any discrimination based on race, sex, or national origin. Associated with the anti-slavery movement from its earliest days, it attracted to its campus anti-slavery leaders such as Frederick Douglass and Edward Everett, who preceded Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg. Several of the Collegeâ€™s leading men were instrumental in founding the new Republican party up the road in Jackson, Michigan, in 1854. And Hillsdale sent a larger percentage of its students to fight for the Union in the Civil War than any other American college or university except West Point. Two of those Hillsdale veterans helped carry Lincol ...

Frederick Douglass Born as a slave in 1818, Frederick Douglass was separated from his mother at the age of eight and given by his new owner, Thomas Auld, to his brother and sister-in-law, Hugh and Sophia Auld. Sophia attempted to teach Frederick to read, along with her son, but her husband put a stop to this, claiming, â€œit would forever unfit him to be a slave.â€ Frederick learned to read in secret, earning small amounts of money when he could and paying neighbors to teach him. In 1838, Frederick Bailey (as he was then known) escaped and changed his name to Frederick Douglass. At the age of 14, he hadexperienced a conversion to Christ in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and his recollection of that traditionâ€™s spiritual music sustained him in his struggle for freedom: â€œThose songs still follow me, to deepen my hatred of slavery, and quicken my sympathies for my brethren in bonds.â€ An outstanding orator, Douglass was sent on speaking tours in the Northern States by the American Anti-Slavery ...

Celebrate Black History Month - Live African American History Museum, Saturday, February 23, 1pm - 4pm. Watch some of the most important and influential figures in African American history come to life as they share their life stories, struggles and accomplishments. You will be able to visit, engage and listen to 20 personalities including Lena Horne, Harriet Tubman, Madam C.J. Walker, Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, Sojourner Truth, Richard Pryor, Gabby Douglas, Louis Armstrong, George Washington Carver, Ed Bradley, LeVar Burton, Garrett Morgan, Cicely Tyson and more. Personalities will be found throughout the common areas of the mall between 1pm and 4pm.

Frederick Douglass, Jr.Carte-de-Visite c 1867-1870 S.M. Fassett, Chicago, IL Frederick Douglass, Jr., the second son and third child of Frederick and Anna Douglass. During the Civil War, he was a recruiting agent. Fred, Jr. and his brother, Lewis, became publishers of the new National Era in Washing...

Today in History - February 20 1792 President George Washington signed the Post Office Act, establishing a permanent Post Office Department. 1809 The Supreme Court ruled the power of the federal government is greater than that of any individual state. 1895 Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, author, and orator, died. 1962 John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth. 1998 Tara Lipinski won the Olympic figure skating gold medal. 2003 A fire in a nightclub in Warwick, R.I., killed 100 and injured over 150.

RED HOT is the fire of purification re Reasons to Be Black and Proud FEBRUARY 8, 2012 BY JANELLE HARRIS Well, itâ€™s February yâ€™all! Iâ€™ve seen fried chicken on sale in our honor and the other day, a white dude proudly told me that he knows the whole first stanza of â€œWe Shall Overcome,â€ to which I gave him a hesitant thumbs-up. All signs point to our four-week time to shine and, because 2012 is a leap year, we get a bonus day. Hot diz-am! I fully intend to make the most of it. I love Harriet Tubman, I appreciate Frederick Douglass, Iâ€™m a Tuskegee Airmen groupie, but there is so much more to Black history than them, the Emancipation Proclamation and sports trivia. Out of most of the facts and tidbits pertaining to this fine stretch of year reserved just for us, however, thatâ€™s what it pretty much boils down to. You know, I feel like kicking over a crate of kittens every time I see that stupid Ancestry.com commercial where the man is so tentative about exploring his history because he can kinda g ...

I wanted to put my ten cents in about Black History Month because I have been hearing alot of different comments here lately and most of what I have heard has upset me- the reason i am speaking up in defense of Black History Month. I feel the reason Black History exists is because of the wonderful things Black Americans have done for this country now and even 3 to 4 hundred years ago. Black Histor...y isn't just for Black people but for everyone. The efforts of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Carter G. Woodson, Marcus Garvey, and Martin Luther King (to name a few) has helped to shape all of America-not one race but all races; Period! The reason Black History Month exists is because it encourages us to go back in history and discover on our own what efforts Black Americans did to help shape this country. I have also realized that we as a Society/country aren't keen on keeping up with history. Also, Society as a whole isn't very good at recording or letting us know the true efforts of what a person of c ...

Do You Know the First B. Anthropologist was Haitian! The First Black Anthropologist Joseph Auguste AntÃ©nor Firmin was born on October 18, 1850 in Cap-Haitien. He grew up with modest means in Haitiâ€™s second largest city. AntÃ©nor Firmin worked as a schoolteacher and journalist before he became a prominent lawyer who married former President Sylvain Salnaveâ€™s daughter. Firmin emerged onto Haitiâ€™s political scene as a leader in the Liberal Party, when Florville Hyppolite led an insurgence to assume the presidency in 1899. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Hyppolite administration, during the time Frederick Douglass became Americanâ€™s leading diplomat to Haiti. The two luminaries led intense negotiations on US efforts to acquire a naval base at Mole-St. Nocholas. Once the white businessmen who would benefit from the deal began to criticize Douglass as seeming â€œmore Haitien than Americanâ€ because of his deep respect for Haiti, the state department sent a white emissary and several nav ...

What are the Roots of Freedom and Slavery? Posted on February 15, 2013 by Dr. Will Tuttle: Educator & Author 224 0 share 2 283 POPULAR POSTS Speaking Truth to Power: Understanding the ... 7 Must-Try Vegan Protein Powders 7 Delicious Vegan Candy Recipes...Just in Time ... â€œOne day the absurdity of the almost universal human belief in the slavery of other animals will be palpable. We shall then have discovered our souls and become worthier of sharing this planet with them.â€ ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. What is slavery, and why does it persist? Human slaveryâ€”the ownership of other human beings as property for oneâ€™s own purposesâ€”is so repugnant to us that it has been strictly outlawed in every nation on this planet. And yet only 160 years ago here in the U.S. slavery was still widely practiced, justified, defended, and encouraged by mainstream religious, educational, governmental, and financial institutions. Looking back, we see this slavery as the devastating nightmare that, as Frederick Douglass ...

Blue Plaque to commemorate writer, social reformer & abolitionist Frederick Douglass Weds 20 Feb Nell Gwynn House, Whiteheads Grove, London SW3. More info: On Wednesday 20th February 2013 at noon, a blue heritage plaque will be unveiled in South Kensington to honour the American Social reformer and abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The plaque will be unveiled on Nell Gwynn House, Whiteheads Grove, SW3 which is the site of the former home of British abolitionist George Thompson, who Frederick Douglass stayed with for a time in 1846, while lecturing in London on the horrors of the enslavement regime*. Organized by the English Heritage approved plaque scheme, the Nubian Jak Community Trust, this will be the first blue plaque unveiled in the capital for 2013. It is likely to be immense media interest due to the fact that the abolition of the enslavement regime* is current box office gold dust with the multi-award oscar nominated "Lincoln" and the equally popular "Django Unchained." The installation date for th ...

Ebenezer D Bassett (Oct 16, 1833-1908) was an educator, abolitionist, and civil rights activist; he was also the first African American US Ambassador/diplomat. He was appointed US Ambassador to Haiti in 1869. He was born in Derby, CT to freed black parents. He was bought up in a community in which free blacks had a strong tradition of owning their own property, running their own businesses, and playing important leadership roles. His father was elected â€œBlack Governorâ€ in Connecticut, an unofficial honorific among the black community. His parents ensured he received the best education possible and in 1853 he was the first black student to attend the college at Connecticut Normal School. After school he taught school in New Haven, CT where he met and became friends with Frederick Douglass. Soon Bassett was offered the chance to teach at a progressive new all-black high school in Philadelphia, which later became known as Cheyney University of Philadelphia, where he taught Latin, Greek, mathematics and s ...

~ A Salute To Black History Month ~ I Feel Their Struggle Within My Being When I think of great people who have long been gone, many come to mind: Anne Spencer, James Weldon Johnson, Frederick Douglass, Willye White, Alain Locke, Jean Toomer, Marcus Garvey, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Amanda America Dickson, Sojourner Truth, W.E.B. Du Bois, Joe Louis, Ida B. Wells, Langston Hughes, just to name a ...few. Some were writers, champions and some were activists. Some were granted manumission. Some were the result of unwanted force. I ask myself, how many eons must go by before the world gets a hold of itself? Why fuss and fret while you are the majority? Why not be a catalyst to unite the world? With your attitude and actions, you will not loose. You will always have enough for yourselves. Your possessions, Iâ€™m speaking of. This world has more than enough for everyone. Your negative attitude reminds me of the plight of so many great people in different walks of life from the past, whom should be celebrated for the ...

I love the month of February not only cause my bday but Black History Month as well. My son said he didn't know who Malcom X was they only learned about Rosa Parks and Mlk so I bought Malcolm X and some Frederick Douglass, Amastad, Emit Tele, Richard Pryor, Phyllis Wheatley, some are movies some are books ...one of my favorite books Poetry with Nikki G., Langston Hughes, Must Angelo and a few others we have to keep our kids educated On our history cause the schools are slacking even if they don't go to Cleveland public...knowledge is the key

Black History Month... SPIRIT OF BLACK FOLKS REMEMBERED Remember Harriet Tubman, Black Moses to us. Remember Rosa Parks who stayed seated on the bus. Remember Benjamin Banneker who helped lay out D.C. Remember Thurgood Marshall, the first black justice-to-be. Remember Bessie Smith who sang the blues. Remember â€œthe *** Speaks of Riversâ€ penned by Langston Hughes. Remember Matthew Henson, who planted the flag at the North Pole. Remember Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul. Remember Stokely Carmichael â€œBlack Powerâ€ his choice. Remember Grace Brumby and her operatic voice. Remember Jesse Owens and his blazing track speed. How he embarrassed the foreign ruler and made Olympic history. Remember Alex Haley who showed us his roots. Remember Colin Powell and his general four-star boots. Remember brilliant brothers Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Remember Fannie Coppin who received her college degree. Remember great physicians like Dr. Charles Drew. His method of preserving plasma has aided lots of you. R . ...

When President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, he said, "I never, in my life, felt more certain that I was doing right than I do in signing this paper." In Boston, Frederick Douglass called the Proclamation a "worthy celebration of the first step on the part of the nation in its departure from the thraldom of the ages." It was indeed a first step; the impact of the Emancipation Proclamation was more symbolic than practical. The Proclamation only freed the slaves in the 10 Confederate states still in rebellion, where the governors were hardly inclined to comply. Slavery continued in border states, even in a few Northern states that still allowed it. Ever the politician, Lincoln undoubtedly had strategic goals in mind. The Proclamation served as a warning to Southern states to surrender or they would lose slavery as the basis of their economic survival. It also encouraged Union support by Britain and France, where slavery had already been abolished. The Proclamation ...

Saturday, February 16th in Black History: 1) Frederick Douglass, orator & activist, elected President of Freedman Bank & Trust, 1857 2) Bessie Smith makes her first recording, "Down Hearted Blues," which sells 800,000 copies for Columbia Records, 1923 3) New York City Council passed bill prohibiting racial discrimination in city-assisted housing developments, 1951 4) Levar Burton, known for his acting in the TV Miniseries "Roots," and for his regular role in "Star Trek: Next Generation" series, born in Germany, 1957 5) Joe Frazer knocks out Jimmy Ellis to become world heavyweight champion, 1970 6) Wilt Chamberlain, basketball legend, scores his 30,000th point, becoming the 1st NBA player to reach it Sunday, February 17th in Black History: 1) Opera singer Marian Anderson born, 1902 2) Huey Newton, founder of the Black Panther Party, born, 1942 3) Michael Jordan, one of NBA's all time greats, born in Brooklyn, 1963 4) Navy frigate USS Jesse L. Brown, 1st Black naval aviator killed in Korean combat, was com ...

Today, I stood in the oldest Black church in America... The place where Harriet Tubman brought slaves along the Underground Railroad; where Frederick Douglass spoke; where Lewis Hayden was deemed one of the most dangerous and powerful black men of the anti-slavery movement; where Col. Robert Gould Shaw, lead the recruitment of the MA 54th Regiment; where self-made black men and women seeded education from nothing; where the abolitionists movement required black and white men and women to be more than heroes - it required a conscious, resilient commitment to a future they KNEW wouldn't live to see. After ascending to the balcony alone, I sat and thought about all that my tour guide recited, with a full heart from clear memory, and quietly cried and thanked God for our blood.

I'm on the N train, headed uptown, just now, I've just been staring at the big new glassy black boxy building going up above Disaster Place - 51 Astor Place, it's calling itself, facing Cooper Union where Abe Lincoln and Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony and ACT UP met and spoke, not all at the same time, of course - and: have you seen the building? It's so corporate, I can't get used to it. Anyway, the train: I'm riding to Times Square, my front yard, and a bunch of people board the car at 14th Street, past midnight, late but not late late, Friday night, nobody's drunk yet. Six guys half my age in pinstriped suits they bought at JCPenney sit and stand beside and around me. Pasty-faced white guys, they're 22 years old, maybe? Wearing more or less the same suit and carrying matching black-leatherette-encased iPads. I'm thinking they're Mormons. Listen to me, taking inventory. I won't repeat the thoughts I had about JCPenney and Mormons. Forgive me, my LDS friends. Mormons do have their little reputat ...

Honoring the Father of Black History Month, Carter G. Woodson who, in 1926, lobbied schools and organizations (not the government!) to participate in a special program to encourage the study of African-American history, which began *** History Week. (Woodson had chosen February for the initial weeklong celebration to honor the birth months of abolitionist Frederick Douglass and President Abraham Lincoln.) The program was later expanded and renamed Black History Month in 1976. Nobody GAVE US Black History Month! Nobody sat and decided to choose the shortest month of the year! Somebody, 87 YEARS AGO!, didn't sit around whining, complaining, criticizing what everybody else was doing. He made a step! 50 years later, *** History Week was EXPANDED to Black History Month! That was 37 years ago! What have we done with it since? Nothing but complain. With all of our technology, what are we doing today to keep our culture, ensure our survival as a people, honor those who did what they could do in the time perio ...

Here's a sampling of Freading's African American Studies category of eBook downloads: Â 1. Frederick Douglass for Kids *2 tokens Publisher: Â Chicago Review Press Author: Â Sanders, Nancy I. Â Few Americans have had as much impact on this nation as Frederick Douglass. Born on a plantation, he later escaped slavery and helped others to freedom via the Underground Railroad. In time he became a bestselling author, an outspoken newspaper editor, a brilliant orator, a tireless abolitionist, and a brave civil rights leader. He was famous on both sides of the Atlantic in the years leading up to the Civil War, and when war broke out, Abraham Lincoln invited him to the White House for counsel and advice.Â Â Frederick Douglass for Kids follows the footsteps of this American hero, from his birth into slavery to his becoming a friend and confidant of presidents and the leading African American of his day. Â 2. Black Firsts *4 tokens Publisher: Visible Ink Press Â A testament to a rich but often overlooked part ...

2/25/2007 Savior's Day Chicago, Illinois Negativism And Dr. King's Spirit By Imam W. Deen Mohammed We come to now the issue of Negativism and Dr. King's spirit. Dr. Martin Luther King junior's spirit calls on us to be accountable. Dr. King left with us his faith in the people of America. Dr. King lived progress not negativism. Dr. King's faith is home grown. The roots are in liberty's best history. It is a history with a window to a living room. A sky scraping American people. A towering American people. Our history is a history of slavery but we fail to register some of the things in slavery that can contribute to us not becoming negative but staying positive. A slave master and his wife who gave their slave Frederick Douglass book to read to put Frederick Douglas on the road to education and statesmanship, and is a positive even in the history of slavery. And is a positive. Blacks have had many saviors Our history is also history of abolitionists who were European-American, whites Christian Quakers and ...

What made: Abraham Lincoln, Oprah Winfrey, Helen Keller, Mark Twain, Joan Baez, Walt Disney, Susan B. Anthony, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Steve Jobs, Frederick Douglass, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., household names? They all had dreams. They all believed they could make the world and their lives better, if they overcame their fears and followed their dreams. And, you know what, they were right. They rolled the dice. They threw caution to the wind. They stood up for what they believed in, trusted their instincts, and went for it. And the rest is history. You can do it too. Not one of them knew what would happen. They were all anxious, just like you are. They were all skeptical...just like you are. They all questioned if they were doing the right thing...just like you are doing now. But they did it anyway. So said all of that to say this: OPEN THE DOOR!

Black History Month...a wonderful time for our schools to enlighten students about what an awesome part African Americans have played and are still playing, in our American history. Also, a great time for ALL Americans to do the same! Sadly, when I was in school, history classes didn't touch on this subject, whatsoever, and it was not until college did I have a wonderful, full semester class, covering this subject. Mr. Frederick Douglass played a very important part in that history, and here's some very interesting information about him and the part he did play.

His mother called him her "Little Valentine" before slavery separated them. And since the exact date was unknown, Frederick Douglass chose February 14, 1817, as his birth date. Douglass later escaped slavery with forged papers and a sailor suit disguise. Douglass became an internationally renowned Underground Railroad stationmaster, orator, abolitionist, newspaper publisher, and significantly the leading male feminist of his day.

the following incredible talented people have birthday's today: Hugh Downs, Jack Benny, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Carl Bernstein, Alan Hunter, Teller, Tim Buckley, Paul Tsongas, Donna Shalala, Magic Sam, Murray the K, Frederick Douglass, Thomas Malthus, and the lover of all time - Lucrezia de'Medici

(1879) Robert J. Harlan, â€œMigration is the Only Remedy for Our Wrongsâ€ Between 1879 and 1880, six thousand Exodusters left Louisiana and Mississippi for Kansas. Their migration, prompted by the end of racially-integrated Reconstruction governments, by anti-black violence and by sharecropping and tenant farming, brought national attention including a Congressional hearing, and generated a national debate about whether African Americans should migrate from the South to improve their political and economic prospects or remain in the region and continue to demand their rights. Frederick Douglass, the nationâ€™s most prominent African American leader argued against migration because "it leaves the whole question of equal rights on the soil of the South open and still to be settled. " Continued migration "would make freedom and free institutions depend upon migration rather than protection. " Robert J. Harlan joined Richard T. Greener and other black leaders in opposing Douglass. In a speech on May 8, 1879 ...

Watch the story of how the friendship of Abraham Lincoln (Will Ferrell) and Frederick Douglass (Don Cheadle) overcame the slavery movement and the racism that existed in their day. Mary Todd Lincoln (Zooey Deschanel) also stars in this epic re-telling of a true American story. Watch as Jen Kirkmanâ€¦

We must not concern ourselves with Valentine's Day my brothers and sisters! For it was created under the image of a WHITE devil Cupid! But where's the love for the darker Cupid? None of course and all this in white America. So let us continue to celebrate out African American History month as we celebrate the life of Frederick Douglass! One of the more influential African American who was born on February 14! Ain't that right sister Chanel Cha'Monroe Smith?

1841) Frederick Douglass, â€œThe Church and Prejudice" Image Ownership: Public Domain Frederick Douglass would eventually become one of the most skilled and powerful orators of his day. In 1841, three years after he escaped slavery and settled in New Bedford, Massachusetts, 34-year-old Douglass gave a brief speech on a situation he had not anticipated, racial prejudice in Northern churches. His brief speech appears below. At the South I was a member of the Methodist Church. When I came north, I thought one Sunday I would attend communion, at one of the churches of my denomination, in the town I was staying. The white people gathered round the altar, the blacks clustered by the door. After the good minister had served out the bread and wine to one portion of those near him, he said, "These may withdraw, and others come forward;" thus he proceeded till all the white members had been served. Then he took a long breath, and looking out towards the door, exclaimed, "Come up, colored friends, come up! for you . ...

FAITH APOSTOLIC CHURCH PRESENTS â€œFREEDOM & JUSTICE: CHRONICLES OF AN AMERICAN HISTORYâ€ CHARLOTTE, Tenn., â€“ Faith Apostolic Church will be celebrating Black History Month with a program entitled â€œFreedom & Justice: Chronicles of an American Historyâ€ on Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 3:00 pm. Guest speakers include Freedom Rider, Dr. Allen Cason, Jr.; State Representative Brenda Gilmore; and Meharry Medical College Professor, Dr. Edward L. Risby. Michael E. Crutcher, Sr., renowned Frederick Douglass impersonator as seen in the Oscar nominated film Seabiscuit, has been added to the list of keynote speakers. Guests will journey through the plights of American history through personal reflections, music and dialogue. This event is free and open to the public. Program starts at 3:00 pm, doors open at 2:30 pm. (limited seating) For More Information: (615) 305-6731

BHC REMEMBERS: ISAAC WOODARD During this month of Black History, we recall the events of great names such as Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Mary Church Terrell, etc.. Let us also remember the struggles of ...Philleo Nash, The Scottsboro Boys, Ossian Sweet and Emmett Till and others. Isaac Woodard RIP.

Frederick Douglass (1818-95) was a prominent American abolitionist, author and orator. Born a slave, Douglass escaped at age 20 and went on to become a world-renowned anti-slavery activist. His three autobiographies are considered important works of the slave narrative tradition as well as classics of American autobiography. Douglass' work as a reformer ranged from his abolitionist activities in the early 1840s to his attacks on Jim Crow and lynching in the 1890s. For 16 years he edited an influential black newspaper and achieved international fame as an inspiring and persuasive speaker and writer. In thousands of speeches and editorials, he levied a powerful indictment against slavery and racism, provided an indomitable voice of hope for his people, embraced antislavery politics and preached his own brand of American ideals.

Black History 101: School is now in session Today we learn about Charlotte E. Ray (January 13, 1850-January 4, 1911). Charlotte E. Ray was the first African American female lawyer in the United States. Ray was born in New York City. Charlotte attended a school called the Institution for the Education of Colored Youth in Washington, D.C., which was one of the few places black women, could gain proper education. After this she became a teacher at Howard University in the Normal and Preparatory Department, which was the University's Prep School. While teaching at Howard, she registered in the Law Department. In the law school she specialized in commercial law, and graduated on February 27, 1872 and was the first woman to graduate from the Howard University School of Law. Ray was admitted to the District of Columbia Bar on April 23, 1872. She began her independent practice of commercial law in 1872, which she advertised in a newspaper called New National Era and Citizen owned by Frederick Douglass. She was t ...

Top 20 Black History Month Quotations 1.I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me. -- Muhammad Ali The Greatest (1975) 2.Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise. -- Maya Angelou "Still I rise," And Still I Rise (1978) 3.Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can. -- Arthur Ashe quoted in Sports Illustrated 4.Just like you can buy grades of silk, you can buy grades of justice. -- Ray Charles 5.The past is a ghost, the future a dream. All we ever have is now. -- Bill Cosby 6.There is no *** problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution... -- Frederick Douglass 7.You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation. -- . ...

Part 2 Douglass Biography The most famous African American opponent of slavery, Frederick Douglass's career spanned nearly the entire nineteenth century. He lectured on issues of race and gender with a power that resonated a century beyond his death. He began his speaking career with the Garrisonian abolitionists, narrating his experiences as a slave. The popularity of his speaking led to the publication of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, the first of his three autobiographies, in which he told the harrowing tale of his childhood as a slave, for the first time revealing names and locations. His meeting with Ida B. Wells-Barnett convinced him to support the movement for women's equality from its beginnings at the Seneca Falls meeting in 1848, although he eventually parted ways with many supporters of woman suffrage due to the exclusion of women from the fifteenth amendment. Douglass twice toured England and published a series of newspapers to support the antislavery cause, gradually shifting h ...

This album is fast becoming one of my favorites of all time. If you like hip-hop, or if you like thought-provoking music, even if you just like a good beat, then check it out. the tradition of Frederick Douglass, Henry Highland Garnett, Bishop Henry McNeal Turner, David Walker and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Sho intertwines Black history, a scathing, scripturally-sound critique of racism, and true Biblical spirituality â€“ all over dope, cutting-edge beats thatâ€™ll keep your head noddin.â€™" - Chris Broussard

In 1877 Reconstruction ends, but its legacy lingers. Electoral College tie for President is broken by congressional decision. Reuplican Rutherford B. Hayes gains Presidency, but southern states retain Democratic control (i.e., not regulated by Washington). White Democrats regain control and reinstate anti-black legislation. Henry O. Flipper is first black West Point graduate. Frederick Douglass is U.S. Marsha for District of Columbia.

It's Black History Month and as usual, the liberals are putting slavery on the forefront of education instead of the accomplishments of great African Americans... Where are the biographies of Louis Armstrong, George Washington Carver, Frederick Douglass, Mae C. Jemison, William Henry Johnson, etc.. Snoop Dogg & Tupac aren't black history.

Often I speak of Black Women's Herstory, and some of my brothers have challenged me on balance. So let me share my list of brother heros: Black History Month: My top ten historic Black men, in no particular order David Parker -- Manifesto WEB DuBois -- Souls of Black Folks, and his whole life Frederick Douglass -- The Meaning of the Fourth of July to the *** and other writing Marcus Garvey -- Black Line A Philip Randolph -- trade union leader Bayard Rustin -- Master organizer Walter White -- legendary NAACP chair and "passer" (he used his light complexion to infiltrate wf nonsense) Robert Weaver, economist and first African American cabinet member Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Brother Malcolm X Contemporary Black Men (again in no order) Vernon Jordan, "Vernon Can Read". Civil rights and corporate leader. . .and da bomb. Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, an amazing, resilient, supportive civil rights leader. Imperfect, as we all are, but shining through the imperfections to lead and lift us all up. John Wile ...

Highland Beach was founded in the summer of 1893 by Charles Douglass and his wife Laura after they had been turned away from a restaurant at the nearby Bay Ridge resort because of their race. They brought a 40-acre tract on the Chesapeake Bay with 500 feet of beachfront and turned it into a summer enclave for their family and friends. It became a gathering place for "upper-class blacks" , including many of them well known. Among the residents and guests were Paul Robeson, D.C. municipal court judge Robert Terrell and his wife Dr. Mary Church Terrell, Booker T. Washington, Robert Weaver, Alex Haley, W.E.B. DuBois, and poets Langston Hughes and Paul Laurence Dunbar. Charles Douglass' father, the famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass, visited and would have become a resident had he not died before the house that his son was building for him was completed. When Highland Beach was incorporated in 1922 it became the first African-American municipality in Maryland. Although founded as a summer resort, it is ...

I have tickets for the Andrew Johnson Heritage Association event for Black History Month. On Feb. 28, Michael E. Crutcher, Sr., will bring us Frederick Douglass, a leading abolitionist of the mid-1800's, at 7 pm at St. James Episcopal Church. Following the program, we will have a reception at the Dickson-Williams Mansion featuring Civil War savories and desserts. If you've never been to the mansion, it's a must-see. Tickets are $20.

Black History Fact: 1793 Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin greatly increases the demand for slave labor. 1808 Congress bans the importation of slaves from Africa. 1846 Frederick Douglass launches his abolitionist newspaper.

Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts was organized in March 1863 at Camp Meigs, Readville, Massachusetts by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, twenty-six year old member of a prominent Boston abolitionist family. Shaw had earlier served in the Seventh New York National Guard and the Second Massachusetts Infantry, and was appointed colonel of the Fifty-fourth in February 1863 by Massachusetts Governor John A. Andrew. As one of the first black units organized in the northern states, the Fifty-fourth was the object of great interest and curiosity, and its performance would be considered an important indication of the possibilities surrounding the use of blacks in combat. The regiment was composed primarily of free blacks from throughout the north, particularly Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Amongst its recruits were Lewis N. Douglass and Charles Douglass, sons of the famous ex-slave and abolitionist, Frederick Douglass.

Frederick Douglass, orator, abolitionist, womenâ€™s suffragist advocate, and civil rights activist was a former slave. He was educated and read the scriptures to his fellow slaves on Sunday mornings until such gatherings were broken up by neighboring slaveholders. He trained as a lawyer and he becameâ€¦

Radicals. Agitators. Troublemakers. Liberators. Called by many names, the abolitionists tore the nation apart in order to make a more perfect union. Men and women, black and white, Northerners and Southerners, poor and wealthy, these passionate anti-slavery activists fought body and soul in the most important civil rights crusade in American history. What began as a pacifist movement fueled by persuasion and prayer became a fiery and furious struggle that forever changed the nation. Bringing to life the intertwined stories of Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Angelina GrimkÃ©, Harriet Beecher Stowe and John Brown, The Abolitionists takes place during some of the most violent and contentious decades in American history, amid white-hot religious passions that set souls on fire, and bitter debates over the meaning of the Constitution and the nature of race. The documentary reveals how the movement shaped history by exposing the fatal flaw of a republic founded on liberty for some and bondage for ot ...

That we even have a Black History Month is something of a feat, given the long and complicated path of racial justice in America. The idea was first proposed as *** History Week" by historian Carter G. Woodson in 1926 to celebrate the February births of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.

I just updated my course description for my Summer 2013 graduate seminar (English 518), and I kinda like how it all turned out. Please contact me if you want a copy of the booklist. BTW, we're not reading every text mentioned in the description. That would be masochistic. English 518-001 (CRN: 24715 / Summer 2013 / 20 May-21 June 2013); Tuesdays & Thursdays, 5:30-10:00 p.m.; Prof. Jill K. Anderson Studies in Colonial and 19th-Century American Writers â€“ Freedom as Paradox: American Narratives of Captivity and Redemption In Summer 2013, our graduate seminar will explore a wide array of American narratives of captivity and redemption. From the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries, popular narratives and fictions have reflected and refracted American paranoia surrounding liberty and oppressionâ€”or, as Frederick Douglass imagines the binary in the title to his 1855 autobiography, our bondage and our freedom. As we read various literal and figurative captivity narratives, this course will examine the co ...

The Underground Railroad began operating in earnest in the 1830s in Rochester and vicinity. Both black and white people managed the railroad, as well as people of different denominations. The Quakers Isaac and Amy Post probably helped the greatest number of runaway slaves, followed by Presbyterians Samuel D. Porter and his sister Maria. Certain members of the founding Fitzhugh family were involved in helping the cause financially and politically. Elizabeth Potts Fitzhugh married James G. Birney, who became the Liberty Party candidate for president (1840 and 1844). Her sister, Ann Carroll Fitzhugh, was the wife of famed abolitionist and Congressman Gerrit Smith. A third sister, Mary E. Fitzhugh, was married to John Talman, a banker who owned the Talman Building in which Frederick Douglass was to begin his North Star. Talman also gave abolitionist speeches. When Frederick Douglass moved to Rochester in 1847 to begin his abolitionist newspaper, he became one of the prime "stationmasters" on the railroad. Bot ...

HISTORY TIDBIT IN CELEBRATION OF Black History Month: Martin Robison Delany (1812-1885) rose to become the highest-ranking African American officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, achieving the rank of major. Delany was born on May 6, 1812 in Charles Town, Virginia (became West Virginia in June 1863). He was taught to read and write as a child and grew to be an intellectual, abolitionist, and activist for African American self-reliance and empowerment during the 19th century. He started one of the earliest African American newspapers, The Mystery, and became an associate of Frederick Douglass. After his family moved to Pennsylvania, he studied medicine with a local physician and was admitted to Harvard Medical School in 1850. White students strongly protested his presence there and after one term of study he was dismissed. Delany believed that he had acquired enough knowledge to practice medicine and did so successfully. During the 1850s he traveled to Africa and developed plans to es ...

TODAY IN BLACK HISTORY 1866 - The distribution of public land and confiscated land to freedmen and loyal refugees in forty acre lots is offered in an amendment to the Freedmen's Bureau bill by Congressman Thaddeus Stevens. The measure is defeated in the House by a vote of 126 to 37. An African American delegation, led by Frederick Douglass calls on President Johnson and urges ballots for former slaves. The meeting ends in disagreement and controversy after Johnson reiterates his opposition to African American suffrage. 1934 - Henry (Hank) Aaron is born in Mobile, Alabama. After starting his Major League Baseball career with the Milwaukee Braves in 1954, he will distinguish himself as a home-run specialist. Aaron will be considered by some, the best baseball player in history. Over his 23-year Major League Baseball career, he will compile more batting records than any other player in baseball history. He will hold the record for runs batted in with 2297, and will be a Gold Glove Winner in 1958, 1959, and . ...

It's our month people! William Wells Brown â€“ abolitionist and writer While more people are familiar with his contemporary Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown was as prominent an African-American in his own right. Author, lecturer and abolitionist, he is perhaps best known as the first African-American novelist and the first published African-American playwright. Many of his writings had abolitionist themes and he did much to support the African-American cause in the latter part of the 19th century. Born into slavery, Brown died a prolific author, a free man, and a champion of human rights. and lets not forget TROY BOOKER: First to refer to a flavor of Kool-Aid as â€œred.â€

In honor of Black History Month, we recognize just a few of the many contributions African-Americans have made to the Red Cross during our history. For instance, did you know that Frederick Douglass was a close friend of Clara Barton? When she sought advice in her efforts to gain U.S. acceptance as a member nation of the global Red Cross network, Mr. Douglass offered encouragement and support and continued to support the work of the Red Cross after it was founded in 1881. Upcoming Blood Donation Opportunities: February 6, 2013. Georgia Southern University, 11-5pm, Williams Center Multipurpose Room,

Black histry month huh..ok. From Crispus Atakus to Frederick Douglass to LeBron James to Coby Bryant to joe Gilliam to Ray Lewis to Jacoby Jones to Malcolm X to Dr Martin Luther kink to Tusant Leoverture to Shakka Zulu to me and mine to mathafukkin President Barak Obama...mafuukaz I am somebody...ya best mafukkn believe...what *** WHAT.?! WHAT

10 names every American should know as vital to our history...Frederick Douglass, Dred Scott, Harriet Tubman, Phyllis Wheatley, Benjamin Banneker, George Washington Carver, Langston Hughes, Medgar Evers, Crispus Attucks, and John Lewis. Black history is inseparable from American History and should not be treated differently.

...First slave to write his way to freedom From the time when they first landed in Florida in the early 1500s, African Americans did their best to run away from the inhumane conditions of slavery. Over the course of slavery in the United States between 1513 and 1865, tens of thousands of people managed to escape, first south from the Carolinas and Georgia to the haven afforded by Spanish Florida before 1763, and later, north from the Southern colonies and states across the Mason-Dixon Line. More than a hundred of these "fugitive slaves," as they were called, even wrote or dictated books about their deliverance from bondage, detailing how they were able to escape. While each escape was something of a miracle, some of the methods that they used are astonishing. Everyone has their favorite slave narratives, as the genre of books is called. My own short list includes the stories of Henry Brown, William and Ellen Craft and Frederick Douglass. In 1838 Frederick Douglass donned a sailor's uniform, sewn by his so ...

The Massachusetts 54th Regiment The 54th was organized in March 1863, since it was an all black regiment except for it Leaders, and being the first black Regiment to be organized in the northern States all eyes were on its progress. If the performance turned out to be good, it would be the deciding factor if Black's could be used in Battle. The Men of the 54th Regiment was made up of mostly free blacks from the Massachusetts and Pennsylvania areas, Among them was two brothers Lewis & Charles Douglass who's father was a famous ex-slave Frederick Douglass. After Intense training and soon after arriving at Hilton Head, South Carolina on June 3, 1863 , the Men of the 54th saw their first action at James Island (Charleston, SC). The regiment earned its greatest fame on July 18, 1863, but not to the good, for their unsuccessful attack on the Confederate soldiers at Battery Wagner, cost them the lives of nearly 54 men from the regiment and about 200 men wounded among them were around 48 men never accounted for. ...

Day 2-2013 black history: The first black considered Presidential material was Frederick Douglass. In 1888 Frederick Douglass was invited to speak at the Republican National Convention. Afterward during the roll call vote, he received one vote, so was nominally a candidate for the presidency. In those years, the candidates for the presidency and vice-presidency were chosen by state representatives voting at the nominating convention. Many decisions were made by negotiations of state and party leaders "behind closed doors." Douglass was not a serious candidate in contemporary terms. George Edwin Taylor In 1904, George Edwin Taylor was president of the National *** Democratic League.[1] Southern Democrats were enacting laws that disfranchised most Black voters and were imposing segregation through â€œJim Crowâ€ laws. Northern Democrats seemed unwilling and/or unable to control the excesses of their Southern parties. The National *** Democratic League was fractured by the debate over the issue of linkin ...

A Supreme Court Justice. The Spanish have also contributed one, as well as giving us the great artists Salvidor Dali and Picasso. The African American people have given us several great thinkers and idealists (Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King Jr, Malcom X and Haile Selassie *not sure if the name is right*) as well as entertainers such as Sammy Davis Jr, Bob Marley, Michael Jackson (yes even though i dont much care for him as a person, Michael was a great musician) and Curtis Jackson. (kudos to those who know who that is) Plus countless other great figures and works of art. Take THAT, racism!

*Always wondered why we don't have a MALCOLM X Day There are several Black Americans who it could be argued should have a day â€” Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. DuBois, Ida B. Wells, Jackie Robinson, Thurgood Marshall and others â€” but I think we should seriously consider a national holiday celebrating the life of a man who indelibly changed America: Malcolm X. What ideals would be celebrated on Malcolm X Day, May 19, his birthday? Many. Malcolmâ€™s not a static intellectual figure â€” his mind journeyed throughout his life, he held firm to his principles but was also strong enough to re-evaluate his beliefs and change when he deemed change is right. He was far from a flip-flopper who moved because it was politically expedient â€” and thankfully not an intellectual mule who refused to change when he uncovered new information and perspectives. Malcolm was intelligent and bold enough to be open-minded. His courage to be a truth seeker is part of what weâ€™d celebrate â€” his wi ...

Man, i forgot about yesterday. It was Jackie Robinson's Birthday (his wife is still alive/90 yrs old) WE ALL KNOW THE STORY, AND SOME OF US BETTER THAN OTHERS (my Dad grew up in Brooklyn and saw him play) Now they are coming out with a Movie "42" has anybody seen previews?? Omar Epps would be great for the part (remember "Love and Basketball") cause he kinda looks like him. The pride of Pasadena (Muir High School) and THE GREATEST ATHLETE TO EVER GO TO UCLA (Lettered in 4 Sports) There is a picture i once saw of Him and Joe Louis when there in the Army in World War ll . He was as cut -up as Joe (wish i had it) I am glad the movie will teach a new generation of kids and grown-ups about him (Nathan did a book report on in the 4th Grade for Black History Month/ got an "A") and yes, today starts OUR MONTH (YEA, YEA!!) BEFORE ANYBODY complains about February, understand it was picked to honor Abe Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, the FIRST BLACK MAN TO VISIT THE White House, in 1863. Gave us the Month in 1976, a ...

Frederick Douglass' Delivered Speech on Haiti at the World's Fair January 2, 1893 "We can learn a lot by studying or visiting countries other than our own. Frederick Douglass, a well-known writer, publisher, and abolitionist (anti-slavery activist), understood the history of Haiti because from 1891 to 1893 he was the country's United States minister and general consul. When he stood before the crowds to open the Haitian Pavilion at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago's Jackson Park on January 2, 1893, he delivered a powerful address."

Black History Month- Nashville Mayor Hilary Howse opened the park on July 4, 1912. It was a day of "threatening clouds" but a jubilant one for the city's African-Americans gathered for the event. Howse was standing on the porch of the mansion of a former slave plantation. On the same spot 39 years earlier, freed Nashville slaves had listened to Frederick Douglass, the noted abolitionist lecturer and writer. Douglass (1818-1895) was invited to make the 1873 visit by the Nashville plantation's owner, John L. Hadley. Although a former slaveholder, Hadley was intent on helping his freed slaves adapt to their new status as productive citizens. The white-haired Douglass even sat for a photo portrait by Nashville's German-American photographer Carl C. Giers. Mayor Howse (1866-1938), a Democrat and social reformer dedicated to uniting Nashville's ethnic communities, was in his element at the 1912 dedication. He promised the Hadley Park crowd of a few hundred a "fair and square deal" for all races by his administr ...