Day 25 of Black History Month Althea Gibson (25 August 1927 – 28 September 2003) Before Venus and Serena Williams, there was Althea Gibson. She became the first African American to win a Grand Slam title (French Championships) in 1956. Not long after, she would win Wimbledon and the U.S Nationals the following year and …
Day 17 of Black History Month Oscar Micheaux (January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned and controlled by black filmmakers, Micheaux is regarded as the first major African-American feature …
Day 16 of Black History Month >>book recommendation<<Hans Jonathan “The man who stole himself” by Gísli Pállson ( Trigger Warning. Language that could be offensive to some is used in the book.) This biography depicts the life of Hans Jonathan, a kid born in to slavery on one of Denmarks Colonies (st. Croix ) in …
Day 15 of Black History Month Gordon Parks “I suffered first as a child from discrimination, poverty … So I think it was a natural follow from that that I should use my camera to speak for people who are unable to speak for themselves.” #BHM2022 #aecdenmark #afroempowermentcenter
Day 14 of Black History Month “One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings.”Franklin Thomas, activist, philanthropist, …
Day 10 Black History Month Tété-Michel Kpomassien En afrikaner på Grønland (an african in Greenland)is a book published in 1981, The book is written by Tété-Michel Kpomassie from Togo, and describes his upbringing in Togo, and how he finds a book about Greenland at the age of 16. He becomes very fascinated by these people, …
Black History Month Day 9 Solomon Carter Fuller (August 1, 1872 – January 16, 1953) was a pioneering Liberian and African-American neurologist, psychiatrist, pathologist, and professor. Born in Monrovia, Liberia, he completed his college education and medical degree (MD) in the United States. He studied psychiatry in Munich, Germany, then returned to the United States, …
Black History Month Day 8 First African American to earn a medical degree James McCune Smith was not just any physician. He was the first African American to earn a medical degree, educated at the University of Glasgow in the 1830s, when no American university would admit him. For this groundbreaking achievement alone, Smith warrants …
Today, Bob Marley would have been 77 years old.Robert Nesta Marley, more commonly known as Bob Marley, was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and musician. He was considered one of the pioneers of reggae and in his 36 short years of life, his iconic music evolved from ska to reggae to rock steady. Bob Marley was …
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