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Black History Month – February 10, 1964 Before February 10, 1964, you could have a pocket full of money, driving the latest automobile, be working on Wall Street and have a white butler, but if […]

Black History Month – February 9, 1944 “I think it pisses God off  if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it.” – Shug  Alice Malsenior Walker was born on […]

Black History Month -February 8, 1990 What am I doing writing about a white guy during Black History Month? I watched Andy Rooney for many years. I could always count on Andy to give it […]

Black History Month – February 7, 1926 In 1926, Carter G. Woodson pioneered the celebration of “Negro History Week”, designated for the second week in February, to coincide with marking the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. However, it […]

Black History Month – February 6, 1820 In 1815, Paul Cuffee, an African-American Quaker, led a small group of freed slaves to Sierra Leone, where they were able to establish a colony. The American Colonization Society, […]

Black History Month – February 5, 1933 James Herman Banning  was an American aviation pioneer. In 1932, James Banning, accompanied by Thomas C. Allen, became America’s first black aviator to fly coast-to-coast. Dreaming from boyhood of being a pilot, […]

Black History Month – February 5, 1934 Boxing legend Muhammad Ali once called Hank Aaron “The only man I idolize more than myself ” and in 1970, Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle said “As far […]

Well I ‘ll be a blue bellied, green polka dotted, Alabama porch monkey. Second thought I think I’ll just go in blackface and get my boy to dress as the Klan. Maybe I’ll dress as […]