Black History Cat running thru the 28th
Black History Month – February 14, 2019 What is “unctuous sycophancy?” Well lets break it down. unctuous – (of a person) excessively or ingratiatingly flattering; oily. sycophancy – behavior toward someone important in order to […]
Black History Month – February 13, 1965 On February 13, 1965, Malcolm X’s home in New York City was bombed. He and his family were not hurt and he decided to keep a longstanding speaking […]
Black History Month – February 12, 1793 Before today, I thought there was only one kind of slavery, the kind African Americans suffered through for 400 years in the United States. That particular form of […]
Black History Month – February 12, 1946 Just when you think you have heard it all and think that you pretty much know the history of racial bigotry and the crimes against humanity committed in […]
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, […]
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