Month: March 2017

Peggy Alexander, Diane Nash, Matthew Walker and Stanley Hemphill, pictured in the photo above, participated at lunch counter sit-ins during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement and were some of the first African Americans served lunch at a previously all-white counter in the south. There were so many more like them in SNCC who wanted change.

In 2015 it was 150 years since the 13th amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, abolished slavery in 1865. It sounds like a long time ago to some but if you are a senior citizen you realize that it was only a short time ago we suffered the indignity of a cruel and harsh system of life, and some portions of it still exist today.
It is remarkable we were able to contribute so much to the greatness of this country and recognized all over the world for it. I hope everyone can see why Black history in America is so important. Over 1 million people have already visited The Smithsonian National Museum of African American Culture and History since it opened last September. There are waiting list for some group tickets because of demand.

“BlackHistory.com” This is a website everyone should visit if they are really interested in what Black people have accomplished. It prides itself as the largest encyclopedia of Black History and culture online. Take a look and see if you agree with their statement. “I do “

Carter G. Woodson Born on December 19, 1875 in Buckingham County Virginia. He was self educated until the age of seventeen when he was able to attend school sparingly, while working as a coal miner in Fayette County Virginia. Until 1895 when he entered Douglass High School which he completed in less than two years. He immediately began his teaching career at Winona public school Fayette County. He also continued his education. He later went on to be the 2nd Black man to Graduate from Harvard University with a Ph.D. He was one of the founders of The Journal of Negro History in 1915, and Negro History Week in 1928 to be the 2nd week in February to coincide with the birthday’s of Fredrick Douglass on the 14th and Abe Lincoln on the 12th, which now has become Black History Month. He wrote many books, one being The Negro in Our History, another The Mis-Education of the Negro. He died in 1950 at age of 74, shortly before Brown verses The Board of Education.