In 1941, A. Philip Randolph threatened President Franklin D. Roosevelt with a march on Washington of 50.000 negroes to protest unfair employment practices. The march was called off when the President agreed to Randolph’s demand for reform. In 1919, a BLACK MAN by the name of James A. Jones invented a vertical spring that made … Read moreBlack History Day 9
I may not have been as early as I could have been. But at least I’m not a day late or a dollar short this time. It is STILL Day 8 as it is before midnight. A BLACK MAN by the name of William Grant Still became famous in the 1930’s as a composer. His … Read moreBlack History Day 8
The BLACK mathematician who was a surveyor on the team that planned the District of Columbia was Benjamin Banneker in 1790. Africa is a continent and not a country. It is the only continent whose land occupies all 4 hemispheres. The form of civil rights protest which began with a bus ride through the in … Read moreBlack History Day 7
I must apologize to everyone for not posting anything on Tuesday February 5th for Black History Month. I was so geared and following everything for the primary election polls that I actually believed that I had sent it until I realized TODAY that I myself had not received anything that I claimed to have sent … Read moreBlack History Month – Day 5 and Day 6
In 1934, the state of Illinois elected A BLACK MAN by the name of Arthur W. Mitchell as its first black democrat in Congress [House of Representatives]. In 1957, Blanche Calloway [sister of Cab Calloway] joined radio station WMBM in Miami, Florida and became its first BLACK Executive Director. The Golden Stool is a symbol … Read moreBlack History Day 4