{"id":330,"date":"2008-02-08T23:58:57","date_gmt":"2008-02-09T07:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluephi.net\/blog\/?p=330"},"modified":"2008-02-29T09:53:43","modified_gmt":"2008-02-29T17:53:43","slug":"black-history-month-day-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluephi.net\/blog\/2008\/02\/08\/black-history-month-day-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History Day 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

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  1. A BLACK MAN by the name of William Grant Still<\/a> became famous in the 1930’s as a composer. His Afro-American Symphony was the first such work by a Black American performed by a major symphony orchestra.<\/li>\n
  2. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference<\/a> (SCLC) was founded in 1957 by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.<\/li>\n
  3. The FIRST Black American to win an Olympic Gold Medal was Alice Coachman<\/a> in 1948. She set an Olympic record with a jump of 5’6″ at the London games.<\/li>\n
  4. The world-famous singer and actress that was named ‘Special Advisor to the US Mission to the United Nations’ was Pearl Bailey<\/a> in 1975.<\/li>\n
  5. The Ashanti kingdom<\/a> exists within the African country of Ghana. The Ashanti kingdom’s economy is based on the mining and smithing of gold.<\/li>\n
  6. The play which earned the New York Drama Critics Award for Best Play in 1959 was A Raisin In The Sun<\/em>, written by black author Lorraine Hansberry<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  7. The Congress Of Racial Equality<\/a> (CORE) was founded in 1942 by James L. Farmer, Jr<\/a>. He believed in non-violent resistance such as the use of sit-ins.<\/li>\n
  8. The scientist whose research lead to an efficient method of storing large quantities of blood plasma in blood banks was Dr. Charles Drew<\/a> in the 1930’s. He went on to become chief surgeon at Freedmen’s Hospital.<\/li>\n
  9. In the 1950’s the Mau Mau’s<\/a> of Kenya, Africa rebelled against the colonialism of Great Britain. Mau Mau comes from the Kikuyu phrase uma uma which means ‘get out’.<\/li>\n
  10. The 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery throughout the United States. The amendment gave the U. S. Congress the power to enforce the ban through legislation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    …and there you have them. Right in the nick of time [which would be before midnight of the due date, lol].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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