March 2012
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9 Little Known Facts About Notable Women in Black...
From the article:
Nina Simone - Her involvement in civil rights was spurred by an incident at her first classical piano recital at age 12. During the recital, her parents sat in seats in the front of the building to see her play, but were told to move to the back to make way for white guests. She wasn’t having that though. The young girl refused to perform until her parents were moved back...
Young Goddesses Whom Walk on Water: The Black... →
daughterofzami:
Excerpt for Living the Revolution: Black Feminist Organizations, 1968-1980
During the height of the black nationalist rhetoric, in film such as Sweetback’s Baadassss Song (1971) and Shaft (1971), black male heroes illustrated the establishment of a new black male patriarchy in line with…
“Each of us has the right and the responsibility to asses the road which lie...”
– Maya Angelou (via unapproachableblackchicks)
Black History Facts : 10 African American...
yoshiimini:
Radio personalities Hal Jackson and Percy Sutton co-founded the Inner City Broadcasting Corporation. They also acquired WLIB, which became the first African-American owned and operated station in New York.
Dr. Maulana Karenga created the African-American holiday, Kwanzaa, in 1966.
African-American surgeon Charles R. Drew is often credited with the invention of the first large-scale...
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