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Black History Fact Of The Day
According to her website, long time educator Marva Collins started her own school (Westside Preparatory School) in Chicago in 1975, after being dissatisfied with the status quo school system. Mrs. Collins biography on her site states that: “During the first year, Marva took in learning disabled, problem children and even one child who had been […]
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“We cannot think of uniting with others, until after we have first united among ourselves. We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.” -Malcolm X Tweet
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“How long? Not long. Martin and Malcolm knew they didn’t have much time. In Benjamin Mays’ famous poem he illuminates how time is fleeting: ’60 seconds in a minute, a lifetime depends on it.’ In the average lifespan of 70 years, people will spend 23 years sleeping, 16 years working, 8 years watching television, 6 […]
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Gordon Parks was a staff photographer and writer for Life Magazine for two decades. He shot a wide variety of photos for the magazine, including: sports pictures, pictures of poverty and segregation, a portraits of iconic activists like Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali. Tweet
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“Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.” -Malcolm X Tweet
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“Malcolm was courted by high officials…He met Heads of States, and top world leaders. Malcolm was treated as a Statesman and important leader. The Arab Islamic leaders embraced him enthusiastically. The very people who had vast resources of oil were giving Malcolm X special attention, and police escorts. The implications of all this, with a […]
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On this day in 1743, Touissant L’Ouverture was born. L’Ouverture is a historical revolutionary who is known as the leader of the “Great Haitian Slave Revolt.” Tweet
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“You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.” -Malcolm X Tweet
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“Malcolm was a firm believer in the value and importance of our heritage. He believed that we have valuable and distinct cultural traditions which need to be institutionalized so that they can be passed on to our heirs.” -Betty Shabazz Tweet
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