Black People : Black History Month and Continental Africans

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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How Black Lives Have Always Mattered: A Reading List


This year, Black History Month carries a special significance, because America is marking not just the 150th anniversary of Emancipation, but also the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. It was propelled into reality through the heroic witness of non-violent demonstrations in Selma, Alabama and across the nation ...

http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch...ack-lives-have-always-mattered-a-reading-list

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[chuck]

Yes...

The reclaiming of our right to vote was a step forward again:

But...

Steps backward too...

As in more recent days etc.

What one democrat in the U. S. senate-- and concerned as well as concerned state members of the other party--republicans---the ever growing power grabs--ushered in by big white rich backers of various niche issues etc--pacts and superpacts...

Even during the era of Obama, among those who he appointed to the Supreme Court have pass rulings etc. that makes this less a nation 'by the people/for the people' etc.

We just can't just dwell on the past, ignore what is happening, via the here and now, even during this month...

Always time for us to be getting our minds around what's next for us too...

FYI

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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Take a few minutes to explore this stunning interactive timeline about ‪the book{ http://t.co/806YIEhPnH }} (premieres at 8P|7c)

Show Time on BET ...Feb 16, 17 & 18 at 8P/7C who will be watching it ?

http://destee.com/index.php?threads/‎what-you-think-of-bookofnegroes-‬.82788/

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[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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School regrets Black History menu of chicken, collard greens


The menu screens at the Ohio school also offered mashed potatoes and cornbread under photos of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other black leaders. The Dayton Daily News reported (http://bit.ly/1DGCPii ) that people circulated images of it on social media, calling it offensive and disrespectful. Fried chicken has long been associated with racial stereotyping in the United States.

President David Hopkins sent an email Thursday asserting the university's commitment to diversity and pledged to prevent a repeat ...

http://news.yahoo.com/wright-state-university-sorry-black-history-month-menu-162811647.html

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[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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MOVING FORWARD AFTER FEBRUARY: WHAT SHOULD WE BE TEACHING OUR CHILDREN ABOUT BLACK HISTORY?



... “We should start teaching African and African-American history from the beginning. We’ve started teaching in the bankrupt state. They teach about slaves and slavery, but fail to discuss their origins and this can affect the mental psyche for future generations. It’s important to look into what we were before slavery and how we’ve contributed to the world while we were in Africa.” ...

http://madamenoire.com/512697/teach-children-black-history/

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