by gamma | Jan 21, 2020 | Did You Know, History
We need to question the things we take as fact, this is an ongoing process. Today, on our Raising Proud Black Children Facebook group, a member shared something that is important for us all to know. It concerned Uncle Tom! Uncle Tom was originally a character from...
by gamma | Jan 20, 2020 | Did You Know, History
It’s Martin Luther King Day today, the official holiday put in place to recognize the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As Wikipedia says Martin Luther King Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., and sometimes referred to as MLK Day) is an...
by Verlie S | Apr 18, 2019 | Did You Know, History
In the western world, afro-textured hair has traditionally been treated with disdain, by members of all ethnicities. Though racial discrimination is slowly fading as the workplace becomes more accepting of a more diverse array of workplace fashions, the western...
by Verlie S | Apr 10, 2019 | Did You Know, History
How much do you know about Black farmers? Did you now that early Black farmers were also some of the most prolific inventors of their age? Black farmers have made major contributions to the agricultural and food production industries around the globe. Some of the most...
by James Washington | Feb 2, 2019 | 2019, Black History Month, Did You Know, DYK, History
The month of February is considered “Black History Month” across the United States. But it had a much earlier predecessor called “Negro History Week”. This recognition was the brainchild of an African-American historian, Dr. Carter G. Woodson. He is considered by...
by Forest Parks | Jan 25, 2019 | Did You Know, History, Profiles in Black History
The granddaughter of enslaved people, Louise Shropshire was born Louise Jarrett on February 15, 1913 in Coffee County, Alabama. In 1917, her family relocated to Cincinnati, Ohio in search of a better life than they had experienced as rural Alabama sharecroppers. As a...
by Forest Parks | Dec 19, 2018 | Did You Know, History
We want to settle this myth once and for all! As a business we often use the word Xmas instead of Christmas, it is snappy, fits in a smaller space and sometimes just works better. However we also get chewed out every year by people saying things like, Xmas is...
by Freddie Ra | May 9, 2018 | Did You Know, DYK, May - Haitian Heritage Month, Months
Duttу Bоukmаn wаѕ аn early leader оf thе Hаіtіаn Rеvоlutіоn, еnѕlаvеd іn Jаmаіса аnd lаtеr in Haiti. Hе іѕ соnѕіdеrеd tо hаvе bееn bоth a lеаdеr оf mаrооnѕ and Vodou hоungаn (рrіеѕt). According tо ѕоmе contemporary accounts Bоukmаn alongside Céсіlе Fаtіmаn, a...
by Forest Parks | Feb 25, 2018 | Did You Know, History, Profiles in Black History
Selma’s cousin Lillian Bredell-Williams was kind enough to create this profile for a true American Master that you may have never heard of! And she created an image that you may have in your pocket right now! Read on…. Selma Hortense Burke, An African...
by Forest Parks | Feb 1, 2018 | Did You Know, DYK, History
Less than two months before Bloody Sunday, on Jan. 22, 1965, Mr. Lawrence Huggins, an educator in Selma Alabama participated in & led a march of 105 African American educators to the steps of the Dallas County courthouse in Selma to express their support of voter...
