February 2012
Day 26 of Black History Month
Chuck Cooper was the first African-American to be drafted into the NBA. Nat Clifton was the first to sign a contract, and Earl Lloyd was the first to play a game.
Day 25 of Black History Month
Mariah Carey has 18 number one singles more than any other female artist.
“i’m a recovering, undercover, over lover”
– E. Badu (via libbylibbylove)
Day 24 of Black History Month
In 1968 John Conyers, Congressmen from Michigan introduced legislation to make Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday a holiday. It did not get put onto the floor and passed until Conyers and Shirley Chislom presented it until 1983.
Day 23 of Black History
Whitney Houston has been nominated for 562 awards and won 415. The most a woman has ever been nominated for or won in history.
“The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always...”
– Huey Newton (via steadydreamin)
Day 22 of Black History Month
On August 21, 1831, Nat Turner led the largest slave rebellion prior to the Civil War. The rebellion resulted in 60 white deaths and 100 black deaths. Turner was sentenced and hung after the rebellion.
I've decided to be happy. End Story. :)
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If We Were All Gods
What if we were all Gods?
In charge of the winds…
In charge of the oceans…
And gold plated our skin…
What if we were all Gods?
Unified with our might…
Down for the cause…
Loved opposed to fight…
What if we were all Gods?
Showed sympathy to all…
Never pushed anyone down…
Helped others when they took a fall…
What if we were all Gods?
...
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Day 21 of Black History Month
On this date in 1965, Civil Rights leader, and former member of The Nation of Islam was assassinated.
I’m so mad at Rihanna. So doing a song with the man who beat your ass in a domestic dispute about sex is sending a great message to your fans who you say you love so much…I understand you are human and can forgive, but doing a song about sex with that person is a HORRIFIC EXAMPLE. Plus Chris Brown doesn’t even sound good on the song. SMH.
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I pushed you away every chance I got
I picked an argument every time you said a word
I did not appreciate the love you radiated towards my cold heart
I instead built the wall higher
Yet you still tried to climb over
Now here I am all alone
Because my defenses turned into attacks
I broke your heart,
But what I also did in the end was what I was trying to prevent you from doing,
I broke...
Day 20 of Black History Month
In the Civil War 179,000 black men served in the Union Army and 17,000 in the Navy.
Day 19 of Black History Month
Ida B. Wells became an activist in 1884, and worked in the anti-lynching campaign. She is also known for suing, and winning a case against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad company after being forced to give up her seat in first class and move to the Jim Crow car.
Her work with the anti-lynching campaign came from her journalism and her heavy documentation of lynching across the United States....
“you don’t fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with...”
– bobby seale (via projectionofme)
Day 18 of Black History Month
Hiram Revels was the first African American elected into the Senate in 1870 in Mississippi.
