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120 Black History Month Quotes You Need To Know Hearst Owned The contributions of Black people to American society and the world should be celebrated every day of the year.
February is Black History Month and we've rounded up 120 inspiring Black History Month quotes from civil rights icons including Martin Luther King Jr., Frederick Douglass and W.E.B. Du Bois. These ...
The history of Black History Month dates back to 1926. February is Black History Month. The commemoration began nearly a hundred years ago when historian Carter G. Woodson initiated a week-long ...
Georgia Tech President Blake R. Van Leer. Carlos Valdes, actor and singer; Blake R. Van Leer, President of Georgia Tech, the first to admit women and fought against segregationist Governor Griffin; Ella Lillian Wall Van Leer, artist and architect, women's rights activist; Fernando Velasco, football player; born in New York
Alonzo "Lon" Franklin Herndon (June 26, 1858 Walton County, Georgia – July 21, 1927) was an African-American entrepreneur and businessman in Atlanta, Georgia. Born into slavery, he became one of the first African American millionaires in the United States, first achieving success by owning and operating three large barber shops in the city ...
Mary Musgrove (Muscogee name, Coosaponakeesa, c. 1700 –1765) was a leading figure in early Georgia history. She was the daughter of Edward Griffin, an English-born trader from Charles Town in the Province of Carolina, and a Muscogee Creek mother.
But did you know that ... Black History Month began as a week. Black History Month began as merely a week back in 1926 thanks to the efforts of one man: Carter G. Woodson. ... King's address in ...
A History of Georgia (1991). Survey by scholars. Coulter, E. Merton. A Short History of Georgia (1933) Grant, Donald L. The Way It Was in the South: The Black Experience in Georgia 1993; London, Bonta Bullard. (1999) Georgia: The History of an American State Montgomery, Alabama: Clairmont Press ISBN 1-56733-994-8. A middle school textbook.