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Woodson insisted that the scholarly study of the African-American experience should be sound, creative, restorative, and, most important, it should be directly relevant to the Black community. He popularized Black history with a variety of innovative strategies, including the founding of the Association for the Study of Negro Life, the ...
Woodson selected the week in February because African Americans were already holding commemorative events that recognized the 16th U.S. president, Abraham Lincoln, and American abolitionist ...
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America is a non-fiction book about race in the United States by the American historian Ibram X. Kendi, published April 12, 2016 by Bold Type Books, an imprint of PublicAffairs. The book won the National Book Award for Nonfiction. [1] [2] [3]
Another important center of Black Power was The Church of the Advocate in North Central Philadelphia, whose congregation had become increasingly African American. Father Paul Washington organized the first Black Power rally in 1966; soon there were rallies all over the city, and the third national conference in Philadelphia attracted 2,000 people.
The Black Book is a collage-like book compiled by Toni Morrison and published by Random House in 1974, [1] which explores the history and experience of African Americans in the United States [2] [3] through various historic documents, facsimiles, artwork, obituaries, advertisements, patent applications, photographs, sheet music, and more. [4]
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross is a six-part documentary miniseries written and presented by Henry Louis Gates Jr. It aired for the first time on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the fall of 2013, beginning with episode 1, "The Black Atlantic (1500–1800)", on October 22, 8–9 p.m. ET on PBS, and every consecutive Tuesday through to episode 6, "A More Perfect Union (1968 ...
Before there was 'Abbott Elementary,' 'Black-ish' and 'Scandal,' there was 'Julia' and 'Good Times.' We celebrate the groundbreaking shows that led up to today’s Golden Age of Black TV.
The book Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools is published. 1968. February 1 – Two Memphis sanitation workers are killed in the line of duty, exacerbating labor tensions. February 8 – The Orangeburg massacre occurs during university protest in South Carolina.