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Huey P. Newton & Bobby Seale, founders of The Black Panther Party pictured in Oakland, CA. 1971 The flyer was released in June 1970, and it informs about the October 1970 opening of the new location of the party's free breakfast program for children. The Free Breakfast for School Children Program, or the People’s Free Food Program, was a ...
Website. www.dusablemuseum.org. The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, formerly the DuSable Museum of African American History, is a museum in Chicago that is dedicated to the study and conservation of African-American history, culture, and art. It was founded in 1961 by Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, her husband Charles Burroughs ...
In 2020, Black History Month was celebrated in seven African countries for the first time. Participating countries were Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Ivory Coast, Comores, Senegal and Cameroon. The event was initiated by the organisation Africa Mondo founded by Mélina Seymour.
February is Black History Month, a national recognition of the crucial existence of Black communities in our country's tarnished history. If you're not already educating yourself about Black ...
Black History Month began as merely a week back in 1926 thanks to the efforts of one man: Carter G. Woodson. A scholar and teacher, Woodson was the second Black American to receive a Ph.D. from ...
Black History Month Quotes. "We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society." — Angela Davis, activist and philosopher. "Believe in yourself, learn, and never stop wanting ...
The idea of a Negro History Week was a popular one, and to honor Negro History Week parades, breakfasts, speeches, lectures, poetry readings, banquets, and exhibits were commonly held. [37] The Black United Students and Black educators at Kent State University expanded this idea to include an entire month beginning on February 1, 1970. [ 38 ]
Margaret Taylor-Burroughs (November 1, 1915 [a] – November 21, 2010), [1][2] also known as Margaret Taylor Goss, Margaret Taylor Goss Burroughs or Margaret T G Burroughs, was an American visual artist, writer, poet, educator, and arts organizer. She co-founded the Ebony Museum of Chicago, now the DuSable Museum of African American History.