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How Does Your Community Look?

How Does Your Community Look? How many places sell alcohol (beer, wine, liquor, wine coolers, etc) in my community? ____ How many Skating rinks are in my community? _____ How many places can marijuana be bought in the community? ____ How many movie theaters are in the community? ____ How many place for teen dances/social is available in the community? ____ How many places afterschool employment for teens in the community? ____ How many sports (baseball, basketball, gol

Malcolm X

Malcolm X

Malcolm X (19 May 1925-21 Feb. 1965), African-American religious and political leader also known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, was born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Earl Little and Louise (also Louisa) Norton, both activists in the Universal Negro Improvement Association established by Marcus Garvey. Earl Little, a Georgia-born itinerant Baptist preacher, encountered considerable racial harassment because of his black nationalist views. He moved his family sev

May other Notable African American Achievers

May 1, 1867 - First four students enter Howard University. May 4, 1961 - "Freedom Riders" begin protesting segregation of interstate bus travel in the South. May 5, 1988 - Eugene Marino becomes first African American installed as a Roman Catholic archbishop in the U.S. May 6, 1991 - The Smithsonian Institution approves the creation of the National African American Museum. May 7, 1878 - Joseph R. Winters patents first fire escape ladder. May 10, 1950 - Boston Celtics select Ch

Malcolm X: Speeches and Interviews (1960-65)

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Music Lift Every Voice and Sing (Album) - Harlem Boys Choir Books The Souls of Black Folk W.E.B. DuBois Common Core Standardsand Black History Month Pat Scales Minority Students and Public Education Michael Holzman A Kids Guide to African American History Nancy I. Sanders DVDS Slavery by Another Name A History of Black Achievement in America Eyes on the Prize: American Civil Rights Years 1954-1964 Roots Hidden Colors 1 Hidden Colors 2 #clevelandumadaop #freebecauseioughttobe

If he can’t READ, he can’t LEAD…

According to a study released by the Council of the Great City Schools, by fourth grade only 12 percent of black male students read at or above grade level, while 38 percent of white males do. By eighth grade it falls to just 9 percent for black males, 33 percent for whites. Black male students are almost twice as likely as white males to drop out of school. And in some big American cities the dropout rate is around 50 percent. Let’s not spend another second pontificating abo

February's other Notable African American Achievers

February 1, 1902 - Playwright, poet, author Langston Hughes born February 2, 1807 - Congress bans foreign slave trade. February 3, 1956 - Autherine Lucy enrolls as the first African American student at the University of Alabama. February 4, 1913 - Rosa Parks, civil rights pioneer who sparked Montgomery bus boycott, born. February 5, 1934 - Major league home run champion Hank Aaron born. February 6, 1867 - Robert Tanner Jackson becomes first African American to receive a degre

Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman was born to enslaved parents in Dorchester County, Maryland, and originally named Araminta Harriet Ross. Her mother, Harriet “ Old Rit” Green, was owned by Mary Pattison Brodess. Her father, Ben (Old Ben) Ross, was owned by Anthony Thompson, who eventually married Mary Brodess. Araminta, or “Minty,” was one of nine children. While the year of Araminta’s birth is unknown, it probably occurred between 1820 and 1825. Minty’s early life was full of hardship. Mary B

DVD/MOVIES Suggestions

Music Harriet Tubman - Marcus Shelby Trio Kings and Queens - Message Music, Sounds of Blackness Books Harriet Tubman: Secret Agent Thomas B. Allen Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom Catherine Clinton Harriet Tubman Negro Soldier and Abolitionist Earl Conrad DVDS A Woman Called Moses Harriet Tubman: The Chosen One Harriet Tubman: Animated Hero Classic 12 Years a Slave #clevelandumadaop #freebecauseioughttobe #mediasuggestions0314 #harriettubman

7 Reasons African American youth should not use drugs

1. Drugs use jeopardizes your freedom 2. Your freedom should always be your number one priority 3. Your mind is the number one protector of your freedom 4. Your body makes your freedom worth having 5. Your freedom is the evidence of your past 6. Your freedom is the hope of your future 7. Your freedom is the promise of your tomorrow African American youth it’s time to start a revolution to secure our freedom by avoiding all self-defeating behaviors. We must revolutionize our s

March other Notable African American Achievers

March 2, 1867 - U.S. Congress enacts charter to establish Howard University. March 3, 1865 - Freeman’s Bureau established by federal government to aid newly freed slaves. March 5, 1770 - Crispus Attucks becomes one of the first casualties of the American Revolution. March 6, 1857 - U.S. Supreme Court issues Dred Scott decision. March 9, 1941 - Amistad mutineers freed by U.S. Supreme Court. March 10, 1913 - Harriet Tubman dies.March 11, 1959 - Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin In

W.E.B. DuBois

W.E.B. DuBois

On Feb. 23, 1868, William Edward Burghardt DuBois (often referred to as W.E.B. DuBois) was born in Great Barrington, Mass. His family lived in a small clapboard house on Church Street. DuBois mother’s was from the Burghardt family, one of the oldest families in Great Barrington, black or white. His great, great, grandfather Tom was born in West Africa around 1730, he was captured as a child by Dutch slave trader, Conraet Burghardt who bought him to Massachusetts. By the time

Part 2. Alcohol and the Black Experiences: Alcohol and the Enslaved

Addiction and Recovery among African Americans before 1900 William White and Mark Sanders There are many themes imbedded within the early history of alcohol and other drug use among African Americans that can heighten the sensitivities of today’s addiction counselor. Africa: Cultural Cohesion and Control of Intoxicants Most African people brought to America as slaves came from West African cultures in which beer and wine had been blended into the economic, social, and religio

January other Notable African American Achievers

1624 3-Jan William Tucker first African American child born in America 1831 6-Jan The World Anti-Slavery Convention opens in London 1851 25-Jan Sojourner Truth addressed the first Black Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio 1856 18-Jan Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, pioneer heart surgeon born 1863 1-Jan President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emanicipation Proclamation 1864 10-Jan George Washington Carver, agricultural scientist was born 1865 24

Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.

Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr., was born Michael Luther King, Jr., January 15, 1929, but later had his name changed to Martin. His grandfather began the family's long tenure as pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931; his father has served from1960 until his death Martin Luther acted as co-pastor. Martin Luther attended segregated public schools in Georgia, graduating from high school at the age of fifteen; he received the B. A. degree in 1948 fr

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