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- Black History International October is Black History Month in the United Kingdom. See below for resources. This year, with the election of President Obama, we have even more to celebrate than usual. The President has just made history again - by winning the Nobel Peace Prize...
- Civil War's 54th Massachusetts Regiment Of the many African-American regiments that served the Union Army during the American Civil War, the 54th Massachusetts regiment may be the most famous. The regiment was the first in the Union Army to enlist black soldiers. It's also the unit depicte...
- Bill "Mr. Bojangles" Robinson Is it possible that anybody hasn't heard the lyric: I knew a man Bojangles/And he danced for you/In worn out shoes... The popular but enigmatic tap dancer, born Luther "Bill" Robinson, also known as Mr. Bojangles was a real-life folk character who e...
- African-American History Facts Let's celebrate the people and events of Black History in America. The study of African-American history has come a long way since Dr. Carter G. Woodson instituted Negro History Week.
- Traditional African Wear for Bantu Women The Xhosa, Mfengu and Mpondo Bantu traditional African wear for women was the gala dress in white. The Mfengu blanket used to wrap around their bodies to support a baby on their backs would be trimmed with beads, braids, buttons and bits of fur. The...
- Death From Above 1979 Death From Above 1979. Never heard of them? Then listen up. This indie/dance/funk/synth rock duo rocked the boat with their 2002 EP release Heads Up!, but rocked the music world with their 2004 full-length release, You're A Woman, I'm a Machine. Best...
- Ways to Celebrate American National Poetry Month this April American National Poetry Month begins this April and if you are wondering how to mark the occasion then keep reading. In this article, I will give you tips and suggestions on ways to contribute to, learn from and join in the fun, during a month long...
- Celebrating the Legend that Is Motown I have created this lens to celebrate the legendary Motown record label.
- AKA'S The Ladies In My Life This lens is about the members of the first black greek lettered sorority founded by African American women. I have had the pleasure of being taught(both in school and life)from many members of this honorable sorority. This is my way of saying thanks...
- Enigma and Genius in the Life of Ralph Ellison "Invisible Man," "Shadow and Act," and "Going to the Territory," all books by that quintessential twentieth century literary artist Ralph Waldo Ellison, remain towering masterworks of American literature for their penetrating explorations of racial i...
- Black History Month UK Everyone acknowledges the Windrush era as a time when black people came over here from the Caribbean to start a new life in England "The Mother Country" and I guess this was a time that England is happy to remember! But Black Britions have been arou...
- Celebrating Black History Let's all learn a little about Black History. Below is some good information gathered from Wikipedia that helps out a lot.
