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Eric Blair Presents – Daily Knowledge: Dorothy Dandridge (Day 14)

0 comments, 14/02/2011, by Mr. Blair in Blair History Month, Do The Knowledge, Edu-tainment, Guest Blog, Music

Dorothy Jean Dandridge was an African American actress and popular singer, and was the first African American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. She also performed as a vocalist in venues such as the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater. In 1954, she was nominated for an Academy ... Read more...

Eric Blair Presents – Daily Knowledge: Huey P. Newton, PH.D (Day 7)

1 comment, 07/02/2011, by Mr. Blair
Posted in Blair History Month, Freeing Slaves, Guest Blog, program

Eric Blair Presents – Daily Knowledge: Jack Johnson (Day 6)

1 comment, 06/02/2011, by Mr. Blair
Posted in Blair History Month, Guest Blog

Eric Blair Presents – Daily Knowledge: Patricia Bath (Day 5)

0 comments, 05/02/2011, by Mr. Blair
Posted in Blair History Month, Guest Blog

Eric Blair Presents – Daily knowledge: James Baldwin (Day 4)

1 comment, 04/02/2011, by Mr. Blair
Posted in Blair History Month, Guest Blog

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Eric Blair Presents – Daily knowledge: Olaudah Equiano (Day 3)

0 comments, 03/02/2011, by Mr. Blair in Blair History Month, Freeing Slaves, Guest Blog

Olaudah Equiano (Gustavas Vassa) was captured as a slave from Nigeria in West Africa as a child and served under serveral masters in the Caribbean and America. He was owned for a short period by a wealthy Philadelphia Quaker Merchant and slave dealer named Robert King, who belonged to Arch Street ... Read more...

Eric Blair Presents – Daily knowledge: Hattie McDaniel (Day 2)

1 comment, 02/02/2011, by Mr. Blair in Blair History Month, Guest Blog

Before Halle Berry there was Hattie McDaniel; she was the first African-American woman to win an Oscar (Academy Award) for best supporting actress. She won an Oscar in 1939 for her performance in Gone with the Wind as the role of The Mammy. McDaniel was also a professional singer-songwriter, comed... Read more...

Eric Blair Presents – Daily Knowledge: Black History Month (Day 1)

1 comment, 01/02/2011, by Mr. Blair in Blair History Month, Do The Knowledge, Freeing Slaves, Guest Blog

Black History Month is a remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. Since 1976, it is celebrated annually in the United States of America and Canada in February and the United Kingdom in the month of October. In the U.S., Black History Month is also referred... Read more...

The Introduction To Black History Month By: Eric Blair

1 comment, 31/01/2011, by Mr. Blair in Blair History Month, Do The Knowledge, Freeing Slaves, Guest Blog, Health

Kanye West Feat Talib Kweli & Consquence - My Chain Heavy Well hello everybody! This week’s blog will be very brief; more like an introduction to what’s to come for Black History Month. I am excited to showcase famous African Americans or Black people throughout history each da... Read more...