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Black History Presents – Daily knowledge: Alain Locke (Day 21)

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Alain Locke Dr. Alain LeRoy Locke a writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. He is best known for his writings on and about the Harlem Renaissance. He is regarded as the "Father of the Harlem Renaissance". His philosophy served as a strong motivating force in keeping the energy a... Read more...

Black History Presents – Daily knowledge: John Henrik Clarke (Day 20)

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Black History Presents – Daily knowledge: Hallie Quinn Brown (Day19)

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Black History Presents – Daily knowledge: Alice Walker (Day 18)

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Black History Presents – Daily knowledge: Jean Toomer (Day 17)

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Black History Presents – Daily knowledge: Rita Dove (Day 16)

0 comments, 16/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, General, my people

Rita Dove Rita Frances Dove is a poet and author. From 1993-1995 she served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, a position now popularly known as "United States Poet Laureate". She was the first, and to date only, African-American to be appointed since the po... Read more...

Black History Presents – Daily Knowledge: Frederick Douglass (Day 15)

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Frederick Douglass Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was a social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing. He stood as a living counter-exampl... Read more...

Black History Presents – Daily knowledge: Paul Laurence Dunbar (Day 14)

0 comments, 14/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, General, my people

Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar was a poet, novelist, and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Much of his popular work in his lifetime used a Negro dialect, which helped him become one of the first nationally-accepted African American writers. Much of his writin... Read more...

Black History Presents – Daily knowledge: Nikki Giovanni (Day 13)

0 comments, 13/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, General, my people

Nikki Giovanni Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni is a poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. Her primary focus is on the individual and the power one has to make a difference in oneself and in the lives of others. Giovanni’s poetry expresses strong racial pride, respect for f... Read more...