Posts tagged with Black History

Black History Presents – Daily knowledge: Alex Haley (Day 24)

0 comments, 24/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, General, my people

Alex Haley Alexander Murray Palmer Haley was a writer. He is best known as the author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family and the coauthor of The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Haley conducted the first interview for Playboy magazine. The interview, with Miles Davis, appeared in the Sep... Read more...

Black History Presents – Daily knowledge: Charlotte Forten Grimké (Day 23)

0 comments, 23/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, General, my people

Charlotte Forten Grimké Charlotte Forten Grimké was an anti-slavery activist, poet, and educator. Forten was the first black teacher to join the American Civil War's Sea Islands mission. During her time in South Carolina, she worked with many former slaves who were enthusiastic about he... Read more...

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Black History Presents – Daily knowledge: W.E.B. Du Bois (Day 22)

0 comments, 22/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, General, my people

W.E.B. Du Bois William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor. Born in western Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a tolerant community and experienced little racism as a child. After graduating from Harvard, wher... Read more...

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

0 comments, 21/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, General, my people

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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John Henrik Clarke John Henry Clarke was a Pan-Africanist American writer, historian, professor, and a pioneer in the creation of Africana studies and professional institutions in academia starting in the late 1960s. He was Professor of African World History and in 1969 founding chairman of t... Read more...

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

0 comments, 19/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, General, my people

Hallie Quinn Brown Hallie Quinn Brown was a educator, writer and activist. She was dean of Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina from 1885 to 1887 and principal of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama from 1892 to 1893 under Frederick Douglass. She became a professor at Wilberforce in 189... Read more...

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

0 comments, 18/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, General, my people

Alice Walker Alice Malsenior Walker is an author, poet, and activist. She has written both fiction and essays about race and gender. She is best known for the critically acclaimed novel The Color Purple (1982) for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She was the fisrt African-Ame... Read more...

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

0 comments, 17/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, General, my people

Jean Toomer Jean Toomer a poet and novelist and an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance. His first book Cane is considered by many as his most significant. Toomer's papers and unpublished manuscripts are held by the Beinecke Library at Yale University. Some of Toomer’s works are C... Read more...

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...