historic things
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Nine years ago…
I wrote about Janet Bath during Black History Month. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of her graduation from Howard Medical School, a scholarship has been established in her honor. Here is more information about her accomplishments. Read more
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Hello February.
Last night I was overjoyed to see Google’s doodle of Edmonia Lewis, the first woman of African American and Native American heritage to achieve international recognition as a sculptor. I wrote about her eleven years ago, so I was ecstatic that more people would learn about her. I hope that this also means that more Read more
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Happy 123rd Birthday Zora Neale Hurston
There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes…Even in the helter-skelter skirmish that is my life, I have seen that the world is to the strong regardless of a little pigmentation more or less. No, I do not weep at the world– I am too busy sharpening my Read more
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James DePreist
Any prize artificially pushed toward our grasp is a prize not worth having. James DePreist, one of the first African American conductors, died Friday after complications from a heart attack almost a year ago. He was one of the first African-American conductors, was awarded the National Medal of Arts (the nation’s highest award for artistic Read more
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