Black History Month Powered by TSU, Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs 97.9 The Box and Texas Southern University celebrates Black History Month by recognizing ordinary people doing extraordinary things in the Houston community. Texas Southern University graduate, author and motivational speaker Maranda Evans works in the community as President of “The Troubled Movement Incorporated” […]
In honor of Black History Month I’ll be highlighting great Blacks each day. Today I choose Zora Neale Hurston. Born in Alabama on January 7,1891, Zora Neale Hurston spent her early adulthood studying at various universities and collecting folklore from the South, the Caribbean and Latin America. She published her findings in Mules and Men. Hurston […]
Lola Jones is serving up some serious #BlackGirlMagic transforming herself into the likes of Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks and Angela Davis.
https://instagram.com/p/zcfl3MGJbB/?modal=true Today’s Black Histor yMonth spotlight is#EdwardBouchet Edward Alexander Bouchet(September 15, 1852 – October 28, 1918) was an African American physicist and educator. In 1874, he became one of the first African Americans to graduate from Yale College, and was the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. from any American university, completing his dissertation in […]
Fresh off the news that it is now the highest-grossing Academy Award-nominated film this year (with $127.5 million and counting,) Hidden Figures continues to inspire little girls everywhere with its incredible true story that is the epitome of #BlackGirlMagic. Since the film has been such a hit and resonated with so many, especially those in […]
Rihanna is paying homage to Amelia Earhart in a new bomb-ass Harper's Bazaar photo shoot for Black History Month.
On this 2nd day of BlackHistoryMonth I choose to highlight Madam C.J. Walker. Madam C.J. Walker was born Sarah Breedlove on December 23,1867, near Delta, Louisiana. After suffering from a scalp ailment that resulted in her own hair loss, she invented a line of African-American hair care products in 1905. She promoted her products by […]
http://instagram.com/p/zM7bb1khCq/?modal=true Today’s #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight is#LeontynePrice Leontyne Price was born on February 10, 1927, in Laurel, Mississippi. Renowned for her early stage and television work, Price made her opera stage debut at the San Francisco Opera in 1957, and her debut at New York City’s Metropolitan Opera House in 1961. Widely regarded as the first African-American […]
Check out this video of kids addressing “Alternative Facts” for Black History Month.
http://instagram.com/p/ywg16XGJV8/?modal=true Today’s Black History Month spotlight is Jane Motilda Bolin. In July of 1939 Jane Motilda Bolin made history when she became the first African-American woman to serve as a judge of a court, of any level in the United States. Eight years earlier Bolin had become the first African-American woman to graduate from Yale […]
Black History Month is officially underway and Netflix has curated a list of documentaries, movies and mini-series that are educational, thought provoking and entertaining, each of which will keep us informed all month long. Check out a few notable movies to watch on Netflix during this Black History Month. 13th https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V66F3WU2CKk Ava DuVernay’s powerful documentary, […]
