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Entertainment

Black History Month Moment: #StagecoachMary ‘Mary Fields’ [details]

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Bandits beware: In 1890s Montana, would-be mail thieves didn’t stand a chance against Stagecoach Mary. The hard-drinking, quick-shooting mail carrier sported two guns, men’s clothing and a bad attitude. As the first African American woman to carry mail, she stood out on the trail—and became a Wild West legend. Rumor had it that she’d fended off an angry pack of wolves with her rifle, had “the temperament of a grizzly bear,” and was not above a gunfight. But how much of Stagecoach Mary’s story is myth?

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#BlackHistoryMonth Moment: #GarrettMorgan and his MANY INVENTIONS!! [details]

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The gas mask – Invented by Garrett Morgan in 1912, the gas mask saved thousands of soldiers’ lives during World War I, when poisonous gas was first used as a weapon. If that weren’t enough, he also invented the modern traffic signal.

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#BlackHistoryMonth Moment: #JohnAlbertBurr PERFECTED the lawn mower! [Details]

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If you have a manual push mower today, it likely uses design elements from 19th Century Black American inventor John Albert Burr’s patented rotary blade lawn mower.

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#BlackHistoryMonth Moment: #NatTurner’s Revolt- Only effective Slave Rebellion in U.S. History! [details]

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In August 1831, Nat Turner struck fear into the hearts of white Southerners by leading the only effective slave rebellion in U.S. history. Born on a small plantation in Southampton County, Virginia, Turner inherited a passionate hatred of slavery from his African–born mother and came to see himself as anointed by God to lead his people out of bondage. 

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#BlackHistoryMonth Moment: #AlexanderMiles PERFECTED the modern-day elevator! [details]

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Black History is EVERYBODY’S history!!

Alexander Miles was an African-American inventor who was best known for being awarded a patent for an automatically opening and closing elevator door design in 1887. Contrary to many sources, Miles was not the original inventor of this device. In 1874, 13 years before Miles’ patent was awarded, John W. Meaker was awarded U.S. Patent 147,853 for the invention of the first automatic elevator door system.

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#BlackHistoryMonth Moment: #JamesMcCuneSmith-America’s 1st Black physician! [details]

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Our SALUTE to BLACK ACHIEVEMENTS and Black History Month CONTINUES!
James McCune Smith was not just any physician. He was the first African American to earn a medical degree, educated at the University of Glasgow in the 1830s, when no American university would admit him. For this groundbreaking achievement alone, Smith warrants greater appreciation. Continue reading #BlackHistoryMonth Moment: #JamesMcCuneSmith-America’s 1st Black physician! [details] →

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#BlackHistoryMonth Moment: #CarterGWoodson ‘The Father of Black History’ [details]

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Dr.-Carter-G.-Woodson-thegamuttIn case you didn’t already know, the creator of Black History Month was historian Carter G. Woodson. Often referred to as the “Father of Black History,” he was notably the second African American to graduate from Harvard University with a doctorate degree and is credited with being one of the first scholars to study and research the history of African Americans. Continue reading #BlackHistoryMonth Moment: #CarterGWoodson ‘The Father of Black History’ [details] →

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#TheGamutt kicks off #BlackHistoryMonth 2024! [Details]

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The Gamutt kicks off Black History Month!

Black History Month is the annual celebration of achievements and accomplishments of African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history.

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Music

WAKE UP JAM: ‘Freedom’ (Theme from ‘Panther’) [vid]

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WAKE IT UP! As we CLOSE OUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH let us NOT forget that although we have made MANY STRIDES in civil rights, race relations and ACCEPTANCE. There is still SO MUCH MORE that needs to be done! ‘Freedom’ is in the distance, but we have not OVERCOME yet.

“Freedom” is a 1995 song released on Mercury Records featuring a chorus of over 60 African-American female artists and groups of note in hip-hop, pop and R&B music including En Vogue, Aaliyah, Vanessa L. Williams, Mary J. Blige, MC Lyte, SWV, TLC, and Monica. 

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Health/fitness

Black History Month Moment: In 1975 #Morehouse School of Medicine was FOUNDED! [details]

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Black History is American history…

Founded as a part of Morehouse College in 1975 during the tenure of college president Hugh M. Gloster, with Louis W. Sullivan, M.D. as dean, the School of Medicine at Morehouse College began as a two-year program in the basic sciences. The first students were admitted in 1978 and transferred to other medical schools for the clinical years of their training.

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