WAKE IT UP!
It’s still Black History Month! Be mindful that Black History is American History rather they acknowledge it or not!
Be ‘Optimistic’ as we SHINE all year long!
Continue reading WAKE UP JAM: #SoundsofBlackness ‘Optimistic’ [vid]
#MichaelJackson was the first Black artist to be #RIAA
certified for #Thriller in 1984. Today, and is also on display at National Museum of African American Music. #BlackHistoryMonth.
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.
Continue reading #BlackHistoryMonth Moment: #NatTurner’s Revolt- Only effective Slave Rebellion in U.S. History! [details]
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]
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.
Continue reading #BlackHistoryMonth Moment: #AlexanderMiles PERFECTED the modern-day elevator! [details]
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.
Continue reading #BlackHistoryMonth Moment: #JohnAlbertBurr PERFECTED the lawn mower! [Details]
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.
Continue reading #BlackHistoryMonth Moment: #GarrettMorgan
WAKE IT UP! We continue on with our Black History Month tribute….
‘Glory’, shall be ours…. Common & John Legend said it best…..
Continue reading WAKE UP JAM: #Common #JohnLegend ‘Glory’ [vid]
In 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]
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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