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ON THIS DAY: February 16, 2020
February 16th is Do a Grouch a Favor Day Kyoto Protocol Day * National Almond Day National Innovation Day _______________________________________ MORE! Isaiah Mays, Bessie Smith and Otis Blackwell, click
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Tagged Bessie Smith, Cher, Isaiah Mays, Natalie Angier, Otis Blackwell, Vera Menchik, William Sanders Scarborough
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ON THIS DAY: February 15, 2020
February 15th is ENIAC Day * Gumdrop & Chewing Gum Day Remember the Maine! Day * Singles Awareness Day * Susan B. Anthony Day * International Angelman Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Sarah Roberts, Lewis Hayden and Angella Ferguson, click
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Tagged Angella Ferguson, Harry Belafonte, Henry Lewis, Lewis Hayden, Sarah Roberts, Susan B Anthony, Zeb-un-Nissa
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ON THIS DAY: February 14, 2020
February 14th is Valentine’s Day National Donor Day * Ferris Wheel Day California Oranges Day * Pet Theft Awareness Day * Cream-Filled Chocolates Day International Book Giving Day * _________________________________ MORE! Lydia H. Smith, Frederick Douglass and Charlotta S. Bass, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Howard Shaw, Aretha Franklin, Charlotta Spears Bass, Frederick Douglass, Lydia Hamilton Smith, Monetta J Sleet Jr, Richard Allen
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Word Cloud: CHIAROSCURO
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD For several years now, Right Wing think tanks and other revisionists have striven to convince us that “Black Slavery Wasn’t as Bad as You’ve Been Taught.” Since the people putting this theory out there are white, and have … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrienne Rich, Black History Month, Camille T. Dungy, Chiaroscuro, Lynda Hull, Philip Levine, Tell It Slant
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ON THIS DAY: February 13, 2020
February 13th is Galentine’s Day * Tortellini Day World Radio Day * Italian Food Day International Condom Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Evelyn Freeman, Malcolm X and Rita Dove, click
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Tagged Absalom Jones, Evelyn Freeman Roberts, Malcolm X, Malvin R. Goode, Marian Dawkins, Rita Dove, Sarojini Naidu
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ON THIS DAY: February 11, 2020
February 11th is Get Out Your Guitar Day Make a Friend Day National Inventors’ Day Peppermint Patty Day Shut-In Visitation Day White Shirt Day * International Day of Women and Girls in Science _______________________________________ MORE! Josh White, Hazel Johnson and Cliff Alexander, … Continue reading
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Tagged Özgecan Aslan, Cliff Alexander, Emma Goldman, Hazel Johnson, Josh White, Kassa Hailu, Lydia Maria Child
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ON THIS DAY: February 9, 2020
February 9th is Pizza Day Toothache Day Read in the Bathtub Day _____________________________________ MORE! Satchel Paige, Alice Walker and Eric Holder, click
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Tagged Aletta Jacobs, Alice Walker, Bernard Harris, Eric Holder, Keʻelikōlani, Satchel Paige, Sheila Kuehl
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ON THIS DAY: February 8, 2020
February 8th is Boy Scouts Day * Kite Flying Day Molasses Bar Day Opera Day * Potato Lover’s Day _____________________________________ MORE! Rebecca Crumpler, Lonnie Johnson and Oprah Winfrey, click
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Tagged Harry S. McAlpin, Lonnie Johnson, Marina Silva, Martin Robison Delany, Oprah Winfrey, Rebecca Lee Crumpler, Sophie Lihau-Kanza
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