Reflection On Black History Month

My name is Shontay and my TM is Wayne Le, the reason for this email is in our team meeting tomorrow we are having a celebration of Black History Month and highlighting Black innovators in Apple. I would like to ask your permission if we could use you for our Black History Month celebration, If so can you please send me a bio with your titles and achievements?

1. Coates has a somewhat chilling description of schools. What are some of the phrases he uses to describe them?

She was old, around her 60’s to 70’s. Each cheekbone outlined to the slightest. Her hair frizzy on top like cotton. She wore a shawl pinned together by a safety pin. Her name was Evelyn Marshall Thomas. Evelyn worked at a hair dresser, and everyone knew her. She was respected amongst everyone in the town and was the “grandma” of the town. People would go to her to talk and express their feelings like she was their therapist, but Evelyn had problems too; she lived in heavy poverty. Everyday Evelyn had the same routine: she woke up, readied herself for the day, and left for work, on the walk to work she say the same people: the newspaper boy on his runs, the florist tending to her flourishing flowers, the corner store owner who zealously ran around his store preparing for the forthcoming day. Her life was as simple as possible.

My African American History Month Paper is about Sterling A.Brown’s Life. Sterling background history is that he was born Howard University where his dad was working as a slave. His mom and dad grew up at the same place and they talked about when he was little.They have a lot of kids and he was the only boy out of most of them. He was raised on a farm in Howard,Maryland during his childhood. Where he studied at is the Southern U.S to be a professor for the black culture of all black people.

This year, to celebrate Black History Month, we pay tribute to the contributions made by African-Americans in Musical Theater. The medium of musical performance theater has always been a vibrant and unique entity enriched by ancient West African folklore, and European theatrical practices. A continuum of the African folk traditions of storytelling that uses music, song, and dance to help us understand our difference, as well as celebrate the sameness of who we are as people.

An alumnus of the University of Chicago with many friends in the oodson traveled from Washin . to participate in a national celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of emancipation sponsored by the state of Illinois. Thousands of African Americans travelled from across the country to see exhibits highlighting the progress their people had made since the destruction of slavery. Awarded a doctorate in Harvard three years earlier Woodson joined the other exhibitors with a black history display. Despite being held at the Coliseum the site of the 1912 Republican conventio an overflow crowd of six to twelve thousand waited outside for their turn to view the exhibits. Inspired by the threeweek celebration, Woodson decided to form an organization to promote the scientific study of black life and history before leaving town. On September 9th, Woodson met at the Wabash with A. L. Jackson and three others and formed the Association for the Study of Negro Life and

The project will enhance our knowledge of American and African American history and Culture. Like many other cities in the south, African Americans in Atlanta desperately sought the freedom to vote, to use public spaces, gain access to public facilities and institutions, and increase housing as well as economic opportunities. However, what unique about Atlanta history is that the churches, local businesses, government organizations, and various social, educational, and community organization of the Sweet Auburn neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia played a vital role in the development of their black leaders and of the history of Atlanta Georgia during the 20th century.

Many Americans point to the suffering of the African American experience from the internal problems in African Americans communities; however, they neglect the external social constraints that African Americans have faces in America. African Americans have suffered oppression through social institution through factors such as Segregation, Racial Crimination, and Mass incarnation. The constraint of segregation was a way of social, political, and economical control over African Americans. African Americans are usually a racial group that is associate with crime. Research and statistics has shown that African Americans are those that are majority incarnated in the United states. Many white Americans kept

Providing programs for African American youth beyond Black History Month is a wonderful opportunity we have to teach our students about the contributions African Americans made in our society. Too often many individuals only celebrate and acknowledge African American contributions in February and seldom mention those individuals throughout the year. Students should understand that despite the struggles of African Americans many of them persevered and have overcome many social injustices.

I felt these two historians and their writings were a great end to the readings of the semester. It not only summed up the history of the time but also the means some Africans were taking to combat the false assumptions about Africans that had been held against them throughout history. These authors have collected any writing on the history of African Americans and used it to show the history, influence and great civilizations they have had in the past. They were attempting, through there research to find thier history to promote the idea of equality between the races.

Regardless of their race, people need to know where they came from and why. Historically, we know that at least 450 years ago, or more, Africans were captured in their home and forcibly brought to the Americas on slave ships to work for landowners. Unfortunately, the Africans brought to the colonies were seen as inferior to the European settlers. Because of this feeling of superiority, the Africans were thought to be the property of the settlers and as such a vast majority were treated harshly. At that point in history, the Africans had lost their identity, and now that hundreds of years had passed the African-Americans have regained their identity. What constitutes the National Museum of African-American History and Culture as special

Today we learn about black history in America, not about Negro History. Who tells he story is what makes the difference; the people who lived it VS the people who watched it. Primary source documents tell the stories about what was happening on the ground. These are the best way to teach ourselves about how education was for Negros, the way lawsuits played a role in the civil rights movements, how a “Battle in Cuba” shaped new men, and how the community came together to get this done.

Black History Month was created to celebrate and honor African American men and women throughout the past. To be able to acknowledge black people for who they are and what they’ve done was a huge milestone that needed to be taken. Black people have always been looked down upon, and allowing them to be recognized in this era brought a lot of peace to this country. Although, there are still some people who believe that it should neither exist nor be celebrated. Without Black History Month, american citizens will stop taking initiative to want to learn about black culture.

For the general news assignment, I attended the “Black is Beautiful Hair and Fashion Show.” I chose to do my assignment over this event because it celebrates Black History Month and I love fashion. I thought it was important to capture because black history month is only one month every year, and these photos will be sentimental to remember in the future. I arrived later than I planned because I left my SD card at home, but I still arrived several minutes before it started and I began taking some photos to test the lighting. It was dim but still acceptable, however once the show started the light was turned off and stage lights were the only light source. This caused the photos to be very dark as a beginner photographer this made my job more difficult.

Introduction to African American Studies was the class that I decided to take this summer because I am genuinely interested in learning more about the cultures and lifestyles of African Americans through out history and I want to further my knowledge beyond just learning about what was taught to me in secondary school. I do not know much about African American studies as I have not taken any courses on it or relating to it in the past but I hope that I can gain a lot of information on the topic through out this intellectual experience. I also hope to gain a better understanding of the history of Africans and African Americas and be able to dive deeper into this topic instead of just hitting the surface as I feel as though my previous experiences with this topic have covered. In just this first weeks lesson I have learned about the three great principles that characterize the “Black Intellectual Tradition” and how these three principles are used and perceived.