Black History Month for 2025

We've been watching this PBS series...

Great Migrations: A People on the Move.​
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Great Migrations: A People on the Move explores the transformative impact of Black migration on American culture and society. From the waves of Black Americans to the North—and back South—over the last century to the growing number of immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean today, the film shows how movement is a defining feature of the Black experience.​

It's interesting.
 

A great woman.
The branding of the syrup was a tribute to this woman’s gifts and talents. Now future generations will not even know this beautiful woman existed. What a shame. The world knew her as “Aunt Jemima”, but her given name was Nancy Green and she was a true American success story. She was born a slave in 1834 Montgomery County, KY. and became a wealthy superstar in the advertising world, as its first living trademark. Green was 56 years old when she was selected as spokesperson for a new ready-mixed, self-rising pancake flour and made her debut in 1893 at a fair and exposition in Chicago. She demonstrated the pancake mix served thousands of pancakes, and became an immediate star. She was a good storyteller, her personality was warm and appealing, and her showmanship was exceptional.



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A.J Johnson & Oasis Fresh Market, Tulsa, OK

Well, the crazy thing is, I actually hadn't dreamed of having a grocery store in north Tulsa. My first job at 13 was at Reasor’s at 71st and Sheridan, and my first job out of college at the University of Tulsa was with a grocery distributor, as well. And so, with the background and what happened at Tulsa Dream Center — the pandemic, you know, all the great work that we did there (handing out free groceries, etc.) — when Rose Washington (CEO of Tulsa Economic Development Corp. Creative Capital) approached me about this, it was like the perfect next step fit.

But now this reality has birthed the desire to really change the model for food deserts in rural and underserved communities — really, for me, not just in Tulsa, not just in Oklahoma, but now I've got a dream, a desire, to really do this across the nation. Because I really feel everyone needs quality groceries, everyone needs access to fresh produce, to fresh meat on a high level, and that's what we're doing at Oasis Fresh Market, where we are more than just groceries. That’s our motto: Oasis Fresh Market. More than just groceries. Equipping you for life.

So Oasis Fresh Market is a for-profit grocery store. But what we've done, the ownership group and myself, is we've created a nonprofit, and it's called the Oasis Project. And every first Saturday we're going to bring in some awesome resources to equip people. If they have the desire to go from being a renter to a homeowner, Gateway Mortgage is going to have information and applications to help. And even if they're not ready right now, that's where they can start that process...

Man, I'm grateful. I'm grateful because it represents true life change for our community and for people. Our core values will always be people over profit. We want to care about the person more than just making a dollar. And we believe that's going to be one of the unique differences here at Oasis.

Oasis Fresh Market Opens In North Tulsa - Tulsa World

Perspectives, AJ Johnson, Owner Oasis Fresh Market - RSU Public TV

Oasis Fresh Market

How to Start a Supermarket Business
 
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Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green did not set out to make history as the first doctor to cure cancer using nanoparticles. But on her journey, she did.

“When I was a little girl, I loved math and solving problems, but cancer was not on my radar until I was 22 and first from my family to graduate college,” Dr. Green said. “I never imagined that I would develop cancer-killing technology.”

History was made in 2014, when Dr. Green and her team published their studies, which showed that her laser-activated gold nanoparticle technology induced complete tumor regression (elimination) with clear tumor margins and healed skin in mice over 15 days after a single, 10-minute treatment, without observable side effects, chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery.

Read entire article here: Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green's Cancer-curing Technology
 
squatting dog said:
A great woman.
The branding of the syrup was a tribute to this woman’s gifts and talents. Now future generations will not even know this beautiful woman existed. What a shame. The world knew her as “Aunt Jemima”, but her given name was Nancy Green and she was a true American success story. She was born a slave in 1834 Montgomery County, KY. and became a wealthy superstar in the advertising world, as its first living trademark. Green was 56 years old when she was selected as spokesperson for a new ready-mixed, self-rising pancake flour and made her debut in 1893 at a fair and exposition in Chicago. She demonstrated the pancake mix served thousands of pancakes, and became an immediate star. She was a good storyteller, her personality was warm and appealing, and her showmanship was exceptional.



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And if she did look anything like this statue, she looked nothing like the image portrayed on the Aunt Jemima boxes! Thank you for posting this SD!
DailyArtsyCrafter said:
Wow! I enjoyed this! What a guitar player she was and what a great voice.
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Pepper said:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the mother, the Queen, of Rock 'n Roll
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My BFF (who is White) and I were just talking about Sister Rosetta about a month ago. My BFF has been a professional musician for decades (never had a "9 - 5"). In addition to playing music in several genres, she has played Gospel in Black churches as well as Gospel music in White churches. She has remarked on the difference in the feel and timing, which of course I'm aware of. One of those discussions led to us talking about Rosetta Tharpe. I remember her from when my mother used to listen to Gospel music when I was young.

My reactions to Didn't It Rain: pattin' my foot, I'm rockin' back and forth, got chills and it put a smile on m face. Thank you for your posts. I'm sending the video to my BFF. :cool:
 
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Patricia Era Bath (November 4, 1942 – May 30, 2019) was an American ophthalmologist and humanitarian. She became the first female member of the Jules Stein Eye Institute, the first woman to lead a post-graduate training program in ophthalmology, and the first woman elected to the honorary staff of the UCLA Medical Center. Bath was the first African-American to serve as a resident in ophthalmology at New York University. She was also the first African-American woman to serve on staff as a surgeon at the UCLA Medical Center. Bath was the first African-American woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical purpose.[1] A holder of five patents,[2] she founded the non-profit American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness in Washington, D.C.[3]

Ms. Bath had several patents related to laser surgery for cataracts. She also won several honors awards, all of which are listed near the end of her Wiki page: Patricia Bath - Wikipedia

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A Black Seminole (or Seminole Maroon):
"Coacoochee (Ko AH koo chee), known to Americans as Wild Cat and to Mexicans as Gato del Monte, is best known as a Seminole resistance leader during the American invasion of Seminole lands in Florida in the 1830s. He led a celebrated escape from a U.S. prison at Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida, in November 1837. In his company was John Cowaya (John Horse), leader of a community of maroons (free Africans), who remained his close associate throughout Coacoochee’s career.

Coacoochee belonged to the elite lineage of Seminoles and became micco (leader) of his own community during the Second Seminole War. He occupied a series of offices in the Seminole government during the war, the forced relocation of Seminoles to an area now in Oklahoma, and the initial period of adjustment in the West."

Article continues here: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/coacoochee-c-1808-1857/

Photo of John Cowaya (aka John Horse):
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Little is known of John Horse’s early years but by 1826 he was living in his owner’s village near Tampa Bay, Florida. During the Second Seminole War, 1835-42, he initially led Maroons against U.S. forces in Florida, but, offered the promise of freedom, he agreed to surrender and relocate west with the Seminoles in March 1837. By 1840, John Horse had married Susan July, the daughter of a Seminole Maroon guide and interpreter. Fearing that his family, and his fellow Maroons would be re-enslaved, Horse entered into an alliance with disaffected Seminoles and left Indian Territory in November 1849 for northern Mexico.
 
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Check out the article below, which includes pictures of 4 of the cowboys. One of the 5 was Bass Reeves who became one of the first Black federal deputy marshals. Prime Video is (was) showing Bass Reeves and Lawmen: Bass Reeves can be seen on Paramount+.
5 Black Cowboys Who Shaped the American West
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The Big Valley tv western in the 1960s frequently had black actors as cowboys on their ranch. So at least one tv western was accurate on that score.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
My son and I watched The Big Valley, but not regularly. I didn't remember that they featured Black actors. Good for them.
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I believe Lou Rawls played one of their cowboys in an episode. They weren't featured players on the show but it was accurate to show there were black cowboys in the 1800s which I didn't know as a kid. So kudos to them for that.

Pictured is Lou Rawls as Joshua Watson and Peter Breck who starred as Nick Barkley.
 

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Tribute To Dorothy Sterling, 1913 - 2008, cont'd from first post.

I was surprised at how many interesting covers for her book, Mary Jane, that I ran across online. I share them below.

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I am proud to have been associated with such a wonderful person, though when I read that one book of hers, when I was a child, I had no idea how remarkable the author was. Read her story in my previous post, #47.
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I'm enjoying your contributions to this thread Daisy.
 
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Remembering James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner. On June 21, 1964, three Civil Rights Movement activists, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, were murdered by local members of the Ku Klux Klan. They had been arrested earlier in the day for speeding, and after being released were followed by local law enforcement & others, all affiliated with the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.

After following the three for some time, they were abducted by the group, brought to a secluded location, and shot. They were then buried in an earthen dam. All three were associated with the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) and its member organization, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). They had been working with the Freedom Summer campaign by attempting to register African Americans in Mississippi to vote.

Since 1890 and through the turn of the century, Southern states had systematically disenfranchised most black voters by discrimination in voter registration and voting. Chaney was African American, and Goodman and Schwerner were both Jewish. (Wikipedia: Murders of Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner)

I don't know if they have any living relatives. If they do, I imagine their descendants are proud of the sacrifices that these martyrs made for not only civil rights but for human rights. They may not have endured great physical suffering but I say they were still martyrs because of being terrorized. We don't know all that they endured in the way of verbal, mental and emotional abuse before they were shot. And we don't know how long the terrorization lasted. I remember them and all of the many others who suffered in similar and worse ways, of whom we are not aware.

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Brian Jhan Fox:

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Brian Jhan Fox (born 1959) is an American computer programmer and free software advocate. He is the original author of the GNU Bash shell, which he announced as a beta in June 1989.[1] He continued as the primary maintainer of bash until at least early 1993.[2][3] Fox also built the first interactive online banking software in the U.S. for Wells Fargo in 1995,[4] and he created an open source election system in 2008. To read the article:

Brian Fox (programmer) - Wikipedia
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