Series: Honoring Black History

I’ve made a project for myself to research and share the accomplishments of Black people throughout history, to counteract the narrative of Black inferiority.

Why Oscar’s middle name is “Ellison”

Notebook entry posted on 01 Feb 2019

I’ve learned so much from Chenjerai Kumanyika

Notebook entry posted on 02 Feb 2019

Shirley Chisholm was unbought and unbossed

Notebook entry posted on 03 Feb 2019

“God” was a complicated man who did some revolutionary things

Notebook entry posted on 04 Feb 2019

LeVar Burton changes lives, one book at a time

Notebook entry posted on 05 Feb 2019

Harriet really was a spy

Notebook entry posted on 06 Feb 2019

Aretha commanded respect

Notebook entry posted on 07 Feb 2019

Thomas Jennings put his money on the line

Notebook entry posted on 08 Feb 2019

Kimberly Bryant is tackling tech monocultures head-on

Notebook entry posted on 09 Feb 2019

He invented the search engine, but you don’t know his name

Notebook entry posted on 10 Feb 2019

Chuck D challenges me to confront myself

Notebook entry posted on 12 Feb 2019

Anna Arnold Hedgeman was the glue for the civil rights movement

Notebook entry posted on 12 Feb 2019

Bayard Rustin advocated for marginalized people everywhere

Notebook entry posted on 13 Feb 2019

Nina Simone “said it” when others couldn’t

Notebook entry posted on 14 Feb 2019

Lizzo is all about self-acceptance and empowerment

Notebook entry posted on 15 Feb 2019

Pauli Murray dismantled systems of oppression

Notebook entry posted on 16 Feb 2019

W. Kamau Bell is all about dialogue

Notebook entry posted on 17 Feb 2019

LeBron James converts power into promise

Notebook entry posted on 18 Feb 2019

Ida B. Wells shone light in the darkness

Notebook entry posted on 20 Feb 2019

Baratunde Thurston tackles tough topics with “deep humor”

Notebook entry posted on 21 Feb 2019

Mae Jemison never gave up on her dream

Notebook entry posted on 22 Feb 2019

Jack Johnson “trolled” for his shot at equality and inspired future generations of Black athlete activists

Notebook entry posted on 22 Feb 2019

Mark Dean’s work on the PC made personal computing possible

Notebook entry posted on 23 Feb 2019

Amelia Boynton Robinson agitated for the vote

Notebook entry posted on 25 Feb 2019

Without Frederick McKinley Jones, where would your food be?

Notebook entry posted on 26 Feb 2019

Katherine Johnson took us to the moon (and back)

Notebook entry posted on 26 Feb 2019

Margaret Collins used biology to push for equality

Notebook entry posted on 28 Feb 2019

Angie Turner King invested her energy in others

Notebook entry posted on 01 Mar 2019

Jerry Lawson made home video game systems possible

Notebook entry posted on 01 Feb 2020

Maya Angelou persevered, but many don’t

Notebook entry posted on 02 Feb 2020

Lucy Hicks Anderson was an early Black trans pioneer

Notebook entry posted on 03 Feb 2020

Orrin C. Evans showed us Black people could be (super)heroes too

Notebook entry posted on 05 Feb 2020

Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler prioritized the most vulnerable

Notebook entry posted on 05 Feb 2020

Jane Bolin didn’t let anyone tell her what she couldn’t do

Notebook entry posted on 06 Feb 2020

Captain Francisco Menéndez helped found the first free Black settlement in the U.S.

Notebook entry posted on 07 Feb 2020

Jerry Varnado and James Garrett started the first Black Student Union

Notebook entry posted on 08 Feb 2020

Two Black women received patents… in 1884 and 1885!

Notebook entry posted on 10 Feb 2020

Madame Jones was the Beyoncé of her time

Notebook entry posted on 11 Feb 2020

Charles V. Bush agitated for equity in the officer corps

Notebook entry posted on 11 Feb 2020