https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5 Black History is American History en-us 2022-02-04 19:08:25 UTC 2025-06-06 14:06:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/270a.png jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2030126882 Black History Kick Off!

Carter G. Woodson:
https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/civil-rights-leaders/carter-g-woodson

Facts from the 1st:
Feb. 1, 1865 - The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery, was adopted by the 38th Congress.
Feb. 1, 1902 - Langston Hughes, a famous poet, was born this day in Joplin, Mo.
Feb. 1, 1926 - What is now known as Black History Month was first celebrated on this date as Negro History Week by Carter G. Woodson. It became a month long celebration in 1976. ]]> 2022-02-04 20:37:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2030126882 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2030217778 The America That our Children Live in

Facts From the 2nd:
Feb. 2, 1862 - District of Columbia abolishes slavery. 
Feb. 2, 1914 - Ernest Just, genetic biologist, wins the Spingarn Medal. He received this same medal on this day in 1915 for his pioneering in cell division and fertilization. 
Feb. 2, 1948 - President Truman sent Congress a special message urging the adoption of a Civil Rights program, including the creation of a fair employment practices commission. ]]> 2022-02-04 22:19:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2030217778 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2030222574 I Love This Country

Facts from the 3rd:
Feb. 3, 1903 - Jack Johnson wins the Negro Heavyweight title. 
Feb. 3, 1920 - The Negro Baseball League is founded. 
Feb. 3, 1965 - Geraldine McCullough, sculptor, wins the Widener Gold Medal Award. ]]> 2022-02-04 22:24:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2030222574 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2030224289 Lesson on Black Excellence! 

Facts from the 4th:
 Feb. 4, 1913 - Rosa Parks (born Rosa Louise McCauley) was born on this day. 
Feb. 4, 1971 - National Guard mobilized to quell rioting in Wilmington, N.C. Two persons killed. 
Feb. 4, 1996 - J. C. Watts becomes the first Black selected to respond to a State of the Union Address. ]]> 2022-02-04 22:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2030224289 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2030230046 Between the World in Me (Dope Trailer!)

Facts from the 5th

Feb. 5, 1866 - Congressman Thaddeus Stevens offered an amendment to Freedmen's Bureau Bill authorizing the distribution of public land and confiscated ]]> 2022-02-04 22:35:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2030230046 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2030233756 Black Habits 

Facts from the 6th:
Feb. 6, 1820 - "Mayflower of Liberia" sailed from New York City with eighty six Blacks. Black population: 1,771,656 (18.4%) 
Feb. 6, 1993 - Arthur Ashe dies. First African American tennis player to win at Wimbledon. Feb. 6, 1867 - Robert Tanner Jackson becomes first African American to receive a degree in dentistry.  ]]> 2022-02-04 22:41:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2030233756 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031031270 Most Google Searched! (Black Greatness in Under 2 mins)

Facts from the 7th:
Feb. 7, 1926 - Negro History Week originated by Carter G. Woodson is observed for the first time. ]]> 2022-02-05 23:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031031270 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031037501 Social Justice in Sports

Facts from the 8th:
Feb. 8, 1944 - Harry S. McAlphin, first African American to be accredited to attend the White House press conference. 
Feb. 8, 1986 - Oprah Winfrey becomes the first African American woman to host a nationally syndicated talk show. ]]> 2022-02-06 00:18:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031037501 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031038742 Off-Limits or Nah? (Equity or Nah, Speaking While Melanated)

Facts from the 9th:
Feb. 9, 1944 - Novelist Alice Walker was born in Eatonton, Ga. 
Feb. 9, 1952 - Author Ralph Ellison's novel Invisible Man wins the National Book Award. 
Feb. 9, 1971 - Leroy "Satchel" Paige is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Feb. 9, 1995 - Bernard Harris, AfricanAmerican astronaut, takes space walk. ]]> 2022-02-06 00:23:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031038742 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031057993 B-Mike (Studio BE Creator: New Orleans Art)

Facts from the 10th:
Feb 10, 1927 - Leontyne Price, who became an internationally acclaimed opera singer, was born in Laurel, Miss. 
Feb. 10, 1964 - After 12 days of debate and voting on 125 amendments, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by a vote of 290-130. 
Feb. 10, 1966 - Economist Andrew Brimer is appointed to the Federal Reserve Board. ]]> 2022-02-06 01:25:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031057993 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031062792 Black Queen (Spelling Bee Champ & B-ball Star)

Facts from the 11th:
Feb. 11, 1961 - Robert Weaver sworn in as  administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, highest federal post to date by a black American. 
Feb. 11, 1976 - Clifford Alexander Jr. confirmed as the first black secretary of the United States Army. 
Feb. 11, 1990 - Nelson Mandela is released from a South African prison after being detained for 27 years as political prisoner. ]]> 2022-02-06 01:40:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031062792 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031080882 Golden State Warriors (Black Boy Joy & Black Girl Magic)

Facts from the 12th:
Feb. 12, 1865 - Henry Highland Garnet, first black to speak in the Capitol, delivered memorial sermon on the abolition of slavery at services in the House of Representatives. 
Feb. 12, 1909 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded. The call for the organizational meeting was issued on 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth by 47 whites and six blacks. 
Feb. 12, 1948 - First Lt. Nancy C. Leftneant became the first black accepted in the regular Army Nursing Corps. ]]> 2022-02-06 02:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031080882 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031099109 Freedom (Beyoncé & K Dot)

Facts from the 13th:
Feb. 13, 1923 - The first black professional basketball team, "The Renaissance," was organized. 
Feb. 13, 1957 - Southern Christian Leadership Conference organized at New Orleans meeting with Martin Luther King Jr. as president. 
Feb 13, 1970 - The New York Stock Exchange admits its first black member, Joseph Searles.]]> 2022-02-06 03:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031099109 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031102553 Be Free (J.Cole)

Facts from the 14th:
Feb. 14, 1817 - Frederick Douglass, "The Great Emancipator," is born. 
Feb. 14, 1867 - Morehouse College organized in Augusta, Ga. The institution was later moved to Atlanta. New registration law in Tennessee abolished racial distinctions in voting.
Feb. 14, 1936 - National Negro Congress organized at Chicago meeting attended by 817 delegates representing more than 500 organizations. ]]> 2022-02-06 03:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031102553 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031105196 The Day & Life of Parenting While Black

Facts from the 15th:
Feb. 15, 1848 - Sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston. Her father, Benjamin Roberts, filed the first school integration suit on her behalf. 
Feb. 15, 1851 - Black abolitionists invaded a Boston courtroom and rescued a fugitive slave. 
Feb. 15, 1968 - Henry Lewis becomes the first black to lead a symphony orchestra in the United States. ]]> 2022-02-06 03:43:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031105196 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031106910 We Love you Goat (Chadwick Boseman)

Facts from the 16th:
Feb. 16, 1857 - Frederick Douglass elected President of Freeman Bank and Trust. 
Feb. 16, 1923 - Bessie Smith makes her first recording,  which sells 800,000 copies for Columbia Records. 
Feb. 16, 1951 - New York City Council passes a bill prohibiting racial discrimination in city-assisted housing developments. "Down Hearted Blues," ]]> 2022-02-06 03:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031106910 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031115746 Marvin Gaye (What's Going On Live 19720) #Goated

Facts from the 17th:
Feb. 17, 1870 - Congress passed resolution readmitting Mississippi on condition that it would never change its constitution to disenfranchise blacks. 
Feb. 17, 1963 - Michael Jeffrey Jordan, famed basketball player and former minor league baseball player, born in New York, N.Y. 
Feb. 17, 1997 - Virginia House of Delegates votes unanimously to retire the state song, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia," a tune that glorifies slavery. 

]]> 2022-02-06 04:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031115746 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031142154 Fresh Prince (Black History)

Facts from the 18th:
Feb. 18, 1688 - First formal protest against slavery by organized white body in English America made by Germantown Quakers at monthly meeting. 
Feb. 18, 1865 - Rebels abandoned Charleston. First Union troops to enter the city included twenty-first U.S.C.T., followed by two companies of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteers. 
Feb. 18, 1931 - Toni Morrison (born Chloe Anthony Wofford), who will win the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Beloved, was born on this day in Lorain, Ohio. ]]> 2022-02-06 05:18:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031142154 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031155368 5 Black Players Started for the 1st Time Ever!

Facts from the 19th:
Feb. 19, 1919 - Pan-African Congress, organized by W.E.B. DuBois, met at the Grand Hotel, Paris. There were 57 delegates- -16 from the United States and 14 from Africa as well as others from 16 countries ]]> 2022-02-06 05:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031155368 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031156559 The First Cowboys were Black

Facts from the 20th:
Feb. 20, 1895 - Death of Frederick Douglass. Douglass was the leading black spokesman for almost 50 years. He was a major abolitionist, lecturer, and editor. ]]> 2022-02-06 05:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031156559 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031164751 Black Poetry

Facts from the 21st:
Feb. 21, 1895 - North Carolina Legislature, dominated by black Republicans and white Populists, adjourned for the day to mark the death of Frederick Douglass. ]]> 2022-02-06 06:14:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031164751 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031179157 Jackie Robinson (G.O.A.T/King/Google Him)

Facts from the 22nd:
Feb 22, 1979 - Frank E. Peterson Jr. named the first black general in the Marine Corps. ]]> 2022-02-06 06:48:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031179157 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031784859 HBCU (Historically Black Colleges & Universities)
Imagine being at a school full of culture, history, and life where everyone looks like you.

Facts from the 23rd:
Feb. 23, 1965 - Constance Baker Motley elected Manhattan Borough president, the highest elective office held by a black woman in a major American city. ]]> 2022-02-06 19:57:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031784859 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031892461 Math Genius!

Facts from the 24th:
Feb. 24, 1864 - Rebecca Lee became the first black woman to receive an M.D. degree. ]]> 2022-02-06 22:26:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031892461 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031894015 Fearless Queen

Facts from the 25th:
Feb. 25, 1870 - Hirman R. Revels of Mississippi was sworn in as first black U.S. Senator and first black Representative in Congress. 
Feb. 25, 1948 - Martin Luther King was ordained as a Baptist minister. 
Feb. 25, 1971 - President Nixon met with members of the Congressional Black Caucus and appointed a White House panel to study a list of recommendations made by the group. ]]> 2022-02-06 22:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031894015 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031900138 Arthur Ashe (G.O.A.T.)

Facts from the 26th:
Feb. 26, 1869 - Fifteenth Amendment guaranteeing the right to vote sent to the states for ratification. 
Feb. 26, 1926 - Carter G. Woodson started Negro History Week. This week would later become Black History Month. ]]> 2022-02-06 22:39:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031900138 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031904335 Integration of the NBA

Facts from the 27th:
Feb. 27, 1869 - John W. Menard spoke in Congress in defense of his claim to a contested seat in Louisiana's Second Congressional District. Congress decided against both claimants. Congressman James A. Garfield of the examining committee said "it was too early to admit a Negro to the U.S. Congress." Menard was the first black to make a speech in Congress.  
Feb. 27, 1988 - Figure skater Debi Thomas becomes the first African American to win a medal (bronze) at the winter Olympic Games. ]]> 2022-02-06 22:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031904335 jpichon https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031916302 Mamba Out (Kobe Bryant: G.O.A.T.)

Facts from the 28th:
Feb. 28, 1859 - Arkansas legislature required free blacks to choose between exile and enslavement. 
Feb. 28, 1932 - Richard Spikes invented/patented the automatic gear shift.  ]]> 2022-02-06 23:07:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jpichon/ahldjxr23en22kq5/wish/2031916302