https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration en-us 2020-09-24 08:19:20 UTC 2021-09-28 15:16:14 UTC hello@padlet.com raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/775014537 1 minute 38 seconds]]> 2020-09-24 08:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/775014537 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/775014538 2 minutes 43 seconds]]> 2020-09-24 08:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/775014538 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/775014539 1 minute 50 seconds]]> 2020-09-24 08:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/775014539 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/775014541 1 minute 48 seconds]]> 2020-09-24 08:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/775014541 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/783943925 William Brown was a Black woman who joined the Royal Navy under a man's name in the early nineteenth century. It is undisputed that she was a sailor of HMS Queen Charlotte, but historians have reached varying conclusions about her service record.]]> 2020-09-28 10:32:42 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/783943925 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/789655378 Is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and professor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced more than 35 films since 1983]]> 2020-09-29 21:01:41 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/789655378 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/789656255 Winner of the Emmy, BAFTA and Peabody Awards, Academy award nominee Ava DuVernay is a writer, director, producer and film distributor. ]]> 2020-09-29 21:02:08 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/789656255 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/789656977 Is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He directed the Marvel film Black Panther (2018), which broke numerous box office records and became the highest-grossing film of all time by a black director.]]> 2020-09-29 21:02:29 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/789656977 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/789657495 Is an American filmmaker. After making his filmmaking debut with the short film My Josephine, he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Feature for Medicine for Melancholy (2008).]]> 2020-09-29 21:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/789657495 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/789658204 Is a Liberian-American film director, producer, screenwriter, editor and actress. Dunye's work often concerns themes of race, sexuality, and gender, particularly issues relating to black lesbians.]]> 2020-09-29 21:03:06 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/789658204 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/789658690 Is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer. He is best known for his television and film work in the comedy and horror genres.]]> 2020-09-29 21:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/789658690 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/789661118 Is a British filmmaker and video artist. He is known for his film 12 Years a Slave (2013), a historical adaptation of an 1853 slave narrative memoir, for which he won many awards. McQueen is the first black filmmaker to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.]]> 2020-09-29 21:04:31 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/789661118 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/789675230 Is an American costume designer for film and television, with over 40 films to her credit, who has mastered the look of multiple periods and genres in envisioning the clothing and overall appearance of a character or performer.]]> 2020-09-29 21:11:33 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/789675230 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/789678971 Costume Designer.]]> 2020-09-29 21:13:30 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/789678971 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/789679815 Costume Designer.]]> 2020-09-29 21:13:52 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/789679815 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/789680369 Costume Designer.]]> 2020-09-29 21:14:11 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/789680369 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/796378104 Was the first African-American author of a published book of poetry. Born in West Africa, she was sold into slavery at the age of seven or eight and transported to North America. She was purchased by the Wheatley family of Boston, who taught her to read and write and encouraged her poetry when they saw her talent.]]> 2020-10-01 20:59:00 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/796378104 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/796380424 Director. ]]> 2020-10-01 21:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/796380424 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/800805101 Invented the Wooden Clock, believed to be the first clock built in America. In addition he is known for developing/inventing the Almanacs.]]> 2020-10-04 13:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/800805101 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/800805508 Pioneering NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson has died at the age of 101. Johnson was part of a group of African-American women who worked on critical mathematical calculations in the early days of human spaceflight, as chronicled in the best-selling book and hit movie “Hidden Figures.” ]]> 2020-10-04 13:23:09 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/800805508 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/800805861 George Washington Carver was born into slavery but went on to become a botanist and one of the most prominent scientists and inventors of his time. ]]> 2020-10-04 13:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/800805861 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/800807087 Invented Global Positioning System (GPS).]]> 2020-10-04 13:25:09 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/800807087 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/800808711 Patricia Bath is the FIRST person to invent and demonstrate laserphaco cataract surgery. "Sometimes even now when I’m told I was a “first,” it comes as a surprise, because it’s only through history that you understand that kind of thing."]]> 2020-10-04 13:27:09 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/800808711 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/800808821 Invented the Electric Self- Feeding apparatus for amputees, a Neck frame for injured or ill patients and Emesis Basin.]]> 2020-10-04 13:27:18 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/800808821 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/800810486 Invented the Carbon Light Bulb Filament.]]> 2020-10-04 13:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/800810486 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/800817326 A British composer, actor, and writer. He is the only Briton of African heritage known to have been eligible and voted in an 18th-century general election through property qualifications.]]> 2020-10-04 13:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/800817326 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/806080324 A Nigerian jazz musician who is believed to have been the only black participant of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.]]> 2020-10-06 09:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/806080324 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/806098403 One of Manchester's foremost anti-racism campaigners]]> 2020-10-06 09:42:13 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/806098403 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/824323438 2020-10-13 10:29:20 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/824323438 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/824667978 2020-10-13 13:07:21 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/824667978 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/824669588 Alison Hammond travels across the country and back in time on an historical journey to discover some of the black figures who have been hidden from Britain's history.]]> 2020-10-13 13:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/824669588 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/824670983 2020-10-13 13:08:03 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/824670983 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/824673254 Look for the Black & Proud]]> 2020-10-13 13:08:36 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/824673254 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/824699795 The Human Trafficking Foundation grew out of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery.]]> 2020-10-13 13:14:52 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/824699795 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/824707337 An Act to introduce a national day to raise awareness of the need to eradicate all forms of slavery, human trafficking and exploitation; and for connected purposes.]]> 2020-10-13 13:16:45 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/824707337 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/824732801 This Anti-Slavery Day we want to spread this message: modern slavery is closer than we think.]]> 2020-10-13 13:22:10 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/824732801 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/824779715 2020-10-13 13:32:46 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/824779715 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/824792202 2020-10-13 13:35:32 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/824792202 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/824799644 2020-10-13 13:37:13 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/824799644 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/825292779 In 1834 Britain abolished slavery, a defining and celebrated moment in our national history. What has been largely forgotten is that abolition came at a price. The government of the day took the extraordinary step of compensating the slave owners for loss of their 'property', as Britain's slave owners were paid £17bn in today's money, whilst the slaves received nothing.]]> 2020-10-13 15:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/825292779 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/825295856 Historian David Olusoga continues his examination of Britain's forgotten slave owners. In this episode, David explores how in 1834 the government arrived at the extraordinary decision to compensate the slave owners with the equivalent of £17 billion in today's money. Tracing the bitter propaganda war waged between the pro-slavery lobby and the abolitionists, he reveals that paying off the slave owners for the loss of their human property was, ultimately, the only way to bring the system to an end. ]]> 2020-10-13 15:25:05 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/825295856 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/825667690 Week 3 Quiz]]> 2020-10-13 16:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/825667690 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/835089900 A series of striking images of modern slavery across the industries – including agriculture, construction, maritime, cannabis farming and food processing, child trafficking for sexual exploitation and forced prostitution.]]> 2020-10-16 09:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/835089900 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/838754080 Documentary that explores the work of Jordan Peele, an era-defining horror auteur, incisive social critic and influential media mogul. ]]> 2020-10-18 12:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/838754080 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/838756639 Documentary that explores the work of a film director of groundbreaking firsts. Ava DuVernay is the first black woman to win Best Director at Sundance, for her romantic drama Middle of Nowhere, the first black woman to direct a $100-million budget film, the youth fantasy drama A Wrinkle in Time, and the first black woman to direct a film Oscar-nominated for Best Picture - Selma, the first major feature film about Martin Luther King Jr. ]]> 2020-10-18 12:27:18 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/838756639 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/838759926 An exploration of the work of Barry Jenkins, a trailblazing film director whose Best Picture winner Moonlight made Oscar night history in 2017, beating La La Land to Best Picture following a dramatic and unprecedented envelope mix-up. ]]> 2020-10-18 12:31:45 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/838759926 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/838762873 An exploration of the work of Ryan Coogler, a record-breaking film director, whose Oscar-winning and box office-conquering superhero adventure Black Panther scaled new heights for big-budget black cinema in Hollywood. Written and voiced Kambole Campbell, a writer and film critic for Empire Magazine, Little White Lies and Sight & Sound, this short profile documentary follows Coogler’s career from independent drama Fruitvale Station through Rocky franchise spin-off Creed to comic-book epic Black Panther. ]]> 2020-10-18 12:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/838762873 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/838913733 Samuel L Jackson traces his ancestry to Gabon, visiting the coastal area of Loango National Park to see from where his enslaved ancestors were shipped in their millions to the Americas.]]> 2020-10-18 15:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/838913733 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/838918677 Samuel L Jackson - with journalists Afua Hirsch and Simcha Jacobovici - examines how, for over 400 years, the trans-Atlantic slave trade became the greatest wealth-generating machine the world had known and the engine that drove the global economy.]]> 2020-10-18 15:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/838918677 raceewg https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/840308474 2020-10-19 08:57:14 UTC https://padlet.com/raceewg/inspiration/wish/840308474