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East Senior’s Rho Kappa Social Studies National Honor Society has created the following slide presentation in honor of Black History Month. We hope that you will join us in celebrating! History of Black History Month The precursor to this month The month of February has began when the The been designated & Association for the Study of Negro Life and History recognized as Black History (ASNLH), known today as the Month since 1976, when Association for the Study of President Ford officially African American Life and called on Americans to “seize History, sponsored a national the opportunity to honor the Negro History week in 1926. too-often neglected The group chose the second accomplishments of black week of February to coincide Americans in every area of with the birthdays of both endeavor throughout our Abraham Lincoln and history.” This came a century . This after the 13th Amendment inspired schools and communities nationwide to abolished slavery in the organize local celebrations, . host performances, and establish history clubs. Frederick Douglass ● Her code name was “Moses” ● Mother of the Civil Rights and she never lost a slave Movement ● Known for being the best ● Refused to give up her seat “conductor” of the on a bus to a white man in Underground Railroad and a 1955 Union scout ● Former slave who escaped from ● Civil rights activist before ● Risked her life and made 19 slavery and made his way north her arrest missions to rescue an ● Leader in the American abolitionist estimated 300 slaves movement Click on ● Is often called the father of the photos to Jackie Robinson Historical Figures view a video clip! ● First African American Martin Luther King Jr. MLB player in the US ● American politician, author ● On April 15th 1947, he and educator broke the racial barrier ● She was the first black when he first appeared on woman elected to the US the field with the Dodgers Congress, and represented against the Braves ● Very important figure in the Civil Rights NY’s 12th Congressional Movement District for seven terms ● His famous speech was the “” ● Chisholm also became the speech given at the Lincoln Memorial first African American ● Assassinated in April 1968 woman to run for president ● Went to jail 29 times for acts of civil when she ran in 1972 for the disobedience Democratic Party Creators of BLM- Alicia Garza, , and Opal Tometi: In 2013, these three women joined together to create the Black Lives Matter Movement in response to the events surrounding the death of Trayvon Martin. The project has now grown to a global network of more than 40 chapters. They have organized many protests, and continue to organize projects to fight against the oppression still face today.

CONTEMPORARY FIGURES : Stacey Abrams: Born in 1944, Angela Davis has written several Stacey Yvonne Abrams is an American books on the inequalities Women and African politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and Americans face, as well as Prison reform and author who served in the House of other injustices. She is one of the founders of Representatives from 2007 to 2017, Critical Resistance, a national organization serving as minority leader from 2011 to dedicated to building a movement to abolish the 2017. Her efforts have been widely prison-industrial complex. She was also part of credited with boosting voter turnout in the Black Panthers, a civil rights group formed Georgia, including in the 2020 presidential in October 1966. She was a teacher, and election, where won the state, retired in 2008, although she continues to and in Georgia's 2020–21 U.S. Senate lecture at universities discussing issues or race, election and special election, which gave the system, and women’s rights. Democrats control over the Senate. Music Salt-N-Pepa is an An American American American hip-hop , trumpeter, girl group formed songwriter,and bandleader, and in 1985. record producer. composer. He is Salt-N-Pepa has He creates music among the most sold over 15 million that mixes soul, influential and records rap, rock, and acclaimed figures worldwide,making electronic music in the history of them one of the which have won jazz and 20th best-selling rap him two -century music. acts of all time, male or female. Grammys and Salt -n- Pepa Frank Ocean given him nearly Click on Miles Davis, 15 million spotify MUSIC James Brown, & listeners. Megan Thee James Brown to listen! Prince Stallion Is an American A.k.a. “The Prince was an rapper, singer, and Godfather of Soul” American singer, songwriter. She James Brown was songwriter, first garnered an American musician, and singer, songwriter, attention when dancer. His dancer, and videos of her personally crafted bandleader. An freestyling sound had made inspiration of him one of the most became popular music and a major influential and on social media figure of original artists in platforms such as 20th-century music Instagram. dance. the history of popular music.

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Here you can find some very delicious traditional African American recipes! Authors and Poets “One night I accidently bumped into a man, and perhaps because of the near darkness he saw me and called me an insulting name. “If growing up is painful for the I sprang at him, seizing his coat Southern Black girl, being aware lapels and demanded he of her displacement is the rust apologize. He was a tall blond on the razor that threatens her man, and as my face came close throat. It is an unnecessary to his he looked insolently out of insult.” his blue eyes and cursed me, his breath hot in my face as he : struggled.” Grew up dealing with that came with living in the south. In addition, her Ralph Ellison: childhood included many traumatic Ellison had two brothers, one of which died in experiences. This was detailed in her infancy. His father also died in a construction book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. accident three years after his birth. He learned The book allowed her to be the first how to play music from a neighbor’s father while African American woman to have a in high school. His book Invisible Man won the nonfiction bestselling book. US National Book Award for Fiction in 1953. This made Ellison the first African American to receive awards for fiction books. Movies

The Color of Friendship Hidden Figures Black Panther Princess and the Frog Based on actual events The story of a team of A man named T’Challa’s Features first African about the friendship female American disney princess. journey to take his A waitress who wants to between two girls; African-American Mahree & Piper, one from rightful place as king of become a restaurant mathematicians who the United States and the the nation Wakanda. owner is sent to turn a frog served a vital role in other from apartheid This features an almost prince back into a human. South Africa, who learn NASA during the early But she has to face the about tolerance and years of the U.S. completely black lead same problem after she friendship. space program. cast. kisses him. On Disney Plus On Disney Plus On Disney Plus On Netflix & Disney Plus jlk Inspiring Quotes “IF THEY DON’T GIVE YOU “Don’t count the days, A SEAT AT THE TABLE, make the days count” BRING A FOLDING CHAIR.” - – Shirley Chisholm

“Change will not Nelson Mandela: “It come if we wait always seems impossible for some other until it's done.” person or if we wait for some other time. We “THE ONLY WAY YOU are the ones REALLY SEE CHANGE, we’ve been IS BY HELPING CREATE waiting for. We IT.” are the change Maya Angelou: “Stand up – Lena Waithe that we seek.” straight and realize who you - are, that you tower over your circumstances.”

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