Its February! Happy Black History Month !

[MissAnne]

Its Black History Month here in the USA.

I was looking for a fun/inspirational video about Black History Month to put up on Facebook

I found this.... Hmm. Mind you, this is at BYU.

Most of the people probably dont know how ignorant they sound.

And...Whats up with the Black guy not knowing when Black History Month is ?

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

wish usa get a life month every month ans rest planet earths lands on happy valley watin list

thankyou

 

[G-Lexington]

As the saying goes, "fuck this month. I want the whole year."

Lex

 

[palbert]

And what a way to start. A black pastress -- who GETS the 10% coincidentally -- wants everyone fired for insulting her ministry. Some pastress. She should eat at her soup kitchen.

 

[MissAnne]

I hope that Im not being misunderstood.

I did not find this video inspirational. I am still looking for a non-depressing/inspirational Black History Month video.

I also didn't post it thinking that the BYU students represented White Americans.

Actually I found it humorous. I attended a school in a very rural area and they reminded me of my classmates.

 

[rareboy]

Seven LGBT African-Americans Who Changed The Face Of The Gay Community

Full story here: http://www.queerty.com/seven-lgbt-a...-of-the-gay-community-20120201/#ixzz2JmpxPJHO
Read more at http://www.queerty.com/seven-lgbt-a...e-gay-community-20120201/#UVm6tOgUjLijpgoO.99

 

[CowboyBob]

This means I'll have to post a bunch of vintage pictures of hotties in MisterMajestic's thread.

 

[xbuzzerx]

I'll spend this month much like I spend many days of my life--remembering the many courageous people that came before me and made it possible to live the life I live now. I'm very grateful.


Also: I'm pulling out my Roots DVDs

Guilting me!!

 

[Medusa]

Our history, and culture cannot be packed in into one whole shirt as month. But anyways here's a man that people should know about, but oddly sad enough they don't:

http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/3-organized/charles-houston.html

http://www.charleshamiltonhouston.org/

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Charles_Hamilton_Houston
Here's my home girl Ms.Wells

And here's Marie Laveau. You guys are probably wondering why I choose her, well that because she was one awesome lady, and I like this video.

 

[Medusa]

Seven LGBT African-Americans Who Changed The Face Of The Gay Community

Full story here: http://www.queerty.com/seven-lgbt-a...-of-the-gay-community-20120201/#ixzz2JmpxPJHO
Read more at http://www.queerty.com/seven-lgbt-a...e-gay-community-20120201/#UVm6tOgUjLijpgoO.99

You forgot to mention the most famous of them all. Langston Hughes. He was a black poet of the 1920s period, and was rumored to be gay. It was also rumored that Malcolm X was bisexual, but that really does not count because he was addicted to Heroin, and other heavy harsh drugs. But that could count if you want it.

 

[MissAnne]

I'm going to try to get this book for Black History Month. I only recently found out about who Henrietta Lacks is and I'm so fascinated (and saddened) by her story.

Yeah, her story continues to shock people. Its disgusting. I wouldn't mind reading that book either.

 

[MissAnne]

Another good book for Black History Month would be:

Warriors Dont Cry by Melba Patillo Beals, she was one of the Little Rock Nine. This is an incredibly good book. Her first account of what went on during the integration of the high school. Its crazy how even adults treated these brave children. You would also be surprised as to who befriended her.

Melba is on the top row second to the left

 

[MissAnne]

If anyone has any Black History Facts from outside of the US, that would be interesting to post here.

 

[bankside]

If anyone has any Black History Facts from outside of the US, that would be interesting to post here.

Sure thing: here's some info on Amber Valley, Alberta:
It was settled by black homesteaders from Oklahoma just over a hundred years ago. The prejudice that would have given a strong reason for black families to stick together in a separate community weakened over time, and the settlement declined as farm life changed and people found better opportunities in other places in Alberta or the rest of the country. It's interesting that this Alberta story may be outside the US, but would not have happened without the US experience.

In fact when I think of "black history" in canada, i think of black people from the US as a cultural grouping, as opposed to, say, somalis or ghanaians or zimbabweans who have immigrated in the last 25 years or so…people who in some contexts might be considered part of the same demographic. But I think that's a different history month! Is there a "Black History Fact" that does not relate to the experience of people in the US?


https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=Amber...r=Amber+Valley,+Division+No.+13,+Alberta&z=15

Anyway, as you might guess from the map of Amber Valley as a farmer's field just north of a cloud, there is not a lot of black history on the canadian prairies, and not a lot of contemporary black presence with roots going back to the states either. I definitely noticed the demographic differences between my hometown and the US when I visited seattle…seattle has a huge black community compared to life in western Canadian cities, but Americans tell me Seattle is actually Whitey McWhiteville by comparison with other parts of the US.

 

[hungprep]

Nina Simone – Sunday in Savannah…

^ Recorded live in Atlanta, April 7, 1968 – three days after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr…

 

[gsdx]

How well-known is Harriet Tubman? If you've not seen A Woman Called Moses, it's worth a peek. And so is The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman. Both star Cicely Tyson and neither seems to receive the television exposure they deserve.

 

[xbuzzerx]

How well-known is Harriet Tubman? If you've not seen A Woman Called Moses, it's worth a peek. And so is The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman. Both star Cicely Tyson and neither seems to receive the television exposure they deserve.

I would simply hope that Harriet Tubman is known to anyone who took grade school in the United States, but I guess we all know better than to assume anyone paid attention in history classes. :/

 

[bankside]

Slavery in Canada was a limited phenomenon, being practised mostly among aboriginal canadians, and then done to them by the french colonists. Enslavement of people of african origin was a practise of british colonists.

Records record some 3600 slaves in Canada in the mid-1700s, less than a third of whom were black. The collapse of the British colonies during the American Revolution resulted in the exit of many former colonists, who came to Canada as slaveholders, changing the figures above. This influx was legal, but at odds with Canadian practice. By the late 1700's the laws here restricted the practice greatly. By 1833 all Canadians were free, and Canada became a destination for those escaping slaveholders in the US. Figures from the Canadian Encyclopedia.


Here's a beautifully written takedown of pro-slavery arguments during Canada's abolitionist period by Ward Chipman:
http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/NBHistory/chipman/chipman.html

 

[palbert]

Isn't this month over yet?

 

[xbuzzerx]

Saw this on buzzfeed...

Happy "How Come There Isn't A White History Month?" Month! It's that time of year again…

@ it's that time of year again.

___


Love this photo:

So badass.

That would so be me. That guy's such an awesome troll.