Week 2: #Educate28
In my previous post, I introduced my month long project called #Educate28 in which I pledge to post one educational tool per day for learning more about Black History. In case you missed them (or don’t use twitter), check out last week’s tools below.
Week 1 Recap is viewable here.
Day 8: Henrietta Lack’s Contributions to Cancer Research
Check out this amazing hip-hop video about the life of Henrietta Lacks created by Oakland middle schoolers. Read more about her life on wikipedia or by reading “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot.
Day 9: 10 Black STEM Innovators
SalesForce’s Black Employee Resource Group, BOLDForce, created a great list highlighting 10 Black STEM Innovators. View the full list here: https://www.salesforce.com/blog/2017/02/black-stem-innovators.html
Day 10: Artist Spotlight on Echo Brown
Learn more about Echo Brown by visiting helloechobrown.com. I learned about her when I attended her one-woman show entitled “Black Virgins Are Not For Hipsters” which is on its final run in Oakland, Ca. It is amazing! I have since been a second time and planning to go again!
Get tickets here, and check out this Ted Talk where she speaks to the process she had to go through to get to a place where she can tell her story on stage.
Day 11: African American Women’s Fashion of the 1920’s and 1930’s
Enjoy the beauty of these stunning photos of African American women and their fashion choices: http://designyoutrust.com/2016/04/stunning-vintage-photos-show-the-beauty-of-african-american-women-from-between-1920s-and-1940s/
Day 12: The Untold Stories of African Americans in World War 2
African Americans faced challenges with segregation and discrimination even when they were contributing to the country’s efforts in war time. Learn more about this in this documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3rnCPeKBwg
Day 13: Untold Story of Tuskegee Airman Terry Bailey
For 33 years, Terry Bailey, an unsung hero, was a seemingly ordinary mailman. What many did not know is this quiet man who delivered mail every day, was once a part of the highly selective and first group of Black Pilots in the Armed Forces. Read his story here: http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/tuskegee-airman-now-talks-about-the-rewards-challenges-of-breaking/article_b63bcbf8-1c73-504b-b9f1-4491a3537921.html
Day 14: Why Frederick Douglass Was An Exemplary American
February 14th is the day that we celebrate the birth of abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Read about Frederick Douglass in this article: http://dailysignal.com/2017/02/13/why-frederick-douglass-was-an-exemplary-american/
“Douglass’ story is the story of an American who, like his country, rose from a low beginning to a great height, who gained freedom by his own virtue and against great odds, and who matured into a world-famous apostle of universal liberty.
It is the story, too, of a man divided by race, who with time and work became his country’s most prominent representative of the aspiration toward racial uplift, reconciliation, and integration.” — Taken from the article.
