Really great information in this post- I would definitely recommend giving it a read.
Happy Friday everyone! I hope all is well with you all. I’m feeling pretty good myself. As we near the end of February also known as Black History Month, I wanted to share a few lesser-known and interesting facts about Black History. This is a month that reflects and pays tribute to the achievements of generations of African Americans.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
1.) The Black population in the United States went from being 4.8 million residents in 1870 to 43.8 million in 2018.
2.) Black History Month was originally started and celebrated as Negro History Week in 1926 by Carter G Woodson. He chose the second week of February specifically because it covered the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln (February 12th) and Frederick Douglass (February 14th).
3.) The late…
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Lifesfinewhine 
Thank you for your post. I really didn’t know that about black cowboys and the north pole explorer. How fascinating.
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I’m glad you learnt something new. Both of those are not very well known.
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Thanks for sharing! These were some facts I definitely did not know!
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Glad it was helpful!
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“Black History Month is a reminder
that America with the help of African leaders
chain and forced balcks out of Africa
enslave blacks for approximatedly 400 years
of slavery with Reconstruction, Jim Crow Segregation,
Affirmative Action + attached
depriving blacks of freedom, justice, and equality
*&* haven’t made *Reparations*
Black Histoiry Month
in reality is a farse and mockery in World History!!!”
By: Van Prince
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Thanks so much for sharing that.
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Always
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Thanks for sharing this important blog post! Keep up the good work! 😊🙏💛👊🎉
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Happy to share the wonderful post!
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😊🙏💟🎉😀🙌👊💯
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thanks for sharing!
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My pleasure!
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Wow this is such useful information I didn’t know – thanks for sharing!
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So glad you found it useful!
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Thank you for reblogging! I too didn’t know some of these so I’m glad you can share with others! 🤗🥰
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I was happy to reblog them! I didn’t know a lot of these till I got to university which is crazy because I feel like a lot of them should be common knowledge.
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Tiani’s post was so informative – I wish we were taught more of these things in schools and that Westerns did a better job accurately showing the black cowboys in the West!!
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Very neat post. I loved leading about that!
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❤
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