I have been written in the pages of history by THE Authentic Woman, Clara Freeman. She spotlighted my book, 62 Blog Posts to Overcome Blogger’s Block, on her book review site, Clara54 Weblog. I had the pleasure of sharing this honor with authors Yvonne Randle, Evette Collins and Eve Cogdell. And look at the women…
Tag: Black History
Let’s Celebrate Black History Month
In addition to reading, writing and blogging, history is another love of mine, particularly Black History. During this month I would like to encourage you to watch at least two Black History movies; read at least one book with at least 100 pages; and attend at least two events. So, here are my recommendations…
Black Bloggers Connect: BHM Entry: Overcome Blogger’s Block With These 6 Types of Black History Posts
As we celebrate Black History month, I would like to share six types of black history posts that will document black people in history; highlight people creating history today; and help you overcome blogger’s block. Link Posts Link posts make it easy for you to link to your favorite black history sites, resources, publications and…
Happy Black History Month
I LOVE Black history and I would like to wish everyone a happy Black history month. Black people have made many a great contributions to the history of this world, however, very few have been acknowledged. Following are a just a few of my favorite Black people in history. Carter G. Woodson Ida B. Wells…
Celebrating 80 Years of The Mis-Education of The Negro by Dr. Carter G. Woodson
This year marks the 80th year of The Mis-Education of The Negro by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, which was originally printed in 1933. It is an honor to share this information because this is the book that helped me knock off my blinders to my mis-education and the lack of progress in the education of…
Answer to My Question: Where Are the Black People in Roller Skating?
The Universe sent a resource to answer my question: Where are the Black People in Roller Skating? During an interview with someone for my roller skating book, the statement was made that roller skating has always been a white sport. But, it has take over black communities. I get that. At some point throughout history,…
Reading the Education of The Negro Prior to 1861 by Carter G. Woodson
And I must say that this book is deep that it is taking at least 10 minutes to read ONE page. Oh my goodness, that’s so heavy stuff. Carter G. was so highly enlightened that he started Chapter 1, the introduction, with “Brought from the African wilds to constitute the laboring class of a pioneering…