This is our last day of A Month of Black History. I hope that you have learned something new or were reminded of something that you forgot. I know that I did. Too often we walk through life consumed with ourselves...not thinking of those whose contributions of inventions, thoughts, accomplishments, blood, sweat and tears have built or brightened the paths that we all now walk. This world is bigger than the small space that we as individuals take up. We have to make this world better for those with us and after us. The only way to do that is to keep hoping, dreaming and believing. Yes, it sounds like lyrics for a new save the world song, but it's true. So, I felt that the final post of this series should lead us into the new month with a challenge to make life better and more beautiful....
"In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe."
~Michael Jackson~
Are you up to the challenge?
Showing posts with label A Month of Black History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A Month of Black History. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
A Month of Black History: Day 28
"We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies."
~Martin Luther King, Jr.~
~Martin Luther King, Jr.~
Monday, February 27, 2012
A Month of Black History: Day 27
"Courage is the most important of all virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage."
~Maya Angelou~
~Maya Angelou~
Sunday, February 26, 2012
A Month of Black History: Day 26
"You may fill your heads with knowledge or skillfully train your hands, but unless it is based upon high, upright character, upon a true heart, it will amount to nothing. You will be no better than the most ignorant."
~Booker T. Washington~
~Booker T. Washington~
Saturday, February 25, 2012
A Month of Black History: Day 25
Actress Hattie McDaniel won an Oscar for her role as "Mammy" in Gone with the Wind, on this date in 1940. She was the first Black woman to win this award.
(Yenoba)
(Yenoba)
Friday, February 24, 2012
A Month of Black History: Day 24
"Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will."
~Martin Luther King, Jr.~
~Martin Luther King, Jr.~
Thursday, February 23, 2012
A Month of Black History: Day 23
Frank E. Peterson, Jr. became the first Black Brigadier General in the U.S. Marine Corps on this date in 1979.
(Yenoba)
(Yenoba)
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
A Month of Black History: Day 22
On this day in 1989, Col. Frederick Gregory was the first African American to command a space shuttle mission.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
A Month of Black History: Day 21
"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching."
~Satchel Paige~
~Satchel Paige~
A Month of Black History: Day 20
"If you don't understand yourself, you don't understand anybody else."
~Nikki Giovanni~
~Nikki Giovanni~
A Month of Black History: Day 19
"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."
~Harriet Tubman~
~Harriet Tubman~
A Month of Black History: Day 18
"Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it."
~Arthur Ashe~
~Arthur Ashe~
Saturday, February 18, 2012
A Month Of Black History: Day 17
"It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences."
~Audre Lorde~
~Audre Lorde~
A Month of Black History Day:16
"Never look down on anyone unless you're helping him up."
~Jesse Jackson~
~Jesse Jackson~
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
A Month of Black History: Day 15
"Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing in it."
~Jesse Owens~
~Jesse Owens~
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
A Month of Black History: Day 14
Frederick Augustus Douglass, orator, activist, and abolitionist, was born a slave in Tuckahoe, MD on this date in 1817. He was commemorated on a US postal stamp issued on his birthday 150 yrs. later.
(Yenoba)
(Yenoba)
Monday, February 13, 2012
A Month of Black History: Day 13
The Renaissance, the first Black pro basketball team, was organized on this date in 1920.
(Yenoba)
(Yenoba)
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012
A Month of Black History: Day 11
"We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders."
~Maya Angelou~
~Maya Angelou~
A Month of Black History: Day 10
"There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don't expect you to save the world, I do think it's not asking too much for you to love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those whom you call friend, engage those among you who are visionary and remove from your life those who offer you depression, despair and disrespect."
~Nikki Giovanni~
~Nikki Giovanni~
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