Mangrove 9 I just learned about this bit of Black History today while doing a quick google search about the new Showtime Mini-series set in the UK produced by Idris Elba and John Ridley. Looking forward to learning more together! https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/06/british-black-power-from-shrug-to-school-syllabus-in-six-short-years https://www.theguardian.com/law/2010/nov/29/mangrove-nine-40th-anniversary http://www.georgepadmoreinstitute.org/Mangrove%20Nine
Black History Month Day 16 – Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint Louverture http://www.blackpast.org/gah/loverture-toussaint-1742-1803 http://www.biography.com/people/toussaint-louverture-9509252 https://newrepublic.com/article/139016/giving-toussaint-louverture-great-man-treatment
Black History Month Day 15 – Mali Empire
http://www.blackpast.org/gah/mali-empire-ca-1200 https://africa.si.edu/exhibits/resources/mali/ http://www.sahistory.org.za/article/empire-mali-1230-1600 https://afktravel.com/100058/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-ancient-empire-of-mali/
Black History Month Day 14 – The Williams Sisters
Venus and Serena Williams https://theundefeated.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/#serena-williams https://theundefeated.com/features/serena-and-venus-may-be-tennis-excellence-personified-but-dont-forget-richard/ https://theundefeated.com/features/what-had-happened-was-13017/ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/magazine/venus-and-serena-against-the-world.html
Black History Month Day 13 – Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali The GOAT! Need I say more? http://muhammadali.com/ http://www.biography.com/people/muhammad-ali-9181165 http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/muhammad-ali http://www.theroot.com/that-time-muhammad-ali-beat-superman-1790855544
Black History Month Day 12 – August Wilson
Frederick August Kittel, more affectionately know as August Wilson. August Wilson, where does one begin? I suggest perhaps performing a Google image search. August Wilson is certainly a man of many faces and undeniable cool eerily similar to the iconic 44th President, Barack Obama. August very much like the dynamic characters of his cycle of […]