The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Before higher education was desegregated in the 1950s and 60s, almost all Black college students enrolled in these institutions, which have been operating since after the Civil War.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
Claiming to be an alien from Saturn on a mission to preach peace, the musician is credited as the pioneer of Afrofuturism
Sun Ra
his Jamaican became one of the key leaders of the Pan-African movement, inventing the Pan-African flag, founding the Negro World newspaper, the Black Star Line shipping company, and the Universal Negro Improvement Association
Marcus Garvey
A phrase used to tell others that you are minding your business and the situation at hand does not involve you
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My name is Bennett, and I ain’t in it!
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What is African American Vernacular English
He was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the first African-American poet to earn national and international distinction and acceptance. In addition to his poems, short stories, and novels
Paul Laurence Dunbar
This man patented an electric automatic traffic signal, which he sold to GE for $40,000, was the first Black person to own a car in Cleveland and invented the gas mask.
Garrett Morgan
Celebrated April 22-25 in Australia, this holiday means “meeting together” in local Anangu language and celebrates the best of Australian Indigenous culture.
The Tjungu Festival
An infamous question asked by the members of City High in their 1999 smash-hit.
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What would you do if your son was at home, crying all alone on the bedroom floor cause he’s hungry?
In Africa, many of the large-scale sculptures and monuments dedicated to famous independence leaders have been made by artists from this Asian country. In more modern art pieces Black people's presence in the art is meant to display solidarity against inequality and American policies.
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He is generally believed to be the first African American to ever earn a college degree.
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Woburn Winery, a Virginia-based winery that manufactured products harvesting its own grapes and at the time was the only Black-owned winery in the country was founded by this person.
John June Lewis Sr.
She sang“La negra tiene tumbao. Nunca camina de la’o” translated as “the black woman has swag and confidence. She never sidesteps.”
Cuban singer Celia Cruz
A phrase that commonly follows “Say it Loud…” A declaration of pride for being a member of the Black community.
I’m Black and I’m Proud!
June 19, 1866
Juneteenth
Dr. Nathalie McDowell Johnson is most recognized for her contributions to this medical specialty
Breast cancer surgery
This NASA scientist and inventor is known for their 1980 patent.
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On July 25, women of African descent across Latin America and the Caribbean, from Argentina to Puerto Rico, gather to celebrate this holiday
International Afro-Latina, Afro-Caribbean, and African Diaspora Women’s Day.
One of the most iconic lines in hip-hop history, Notorious B.I.G. says this to establish the nostalgic theme of his hit “Juicy”
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It was all a dream! I used to read Word Up Magazine
This person conceived and produced Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight," which became the first commercially successful rap record.
Sylvia Robinson
Teaching herself to read and write, as the first woman deacon in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church she used her ministry to combat racism, other social abuses, and the subordination of women
Julia Foote
She was an American artist, educator, and the first African American to have a solo show at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in 1973. She is said to have inspired the careers of David Driskell, Elizabeth Catlett, and Sylvia Snowden.
Lois Mailou Jones
Maroon societies in Brazil consisting of African and Indigenous villages and territories run by self-liberated Africans, who creolized and deepened their culture as they simultaneously fought off brutal encroachment by European colonists.
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This iconic line was said by the creator of the cult classic “Insecure” on HBO, on the red carpet at the 2017 Emmy Awards.
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I’m rooting for everybody Black
Brought the practice of inoculation to the US
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