Today will feature historical books.
Book 1: Jarena Lee, first African American woman preacher:
Book 2: William Wells Brown, Clotel or The President’s Daughter
Book 3: Harriet Wilson, Our Nig, or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black
Born on this date in 1865 was Adam Clayton Powell, Sr., religious leader at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, after becoming the pastor in 1908. More information about him:
Black Past Remembered: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/powell-sr-adam-clayton-1865-1953
African American Registry: https://aaregistry.org/story/spiritual-charisma-adam-clayton-powell-sr/
Scholastic: https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/meet-reverend-adam-clayton-powell-sr/
From Ebony Magazine, September 1964 Today, on the fifty-third anniversary of El Hajj Malik Shabazz’s (Malcolm X’s) martyrdom, we re-present Hans Massaquoi’s article in Ebony covering the short period between his departure from the Nation of Islam in March 1964 and his assassination in 1965. Massaquoi followed Malcolm X across Harlem as he built the […]
On February 11, Jarena Lee, the first authorized female preacher in the African Methodist Episcopal church was born.
http://www.blackpast.org/aah/lee-jarena-1783
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h1638.html
http://www.librarycompany.org/women/portraits_religion/lee.htm
Mary Lovelace O’Neal, artist and professor was born on this day: https://nmwa.org/blog/2017/10/17/spotlight-mary-lovelace-oneal/
http://rehistoricizing.org/mary-lovelace-oneal/
These are books that should be read all year round. However, reading during Black History Month is a great start: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-history-month-books_us_5a79a9a8e4b018ad89502122
On February 3, 1964, thousands of students boycotted the New York School System in support of full integrationof New York public schools: http://crdl.usg.edu/events/ny_school_boycott/?Welcome
Another source: WNYC: https://www.wnyc.org/story/school-boycott-1964/
February 6, 1961, SNCC starts “jail-no bail” movement in Rock Hill, South Carolina. https://snccdigital.org/events/rock-hill-sit-ins-and-jail-no-bail/
Another source Zinn Education Project: https://zinnedproject.org/2016/02/jail-no-bail/
Four years ago on this date, Mississippi officially abolishes slavery: http://abcnews.go.com/News/mississippi-officially-abolishes-slavery-ratifies-13th-amendment/blogEntry?id=18533376
Louis Lomax, African American journalist: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/lomax-louis-emanuel-1922-1970