Re: Black History Month starts today!

bmorechick · ‎03-11-2010

Harriett Tubman, Rosa Parks, Elijah Cummings, Ruby Bridges, Emmet Till, Tuskegee Airmen and many others. Great post!

just bee · ‎03-10-2010

@Goldengate8361 wrote:
@just bee I'm so pleased to see Thomas Sowell mentioned. I first read his early books during my college years. I've admired his intellect and amazing writing skills my whole life. I don't always agree 100% with him, but he always makes me think....and think hard. That's a great thing.

@Goldengate8361

I'm pleased that someone admires him as much as I do.

It's hard to believe he's 91 years old.

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Zernia Rose · ‎04-16-2011

@spumoni99 The series about Emmett Till,"Mothers of the Movement" was broadcast in January and aired over three weeks, two hours for each part. It was powerful and evoked lots of emotions. Some of the actions depicted are quite atrocious but hstorically accurate. One could see many parallels to events today. I met his mother, Mrs. Mamie Till Mobley.

Zernia Rose · ‎04-16-2011

@Goldengate8361 Ida B. Wells USPS stamp is beautiful. The Barbie doll depicting her was released last month; it is beautiful. Her grreat, great granddauighter, Michelle Duster is an historian and has written a biographies of her for children and adults.

Cali Bag Lady · ‎04-10-2010

Add me to the group that admires Thomas Sowell. I don't always agree with what he says but he always makes me think...deeply, and I appreciate that. He's a great man.

Zernia Rose · ‎04-16-2011

This is a great topic and thanks for starting it. I agree that the individuals named have excelled. It's too hard to list all those that impacted me but four of my absolute favorites are Miriam Wright Edelman of the Children's Defense Fund, Robert Moses of the Algebra Project and Freedom Riders and Freedom School, Booker T. Washington, and W. E. B. Du Bois.

KathyM23 · ‎11-20-2010

Hail, hail rock n roll for Chuck Berry!

Condalisa (sp) Rice

Coiin Powell

George Washigton Carver

Rosa Parks

PamfromCT · ‎05-22-2014

There are so many to admire, but I still admire MLK the most.

He had a special connection to our northern CT town. Seems he came here to work on tobacco as a very young man, when tobacco for cigar wrappers was grown here summers.

It has been acknowledged that the respect he was treated with here inspired him. And our town has always been inhabited primarily by white people. Black workers were welcomed at local worship, etc., which obviously impressed Dr. King. He is still remembered and honored here, and there is finally talk of creating a museum to honor his experience.