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Washington Post Style Here are the most emotionally and historically resonant treasures in the African American museum that no visitor should miss.
The top 36 must-see items at the African American museum
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When the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture was established in 2003, it had no collection. Since then, museum leaders have acquired approximately 40,000 objects, of which some 3,500 will be on view. They document Read more ... the tragedy and triumph of the African American expe...
105 months ago
The New York Times - Lens - Photography Photographs challenge the stereotype of the African American family, from the famous to the disenfranchised.
Photos That Challenge Stereotypes About African-American Youths
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“Picturing Children,” the latest in a series of books published by the Smithsonian’s soon-to-open National Museum of African American History and Culture, resonates with the joy, contentment, resistance, determination, dissent and the routines Read more ... of everyday African-American life.
107 months ago
HuffPost Good News The outdated words will be replaced with "Asian Americans" and "African Americans."
Obama Signs Bill Removing 'Oriental' and 'Negro' From Federal Laws
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The words “Oriental” and “Negro” will no longer be part of federal law.
109 months ago
The Daily Beast This wasn't done already?
New Law Removes Word 'Negro' & 'Oriental' From Federal Laws
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They will be replaced with the terms "African-American" and "Asian-American."
109 months ago
CNN Rhyan Lowery, aka El compa negro, sings Mexican music despite his African American background. “Music is universal,” he says. Our friends at Great Big Story have the scoop.
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Rhyan Lowery, aka El compa negro, sings Mexican music despite his African American background. “Music is universal,” he says. Indeed.
114 months ago
John Lemandri The African American of today is a descendent of a long history of injustice perpetrated upon them through racial inequality. African Americans have far too long suffered the indignities of second class citizens. If anything, this country owes them a Read more ... debt of gratitude, for they have "slaved" for the right to be treated equitably, whereas white America often benefitted from their toil and hardship.
African Americans have come a long way from the first African slaves to arrive in Jamestown in 1619, to Crispus Attucks, the first Negro and American hero to die in defense of this country in the Boston Massacre of 1770, through the Civil War where they fought, and fought hard to be recognized as free men, serving as Buffalo Soldiers in the Indian Wars, through World Wars One and Two, with the Marines at the Chosin Reservoir in Korea, Vietnam and the many conflicts now taking place in the Middle East.
Our generation has seen the first African American President in Barack Obama, the first African American Attorney General, followed by the first Female African American Attorney General. We have African American Generals such as Benjamin O. Davis Jr. who led the Tuskegee Airmen in World War Two, black actors, entertainers and billionaires such as Oprah Winfrey, and highly paid African American athletes who rank among the best in football, basketball, baseball and tennis. There is nothing a white man can do that a black man or woman can do, and oftentimes do it better. We have had African American men and women in space, while an African American was with Lewis & Clark when they crossed the continent in 1804.
The great civil rights leader, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said it best when he said, " Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable. Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals, where the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. We must learn to live together as brothers, or perish together as fools."
115 months ago
NBC News The Negro Baseball League was founded in 1920 when African Americans were excluded from professional teams. Baseball integration started in 1947, when Jackie Robinson became the first African American player to enter the major leagues. Watch more: ht Read more ... tp://nbcnews.to/1Gz0TIG
116 months ago
Sceneborgir Rathaqor Saurgakvenna I've been watching CNN for the past week or so. And someone on your channel just recently said We shouldn't be labeling people as African-American you don't call me German-American. Your title just wrote 3 African-American, 3 White Officer charged Read more ... in gray's death. You mind as well say 3 African-American, 2 Irish-American, 1 Italian-American. Or just simply say 3 Black 3 White. Consistency people....
122 months ago
Hebert Logerie I Am Using the “N- Word”
I Am a Negro
Je suis un Noir
Yo soy un Negro
I am a great Negro
Je suis un grand Noir
Yo soy un gran Negro
I am using the “N –Words”
And I’m not afraid to do so
We, Black People, have broken the swords
With our r Read more ... obust and powerful backs
I hope that they’ve kept tracks
Of the Negroes’ accomplishments
We’ve vanquished the foes and the elements
I will not stop expressing myself freely
I am telling you as loud as I can
That I am proud to be African
Haitian, Afro-American
West-Indian, Caribbean
I am all of the above
I am a great person
Who enjoys having fun
I am a peaceful black dove
I love my people wholeheartedly
I am expressing myself freely
And convincingly, I am a Man
I am a proud Black Man
I am who I am, I’m who I am
I love to eat and enjoy yam
Mango, jaca, and watermelon
I am a good person
I am a Negro, a real Man
I just used the “N-Letter”
Now I feel stronger, prouder
Larger, and obviously better
I am a great Negro
Je suis un grand Noir
Yo soy un gran Negro
J’aime mon miroir
I love my mirror
Quelle Grandeur!
Copyright © March 7, 2015 Logerie Hébert, All Rights Reserved
Hebert Logerie is the author of several collections of poems.
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Browse through Hebert Logerie's poems and quotes. 552 poems of Hebert Logerie. Phenomenal Woman, Still I Rise, The Road Not Taken, If You Forget Me, Dreams. Alumnus of: 'l'Ecole de Saint Joseph'; 'the College of Roger Anglade'in Haiti; Montclair High Read more ... Schoo.
123 months ago
Howstuffworks The Negro Leagues may have been borne out of discrimination, but for generations of African-American ballplayers, they offered a real chance at fame and autonomy. How did the leagues start, and how was the color line finally broken?
125 months ago