Good Morning POU! It’s Thursday, P.O.U. Family! This week’s open threads are dedicated to the individuals within the Little Rock Nine. Gloria Cecelia Ray Karlmark (born September 26, 1942) was one of the Little Rock Nine. She was 15 when she attempted to enter Little Rock Central High School. In 1965, she graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1965 with a … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Little Rock Nine
Monday Open Thread- Little Rock Nine
It's Monday P.O.U. Family and lurkers! This week, I will be highlighting the Little Rock Nine and the individuals who make up the group. The Little Rock Nine was a group of African-American students who were enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. The ensuing Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread- Little Rock Nine
Friday Open Thread: Notable Black Cartoonists
Morris Nolton Turner[was an American cartoonist, creator of the strip Wee Pals, the first American syndicated strip with an integrated cast of characters. Turner was raised in Oakland, California, the youngest child of a Pullman porter father and a homemaker and nurse mother.[ He attended Cole Elementary School and McClymonds High School in Oakland and Berkeley High School. … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Notable Black Cartoonists
Thursday Open Thread: Notable Black Cartoonists
Ray Billingsley is an American cartoonist, the creator of the comic strip Curtis, which is distributed by King Features Syndicate and printed in more than 250 newspapers nationwide. Billingsley was born in Wake Forest, North Carolina in 1957, and raised there in his earliest years. Later, his family moved to Harlem, in New York City. … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Notable Black Cartoonists
Wednesday Open Thread: Notable Black Cartoonists
Chester Commodore (August 22, 1914 – April 10, 2004) was an African-American cartoonist, both of political cartoons and comic strips. Born in Racine, Wisconsin, Commodore was always interested in drawing. His parents and sisters moved to Chicago in 1923, but Chester and his older brother stayed in Racine with his maternal grandmother in her boarding house until he moved to … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Notable Black Cartoonists