The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards estimates as of the end of 2013 that there are 105,847 licensed architects in the United States. Of these, 2,006, or about 2%, are self-identified as African American, and listed in the Directory of African American Architects; only 343 of these are African American women. "If there is any kind of profession that's … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: African-American Architects
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Monday Open Thread: The History of Blacks and SKA music
This week's open threads will highlight how ska at one time was a black music genre derived from reggae and mento. Mento is a style of Jamaican folk music that predates and has greatly influenced ska and reggae music. Mento typically features acoustic instruments, such as acoustic guitar, banjo, hand drums, and the rhumba box — a large mbira in the shape of a box that … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: The History of Blacks and SKA music
Monday Open Thread: African-Americans and the Labor Union Movement
African-Americans played a significant role in making labor unions more inclusive in expanding their reach. This week's threads will highlight some of those efforts and successes. The Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM) was an organization of African-American workers formed in May 1968 in the Chrysler Corporation's Dodge Main assembly plant in Detroit, Michigan. … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: African-Americans and the Labor Union Movement
Monday Open Thread: The Blackness of Country Music
This week the open threads will highlight six elements that illustrate country music's roots in African-American history. There is a total lack of black artists in country music today, except for Darius Rucker, Cowboy Troy, and Charley Pride. The truth is that the roots of American country run black, and the key artists that built country music couldn’t have done so … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: The Blackness of Country Music
Monday Open Thread: African-American Generals
Larry O. Spencer (born 1 August 1954) is a United States Air Force general (ret.) who served in many command, comptroller, and other leadership roles during the course of his career. Some of his leadership roles include being the Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, Commander of the 75th Air Base Wing at Hill AFB, Commander of the 72nd Support Group at Tinker … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: African-American Generals