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
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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
Tuesday Open Thread: African-American Innovators
Thomas L. Jennings (1791 – February 12, 1856) was an African-American tradesman and abolitionist in New York City, New York. He operated and owned a tailoring business. In 1821 he was one of the first African Americans to be granted a patent for his method of dry cleaning, With the proceeds of his invention he bought his wife and children’s freedom then continued his civil … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African-American Innovators
Saturday Open Thread: Black History Facts
Xernona Clayton Brady (born August 30, 1930 in Muskogee, Oklahoma) is an American civil rights leader and broadcasting executive. During the Civil Rights Movement, she worked for the National Urban League and Southern Christian Leadership Conference, where she became involved in the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Later, Clayton went into television, where she became the … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Black History Facts
Friday Open Thread: Black History Facts
James Alan McPherson (September 16, 1943 – July 27, 2016) was an American essayist and short-story writer. He was the first African-American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and was included among the first group of artists who received a MacArthur Fellowship. At the time of his death, McPherson was a professor emeritus of fiction at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Black History Facts