It's the weekend! I hope everyone had a wonderful week. This week's open thread has highlighted black educators who have changed the system for the better. Marva Collins (born August 31, 1936) is an American educator who in 1975 started Westside Preparatory School in Garfield Park, an impoverished neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. She ran the school for more than 30 years … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread-Influential Black Educators
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Saturday Open Thread: African-American Opera Singers
I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. Closing on this week's open thread with the powerful Leontyne Price. Mary Violet Leontyne Price (born February 10, 1927) is an American soprano. Born and raised in the Deep South, she rose to international acclaim in the 1950s and 1960s, and was one of the first African Americans to become a leading artist at the Metropolitan … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: African-American Opera Singers
Saturday Open Thread – Little Known Black History Facts
Happy Saturday P.O.U. Family and lurkers! This week'd open thread has been dedicated to little known Black History facts. After a long career as an actress and singer, Pearl Bailey earned a bachelor's in theology from Georgetown University in 1985. After African-American performer Josephine Baker expatriated to France, she famously smuggled military … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread – Little Known Black History Facts
Saturday Open Thread: The 25th Infantry US Army Bicycle Corp
Welcome to the Weekend Obots! In doing my research for the Extreme Sports topic, this bit of black history about a corp of Buffalo Soldiers came across my monitor: 25th Infantry US Army Bicycle Corp Formed in 1896, the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps at Fort Missoula, Mont., was established to test the practicality of bikes for military purposes in mountainous terrain. The … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: The 25th Infantry US Army Bicycle Corp
Saturday Open Thread- Black British Invasion
This week's open threads have highlighted Black British musicians and singers. To conclude the week, today's thread will focused on several different artists. Crazy - 1990 Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel was born February 19, 1963 in Paddington, London, England. He is popularly known simply as Seal, is a British soul and R&B singer-songwriter, of Nigerian and … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread- Black British Invasion