Black History Month, also known as African-American History Month, is an annual observance in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom for remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African American diaspora. This is the month that all of the hard work of the people who put in for African Americans to be free is celebrated. It is celebrated annually in the United States and Canada in February and the United Kingdom in October. CANADA Why a Black History … [Read more...]
Black History Month celebrated February 2013
January 27, 2013 by Team Celebration
Filed Under: AMERICAN [U.S.A.], CANADIAN, FEATURED, FEATURED EVENTS, SPECIAL DAYS TO REMEMBER Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, Abraham Lincoln, African American women, African Americans, Alice Marie Coachman, Bessie, Bessie Colman, Black History Month, CANADA, Canadian Negro Women’s Association, Carter G. Woodson, Cathay Williams, celebrated February 2013, Chillicothe, CNC, College of New Caledonia, Condoleezza Rice, Daryl Michael Scott, Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman, emancipation, Emancipation Proclamation’s 150th Anniversary, events, Frederick Douglass, Howard University, Inauguration, January 17th 2013, Lucy Diggs Slowe, malcolm X, Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones, Maya Angelou, men, Morgon Freeman, Nat King Cole, Natalie Maria Cole, Negro History Week, Ohio, Ontario Black History Society, President, President Gerald R. Ford, president Obama, Rosemary Sadlier, Sarah Jane Woodson, sesqui centennial, The Library of Congress, TOP 10 AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN, United States, Whitehouse, women., World's Fair in Chicago
WOMAN of ACTION™ – Dorothy Heights
November 16, 2012 by admin
A Celebration of Women™ ... as we offer this Tribute to the Leader of All WOMEN of ACTION™, Dorothy Height, who passed away in 2010, at the wonderful age of 98. Celebrate this Life with us... and You will just LOVE the Hats! WOMAN of ACTION™ Dorothy Irene Height (March 24, 1912 – April 20, 2010) Dorothy was an African American administrator, educator, and social activist. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994, and the … [Read more...]
Filed Under: WOMEN of ACTION™ Tagged With: "A Woman's Word", "Tuskegee Syphillis Study", A Celebration of Women, A. Philip Randolph, African American, African American administrator, author, Barnard College, black students, books, Brown v. Board of Education, civil rights' movement, Co-faounders of WIMS, Congressional Gold Medal, Delta Sigma Theta, desegregate schools, developed leadership training programs, Dwight D. Eisenhower, ecumenical education programs, educational psychology, educator, Eleanor Roosevelt, first Lady, funeral services, Howard University Hospital, If This Hat Could Talk, Inauguration, interracial, James Farmer, John Lewis, Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., Mary McLeod Bethune, musical stageplay, National Cathedral, National Council of Negro Women, National President of Delta Sigma Theta, New York Amsterdam News, New York City Welfare Department, New York University, Open Wide The Freedom Gates, Pennsylvania, PIONEER, Polly Cowan, President, President Barack Obama, President's Committee, Presidential Medal of Freedom, published, Rankin, recovery, Richmond, Roy Wilkins, social activist, Sorority Incorporated, Status of Women, strength of a lion, The Belmont Report, UPI/Kristoffer Tripplaar/POOL, Virginia, Washington DC, Whitney Young, WOMAN of ACTION - Dorothy Heights, YWCA
