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//This page is reserved for resources for Black History...not just in February...but every day.//..


 * //"If you don't know who you are...you don't know where you can go..."//** Dr. Donna Ford

"Black History" by Christo D. Johnson, 2004. __Tangled Roots,__ Cherokee Books, Dover, De.
 * //"...1 month (black history) x 12 years (education) = one year of Black History. Is that enough? "//**

**Notable People** - current African Americans you should know....//Can you think of more to add? If so...do it!!!!//
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Cornell West Michael Eric Dyson Michelle Jean -

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[|Extensive Black History site from Lawson Community College]

__**//THE ROOT//**__ [|Writer's respond to Obama Win] [|Free Our Minds]

[|CNN Special Black in America]

[|African Diaspora History]- History of people of African descent all over the world from [|Pageflakes]. [|Black History resources] Great source of biographies and quotes. [|Lawson State Community College] - a fabulous resource of Black historical figures...
 * Black History Calendar 2008** - [[file:Black Studies Calendar 2008.pdf]]

Obama...history in the making...
[|Yes We Can...] [|Women for Obama at UCLA] [|Obama Speech on Race: "A More Perfect Union" - Philadelphia, March 18, 2008] Text [|Obama Speech "A More Perfect Union"] Video [|Obama in Berlin] [|Michelle Obama at DNC] [|Utube - Obama Acceptance Speech] [|Colin Powell endorses Obama]  In the 1st clip an anti-Obama reporter tries to get an interview from a young black man that he ASSUMES is ignorant. He assumes that he is only supporting Obama because he is a BLACK man and has no idea of what the issues really are. Boy was he wrong! In the 2nd clip the young man explains in depth his response to the reporter. BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Check it out. [|Derrick #1] Obama supporter articulates his position, intellectual/articulate Black man... [|Derrick #2] Obama Supporter defends his choice, emotional reasons for his choice...

Did you know that Einstein was a civil rights activist, or that he was good friends with WEB Dubois, Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson? Check out this new book, **__Einstein on Race and Racism__** at http://www.einsteinonrace.com/

[|African Heritage in Classical Music] [|Slavery and the Making of America - PBS]

[|The Root - an e-newsletter] [|Race in France]

[|African American Empowerment Blog]

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