For those who were not paying attention All Month Long on my page for Black History Month, first off SHAME ON YOU!!! & 2nd if you missed it here is the list of each days Honoree & Contribution They Made: February 1-Garrett Morgan [Inventor of the Gas Mask & Traffic Light] February 2-Nelson Mandela [1st Black President Of South Africa] February 3-Dee Styles [Founder & Creator of the Facebook Group Called THE MOVEMENT] February 4-John Baxter Taylor [1st African American to Win A Gold Medal in The Olympics] February 5-Rosa Parks [Leader of the Segregated Bus Boycott in Montgomery, Alabama] February 6-George Washington Carver [Inventor of Peanut Butter] February 7-Harriet Tubman [Conductor of the Underground Railroad] February 8-Alice Parker [Inventor of the Gas Heating Furnace] February 9-Frederick McKinley Jones [Inventor of the Refrigerator] February 10-Cynthia Cooper [1st Woman of the WNBA to be Elected to the National Basketball Hall Of Fame] February 11-Oscar Micheaux [1st African American to Make A Film] February 12-Carter Godwin Woodson [Father Of Black History Month] February 13-Kendrick Lamar [Hip-Hop Emcee who made the Craft today More Exciting] February 14-Malcolm X [Outspoken Leader of the Nation Of Islam who urged Followers to Defend Themselves by Any Means Necessary] February 15-Jackie Robinson [1st African American to Play in Major League Baseball] February 16-Medgar Evers [The NAACPs 1st Fled Officer in Mississipi who helped Overturn Segregation coutesy of the Brown vs. Board Of Education Lawsuit] February 17-Charles Hamilton Houston [Lawyer who Helped Dismantled the Jim Crow Laws] February 18-George Speck Crum [Inventor of the Potato Chip] February 19-Shirley Chisholm [1st Black Woman who was elected to Congress] February 20-Madam C.J. Walker [1st Woman to Become a Self-Made Millionaire via her own African-American Hair Care Products] February 21-Benny Russell [Jazz Musician & Teacher at Harford & Howard Community Colleges in Maryland] February 22-Mark Dean [Inventor of the Mircocomputer System] February 23-Ron Faarooq Simmons [1st African American to become World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion] February 24-Colonel Guion Stewart Bluford [1st African American to Travel in Space] February 25-Oprah Winfrey [1st African American Woman to Have her Own Talk Show & Become a Billionaire] February 26-William H. Cosby, Jr. [1st African American Star of a Network Television Show] February 27-Barack Obama [Our Current President who became the 1st African American President in United States History] February 28-Martin Luther King, Jr. [Leader Of The Civil Rights Movement who helped put an end to Segregation in the United States] (Which Will Be Posted Later Today)
Posted on: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 14:39:08 +0000
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