Daily Archives: February 20, 2012
Feb. 20 In Honor of President Barack Obama
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On this important day of reflection, in which we remember the founding President of the United States of America, we recognize the immense strides of our country. In over 220 years of Presidential Leadership, 2008 heralded the first of African descent: Barack Hussein Obama II August 4, 1961 – 44th, current and first African American President of the United States Best-selling… Read more »
Feb. 19 In Honor of Nella Larsen
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Nella Larsen (born Nellie Walker) April 13, 1891 – March 30, 1964 1st African-American Woman to received Guggenheim Fellowship for Fiction Novelist of the canonical texts of the Harlem Renaissance Quicksand and Passing. For more information: http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap9/larsen.html http://www.gf.org/search?search=nella+larsen&x=0&y=0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nella_Larsen
Feb. 18 In Honor of James Weldon Johnson
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James Weldon Johnson June 17, 1871 – June 26, 1938 1st African-American Professor at New York University (NYU), Creative Literature and Education Most noted for penning “Lift E’vry Voice and Sing” Author, politician, diplomat, critic, journalist, poet, anthologist, educator, lawyer, songwriter, and early civil rights activist For more information: http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/arch/175/pages/jwj.htm http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/g_l/johnson/life.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Weldon_Johnson