Encouragement For The Day

As the cover story on the December 1994 issue of Essence Magazine, Rae became the first African-American woman to tell her story to a major publication.

This is from http://www.raelewisthornton.com
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Robin

Don’t Forget your history nor your destiny.

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Robin

Hattie Mcdaniel was the first black American ever to win an Academy Award Her poignant performance in Gone with the Wind.

This is from Fifty Black Women who Changed America by Amy Alexander
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Robin

I leave you love. Love builds. It is positive and helpful. It is more beneficial than hate… I leave you hope. The Nergo’s growth will be great in the years to come. Yesterday, our ancestors endured the degradation of slavery, yet they retained their dignity. Today, we direct our economic and political strength toward winning a more abundant and secure life. I leave you the challenge of developing confidence in one another. As long as Negroes are hemmed into racial blocs by prejudice and pressure, it will be necessary for them to band together for economic betterment… I leave you a thirst for education. Knowledge is the prime need of the hour. More and more, Negroes are taking full advantage of hard-won opportunities for learning, and the educational level of the Negro popuation is at its highest point in history… I leave you a respect for the uses of power. We live in a world, which respects power above all things. Power, intelligently directed, can lead to more freedom. Unwisely directed, it can be a dreadful, destructive force. I leave you faith. Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible… I leave you racial dignity, I want Negroes to maintain their human dignity at all costs. We, as Negroes, must recognize that we are the custodians as well as the heirs of a great civilization… I leave you a desire to live harmoniously with your fellow men. The problem of color is world-wide… I leave you finally a responsibility to our young people… Our children must never lose their zeal for building a better world. They must not be discouraged from aspiring to greatness… Nor must they forget that the masses of our people are still underprivileged, ill-housed, impoverished and victimized by dicrimination. The Freedom Gates are half ajar. We must pry them fully open.

This is from Inside the Notepad of a Repoter by Bernice L. Guity
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Robin

October 12, 1975
Frank Robinson first African American baseball manager.

This is from the African-American Heritage Calendar 2011
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Robin

To all my Readers I am SO Sorry I OVERSLEPT my Clock didn’t alarm the Time I get up to do the Blog. My Mom just woke me up but your Black History Fact is Coming up NOW.

Wishing you Good Health, Life, Strength & Waking up on Time
Robin

September 20, 1830
First African American National Convention.

This is from the African-American Heritage Calendar 2011
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Robin

June 4, 1665
First Baptist Church founded in the U.S.

This is from the African-American Heritage Calender 2011
Have a Blessed Valentine’s Day
Robin

March 15, 1947
John Lee, first African American Navy officer.

This is from the African-American Calender 2011
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Robin

In 1991, the Black Enterainment Network (BET), founded by Robert Johnson in 1979 had 29 million subscribers and became the first entertainment company founded by an African American to be publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

This is from the African-American Heritage Calendar 2011
Wishing you Good Health, Life & Strength
Robin