Tag Archives: Black History Month
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SHARE: BLACK INVENTIVENESS
The inventions and designs of black people often go without universal recognition. https://www.biography.com/people/groups/black-inventors https://www.ucda.com/sin-of-omission/
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SHARE: HARRIET TUBMAN’S CIVIL WAR WORK
Harriet Tubman led many slaves to freedom via the Underground Railway, and was a pretty good spy, too. https://www.history.com/news/harriet-tubman-combahee-ferry-raid-civil-war
HISTORY SHARE: SLAVERY IN CANADA
Lest anyone think slavery was all south of the border. https://tinyurl.com/y3nf25jy https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/slavery-of-indigenous-people-in-canada
HISTORY TIDBIT: DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS ORIGINALLY ANTI-SLAVERY
America’s Declaration of Independence asserted that ‘all men are created equal’, but that assertion didn’t extend to women, or to men who were slaves. But if Thomas Jefferson had had his way, at least slaves would have been equal. Due to the economic concerns of the rest of founding fathers, the anti-slavery passage he penned […]
HISTORY SHARE: ROSA PARKS FOLLOW-UP
A weary black woman named Rosa Parks created quite a stir in Montgomery, Alabama back in 1955. But what happened to her after she famously refused to give up her bus seat to a white person? https://tinyurl.com/yx9jqqwk But, just for the record, Rosa wasn’t the first to take such a stand. https://tinyurl.com/ybxvmdgn
Time Travelling With Kids 