Born on this date in 1865 was Adam Clayton Powell, Sr., religious leader at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, after becoming the pastor in 1908. More information about him:
Black Past Remembered: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/powell-sr-adam-clayton-1865-1953
African American Registry: https://aaregistry.org/story/spiritual-charisma-adam-clayton-powell-sr/
Scholastic: https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/meet-reverend-adam-clayton-powell-sr/
From Ebony Magazine, September 1964 Today, on the fifty-third anniversary of El Hajj Malik Shabazz’s (Malcolm X’s) martyrdom, we re-present Hans Massaquoi’s article in Ebony covering the short period between his departure from the Nation of Islam in March 1964 and his assassination in 1965. Massaquoi followed Malcolm X across Harlem as he built the […]
On February 11, Jarena Lee, the first authorized female preacher in the African Methodist Episcopal church was born.
http://www.blackpast.org/aah/lee-jarena-1783
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h1638.html
http://www.librarycompany.org/women/portraits_religion/lee.htm
Mary Lovelace O’Neal, artist and professor was born on this day: https://nmwa.org/blog/2017/10/17/spotlight-mary-lovelace-oneal/
http://rehistoricizing.org/mary-lovelace-oneal/
These are books that should be read all year round. However, reading during Black History Month is a great start: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-history-month-books_us_5a79a9a8e4b018ad89502122
On February 3, 1964, thousands of students boycotted the New York School System in support of full integrationof New York public schools: http://crdl.usg.edu/events/ny_school_boycott/?Welcome
Another source: WNYC: https://www.wnyc.org/story/school-boycott-1964/
February 6, 1961, SNCC starts “jail-no bail” movement in Rock Hill, South Carolina. https://snccdigital.org/events/rock-hill-sit-ins-and-jail-no-bail/
Another source Zinn Education Project: https://zinnedproject.org/2016/02/jail-no-bail/
Four years ago on this date, Mississippi officially abolishes slavery: http://abcnews.go.com/News/mississippi-officially-abolishes-slavery-ratifies-13th-amendment/blogEntry?id=18533376
Louis Lomax, African American journalist: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/lomax-louis-emanuel-1922-1970
Famous African Americans born on August 15:
Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist and composer:
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/oscar-peterson-mn0000489316
http://www.npr.org/2008/05/16/17622315/oscar-peterson-on-piano-jazz
http://jazz-piano.org/pianists/oscar-peterson/
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/oscar-peterson/
Vernon Jordan, lawyer and civil rights leader: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/jordan-vernon-e-1935
http://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/vernon-e-jordan-jr
Maxine Waters, Congresswoman:
https://waters.house.gov/about-maxine/biography
The Eclectic Kitabu Project 