Friday, February 3, 2017

Celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth through learning and listening

From the ActionNow news-email

Celebrate Black History Month through learning and listening:

So, how do we listen to Black History month? In all the ways above—and I would love to hear more—and, I thought, through this list. It's 31 black women, mostly activists, that are an important part of history, and who you should know, and who you (and all of us) should listen to. You might know some of them but you probably don't know all of them. I'm not linking their names, you can google them. Read more than the Wikipedia page, if they even have one. Do one a day for the month. It will take 10 minutes, and that's 10 minutes you aren't scrolling through the news and panicking, so it's double plus good.
  1. Florynce Kennedy
  2. Elaine Brown
  3. Assata Shakur
  4. Hallie Quinn Brown
  5. Chirlane McCray
  6. Barbara Easley
  7. Chaka Khan
  8. Loretta Ross
  9. Maxine Waters
  10. Fannie Lou Hamer
  11. Barbara Smith
  12. Charlotte Fortin Grimke
  13. Demita Frazier
  14. Ida B. Wells
  15. Tamika Mallory
  16. Ella Baker
  17. Septima Clark
  18. Daisy Yates
  19. Ruby Dee
  20. Alicia Garza
  21. Sybrina Fulton
  22. Patrisse Cullors
  23. Charlotte Ray
  24. Opal Tometti
  25. Cathay Williams
  26. Jarena Lee
  27. Amy Jacques Garvey
  28. Maria W. Stewart
  29. Erica Garner
  30. Diane Nash
  31. Margaret Sloan-Hunter

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