I'll be attending a "power dinner" for local artists (visual, music, print) to commemorate the life and work of Dr. King. Additionally, there is an HBCU basketball tournament in Charlotte (NCCU v. NC A&T; WSSU v. JCSU) on Sunday.
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WHO'S IDEA WAS IT TO GIVE ME THE SHORTEST MONTH OF THE YEAR TO "CELEBRATE" MY HISTORY
ANYWAYS?
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Carter G. Woodson - In 1915 he founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, and through this organization he began pressing for a "Negro History Week"... in 1926 Woodson chose the second week of February because Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass were born in that month... Fast forward to 1976, when the now-renamed Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History successfully advocates for this week's expansion into what we now celebrate as Black History Month.
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QUESTION: WHEN WE VOTE PUBLICALLY(PRESIDENT, CITY COUNCIL) IS IT COUNTED? THAT QUESTION CAME TO ME DURING THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WHEN THEY HAD ALREADY DECLARED BUSH THE WINNER BEFORE I HAD CASTED MY VOTE. CAN ANYONE ANSWER THAT QUESTION?
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Electoral College casts the vote for president. These electors are determined on local ballots... once again reminding us that EVERY election is important (city council, ward leaders, even PTA)!