May 2013
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Two Girls Meet At A Track Meet & Find Out They're... →
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Closer by Corinne Bailey Rae →
Always sets the mood
April 2013
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"FOR #CLAIR" + by @QUEENGODIS + #ClairHuxtable... →
For #Clair is pure dopeness
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January 2013
26 posts
Little black girls were never taken seriously in books, they were always...
– Toni Morrison (Emperor of Realness)
Sowing Seeds: DAY #13: bell hooks - author,... →
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Born: September 25, 1952 Trait to Admire: REVOLUTIONARY
BIO & LEGACY:
bell hooks (born Gloria Jean Watkins) is an African-American author, feminist, and social activist. Her writing has focused on the interconnectivity of race, class, and gender and their ability to produce and…
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DAY #12: URSULA BURNS, FROM INTERN TO CEO OF XEROX
Born: September 20, 1958 Trait to Admire: FEARLESSNESS
Cause of Choice: Change the Equation Early Career Ambitions: Mathematician or Scientist First Job: Cashier at Woolworth’s Three Words to Describe Herself: Fearless, passionate, and fast
BIO & LEGACY: “I’m a Black lady from the Lower East Side of New York. Not a lot...
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Sowing Seeds: Day 11: Henrietta Lacks, The Most... →
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Day #11: HENRIETTA LACKS, MOTHER OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH Lived: August 1, 1920 – October 4, 1951 ~ Baltimore, Maryland
Trait to admire: IMPACT
Bio and Legacy:
This story is about the intersection of science, ethics, class and race, i.e. “Medical Apartheid.” One of the obstacles…
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Sowing Seeds: DAY #7: IDA B. WELLS, ANTI-LYNCHING... →
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DAY #7: IDA B. WELLS, ANTI-LYNCHING CRUSADER, SUFFERAGIST, WOMAN’S ADVOCATE, SPEAKER
Lived: July 16, 1862~ March 25, 1931
TRAIT TO ADMIRE: OUTSPOKEN
Quote: “Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it appears it has fallen on me to do…
Day #8 Dr. Wangari Maathai, Scientist,... →
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“It’s the little things citizens do. That’s what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.”
Day #8 Dr. Wangari Maathai, Scientist, Environmentalist, Educator, First African Woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize(2004), advocate for social justice, parlimentarian
Lived: 1 April 1940 ~ 25 September 2011
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