Today In Black History
Facts You Should Know!
Issue #421 Black History November 27, 2023
Welcome to this Today in Black History post. Black History IS American History, no matter how hard some people try to erase our history and contributions.
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Today’s Black WOW: Madam Vice President Kamala Harris is under constant attack from the right, and unfortunately, from some parts of the left. The attacks are racist and misogynistic.
Most recently, after a photo of her and the Second Gentleman highlighting her famous cornbread dressing prepared for Thanksgiving, the Repubs pounced on the fact that there is a gas stove in her home, which is the official Vice Presidential residence. They falsely (as usual) stated that the Biden-Harris administration is banning gas stoves for everyone else.
Although studies have found that harmful particles emitted by gas stoves can cause asthma and other respiratory issues, especially in children, and gas stove "bans" include only in new buildings, not ripping out gas stoves currently owned or installed in homes or businesses. Of course, facts don't matter to the MAGA crowd.
Today’s Black History:
In 1851, 35 captured Africans and survivors of the Amistad were returned to Africa.
In 1957, civil rights activist, former national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, and scholar Dorothy Irene Height was elected president of the National Council of Negro Women.
In 1957, the U.S. Army withdrew from Little Rock, Arkansas after the integration of Central High School.
In 1990, Charles Johnson won the “National Book Award” for his novel, “Middle Passage,” about the adventures of a freed slave.
In 2013, Tiger Woods was named the PGA Tour’s Player of the Year for the 11th time.
In 2017, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced their engagement.
In 2019, the African nation of Ghana announced the “Year of Return,” marking 300 years since the first African slave was sold in America in 1619, by granting 125 people Ghanaian citizenship.
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