My daughter and I are currently on a mission to explore the world. However, recently we went back to our hometown to spend the holidays with our family. During our time in Dallas, I decided to look at our city through the eyes of a traveler. To my delight, I discovered that Dallas had a …
“Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.” – Carter G. Woodson FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH I can remember sitting in American history class eager to learn and always wondering why Black history was marginalized to only one month …
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Felisa Rincón de Gautier: Political Pioneer Hispanic women usually do not appear in history books. It is time to end that. Felisa Rincón de Gautier is one of the Hispanic female historical figures forgotten in the annals of history. Felisa was a Puerto Rican businesswoman, suffragette, social activist, politician, ambassador, and the first woman in …
The month of February is known as Black History Month. The first Black History Week was celebrated the week of February 12, 1926. For many years Black History Week was celebrated the second week of February in honor of the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. Black History Week was first started by American …
