by 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 […]
12 African American Inventors, Activists and Leaders Lost to History
by “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 […]
Black History Month Blog Hop
by 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 […]