I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.
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Where every month is Black History Month.
- James Baldwin, author of Go Tell It on a Mountain and The Fire Next Time, is born (1924) #todayinblackhistory
- Victor Hugo Green created the Green Book to help Black people travel safely in America. The Schomburg Center is home to the largest collection of Green Books, available to the public online or in person. Learn more: ow.ly/TCjM30mDjXn
- Birthday of Zora Neale Hurston, anthropologist, folklorist and novelist (plus Booker T. Washington proponent) (1891) #todayinblackhistory
- This photo is from our Children collection. It includes images of African American youth from the 1900s to the mid-1990s. #SchomburgCenter ow.ly/X9i650NEH3J
- Birthday of Poetess Gwendolyn Brooks, first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize (1917) #todayinblackhistory
- Birthday of African-American journalist and anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells (1862) #todayinblackhistory
- We honor the life of Chadwick Boseman, who starred in Black Panther and so many important films. He was also a treasured member of the #SchomburgCenter family, teaching theater to young people in our Junior Scholars Program. #ThankYouChadwickBoseman nypl.org/blog/2020/08/2…
- “We were just human beings who saw a need to bring attention to the inequality in our country.” – Tommie Smith
- Jane Matilda Bolin, first black graduate of Yale University Law School, is appointed as a judge in New York City, becoming the first black woman judge in the country (1939) #todayinblackhistory
00:00- Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, is born today in Monroe, Louisiana (1942) #todayinblackhistory
- Playwright #LorraineHansberry (1930-1965) and civil rights activist #MalcolmX (1925-1965) were born #onthisday. Each used the power of their words to expand, enhance, and challenge the conversation on how we see ourselves and how the rest of the world sees us. #SchomburgCenter
