-1969 -Black educators & students at Kent State proposed the first Black History Month. By 1976, other schools had committed to Black History Month and began to equip educational programs with truth. In 1976, President Ford made it official. Photo by Aaron Burden #unformyourbias
Have you ever heard of Nandi Bushell? Do you like the Foo Fighters? Nandi is a young, Black Female drummer that challenged Dave Groehl to a drum - off and he took her up on it. This one is so fun to watch.
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If you loved UYB’s focus on Nandi, or you watched Amanda Gorman over and over and made everyone shut up at Super Bowl when she started talking, you will love seeing some others! Take a look at some amazing young Black child prodigies.
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There are unknown stories of past civil rights leaders who made an impact and laid groundwork. https://t.co/u8cYda5EPO Make it a point live your life to build on theirs. Commit time, energy, voice and action to work for consistent equity for an inclusive future. #unformyourbias
Celebrating Mickey Guyton. Last year, she became the First Black Female Solo Artist to earn a Grammy Nomination in a Country Music Category and the first to perform at the ACM. Let that sink in. Just last year, she became the first Black woman https://t.co/HR2tZDMUN9
Today, UYB profiles Jesse Owens and Wilma Rudolph. As a female who has run most of my life, I know the tenacity it takes to excel in the sport. My experience with running is fundamental to many of the successes I have been able to realize in my adult life. #unformyourbias
Today UYB looks to the past to honor and recognize the contributions of 2 amazing Black athletes, Jesse Owens and Wilma Rudolph, both Olympic Sprinters. Sports builds character, discipline and resilience. Thanks for your inspiration! https://t.co/5bqeqN1AW2 #unformyourbias
Shock™ talk tonight! 6PM, CT-The Danger of Silence Joining will equip you to be a part of the conversations and enable you to start some that should happen. Go to https://t.co/j8sOIJtF4s to sign up in order to enroll! You won’t want to miss this informative, interactive hour!
Today…we celebrate Kehinde Wiley, born in 1977. He is an American Portrait Painter based in New York City. He is is known for his highly naturalistic paintings of Black people, rendering their stories to canvas. #unformyourbias
Take a look! https://t.co/HwLB7tkdvQ.
@EDGESPL@UnformYourBias The artist’s ability to pull different things together into a whole that moves others, is only made possible by his/her/their ability to embrace differences within the elements they have and figure out how to enable them to complement each other. What if we do that with people?
At EDGES, we believe Every Day Growth Equals Success… So did Mary Mcleod Bethune, a pioneer for women of color to have access to education Thank God for the lives before us that pave the way for us to continue to work towards right #unformyourbias (Photo by Andre Hunter)
Mary McLeod Bethune, born to formerly enslaved parents in 1875, founded the National Council for Negro Women in 1935, the same year she was appointed as Special Advisor to President Roosevelt on minority affairs. Learn More: https://t.co/weUvcqohm4
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Today UYB celebrates Marian Wright Edelman for the contributions she continues to make. “Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.” - MWE #makeadifference#unformyourbias Photo by Margaret Weir on Unsplash
"Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others". - Rosa Parks... Let's build on her work so that equity and inclusion just are… With every step we take towards that, we are making the contributions before us more significant. #unformyourbias
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