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Jan. 1, 2021
Everyday Black History - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: The True Story of Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey a singer who was recognized as one of the first great blues vocalist. Born Gertrude Pridgett, she was born in Russell County, Alabama or Columbus, Georgia, in either 1886 or 1882, one of three children of Thomas and E…
Dec. 31, 2020
Everyday Black History - African Americans Flight to the Promised Land
The war effort during World War 1 led to increase demand for industrial products made in the North but without the European immigrants they had been using, this left many industries without an adequate supply of unskilled workers. This lead to manuf…
Dec. 31, 2020
Everyday Black History - How Harlem became a Black Cultural Mecca
The Black Renaissance was a cultural movement with the Harlem Renaissance being a centerpiece of that movement. The Harlem Renaissance was the development of the Harlem neighborhood in New York City as a black cultural mecca in the early 20th Centur…