Tag: Black Excellence Month
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Say Their Names: America’s First Black Women Journalists
When we think of the early Black journalists in our nation’s history, we most often think of men. Like the original editors of Freedom’s Journal, Samuel Cornish and John Russwurm. But what about the Black women journalists who were writing and editing right right along side their male counterparts? Remembering Black Women Journalists For today’s…
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Happy Black Excellence Month!: Let’s Talk about Black Journalists
Hello Meltingpot Community. It’s February! Which means it’s the Blackest month of the year in the United States. Not only were all of the coolest Black people – Frederick Douglass, Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, Rosa Parks, Me – born in the month of February, but it’s also Black History Month. Black History is American History…
