February 2012
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Afro.Art.Chick: February 26, 1965 →
afro-art-chick:
Jimmie Lee Jackson, civil rights activist, died of injuries reportedly inflicted by officers after a voting-rights meeting in Marion, Alabama.
“The Southern Christian Leadership Conference wanted to march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, as a response to Jimmie Lee…
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50 Things You Need To Give Up Today →
halfhissize:
Give up trying to be perfect. – The real world doesn’t reward perfectionists, it rewards people who get things done.
Give up comparing yourself to others. – The only person you are competing against is yourself.
Give up dwelling on the past or worrying too much about the future. – Right now is the only moment guaranteed to you. Right now is life. Don’t miss it.
Give up...
February 24, 1864
afro-art-chick:
First Black Woman to receive an M.D.
Rebecca Lee Crumpler becomes the first black woman to receive an M.D. degree. She graduated from the New England Female Medical College. Rebecca Lee Crumpler was born in 1833. She worked from 1852-1860 as a nurse in Massachusetts.
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Carmen Jones w/ Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte
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