Ideas Requested - Black History Month 2019
Every February, I research a topic in Black History and share what I find in a series of e-mails/blogs, one for each day of the month. Some with more success than others depending on my workload. I have done:
- black organizations
- black scientists and inventors
- black poets
- black artists
- black millionaires
- African nations
- African history
- HBCUs
- the Civil Rights Movement
- Blacks in politics (last year)
I am tempted to do something specifically on voting rights, but I could be missing an opportunity, so I thought I'd ask if anyone had any ideas (I will not do black athletes or black entertainers).
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I have read some good books about Frederick Douglass, John Brown, and others who fought for the end of slavery before the Civil War. It got me interested in others about whom I knew much less--Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, the Secret Six, Emerson and Thoreau, Julia Ward Howe, etc.
This might be too broad a topic, but I like the idea of learning more about this disparate group of people, all working toward the same goal.
Just a thought. Whatever you decide, I look forward to reading it.
for me, but I wanted to weigh in now and as ideas might pop up.
First, I think you could do a whole series of blog posts on Dr. Joy DuGruy's book "Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing." Never have I seen or read anyone who link the historical socialization of white people's lack of empathy to the laws that were created to protect the appetite for violence to the well studied multi-generational affects of trauma on who we as a people have become.
A lot of stuff we already know but Dr. DuGruy breaks it down step-by-step with her amazing insights and being a clinical psychologist her masterpiece is essentially about healing. Here's the first part of her 4-part lecture to get an idea of what the book is about.
Second, I see you've already covered African nations and history so I'm not sure if those topics are still of interest to you. I don't know if you're on Facebook, I'm no longer there, but one of my go-to places was Suppressed Histories Archives hosted by Max Daschu. Max is a feminist historian so her work, since 1970, is all about women globally. IMHO, her FB page is richer than the website and she's very interactive with her visitors.
Anyhoo, here's an overview of her work below. And I hope that you find something at their sites and their videos that helps you decide on a host of topics that I can imagine are swirling through your mind
Good luck and hoping to read your posts next year.
that reminded me of African Architectural Genius on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/pg/African-Architectural-Genius-185165275014458/photos/?ref=page_internal
And The Zamani Project. Africa’s architectural heritage is being recorded in striking 3D images by the Zamani project, which attempts to capture the spatial domain of African culture. Sites are seen in the context of their physical environment and landscapes surrounding sites are documented based on satellite and aerial imagery, wherever possible. The documentation project undertaken to increase the international awareness of African heritage and provide material for research, while creating at the same time a permanent metrically accurate record of the most important sites, for restoration and conservation purposes.
The team has completed its documentation work in Ghana, Mali, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania and South Africa. http://www.zamaniproject.org/index.php/
