Category Archives: Tribute

Black History | Miriam Makeba l South African singer /Anti- Apartheid Activist

Posted on February 15, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a Grammy Award-winning South African singer and civil rights activist. In the 1960s, she was the first artist from Africa to popularize African music around the world. … Continue reading →

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Black History | Eric Holder l First Black U.S. Attorney General

Posted on February 14, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

Eric Himpton Holder, Jr. (born January 21, 1951) is the 82nd Attorney General of the United States, in office since 2009. Holder, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama, is the first African American to hold the position of … Continue reading →

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Black History | Marlon Green l First African American Pilot

Posted on February 13, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

Marlon Dewitt Green (June 6, 1929 – July 6, 2009) was an African-American pilot whose landmark United States Supreme Court decision in 1963 helped dismantle racial discrimination in the American passenger airline industry, leading to David Harris’ hiring as the … Continue reading →

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Black History | Gabrielle Douglas |Artistic gymnast

Posted on February 12, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

Gabrielle Douglas is a US Women’s Artistic gymnast. At the 2012 London Summer Olympics, she won gold medals in both the team and individual all-around competitions. Gabrielle is the first woman of color of any nationality and the first African-American … Continue reading →

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Black History | James L. Farmer, Jr.|Civil rights activist

Posted on February 11, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

James Leonard Farmer, Jr. (January 12, 1920 – July 9, 1999) was a civil rights activist and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement. He was the initiator and organizer of the 1961 Freedom Ride, which eventually led to the … Continue reading →

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Black History | The Freedom Riders

Posted on February 10, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

Throughout the summer of 1961, more than 400 black and white young Americans traveled together on buses and trains throughout the Deep South, deliberately violating Jim Crow laws in an effort to overturn them. Led by Diane Nash, the Freedom … Continue reading →

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Black History | Esther Jones |“Boop-Oop-A-Doop”

Posted on February 9, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

Those famous words “Boop-Oop-A-Doop” that are so famously associated with Betty Boop, were first sung on stage in the Cotton Club by a jazz singer named Baby Esther. The “Betty Boop” cartoon character was the subject of a lawsuit by … Continue reading →

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Black History| Charles Sampson|1st Black World Champion bull rider

Posted on February 8, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

Charles “Charlie” Sampson (born July 2, 1957 in Los Angeles, California) is the 1982 World Champion bull rider.[1] He is the first Afro-American to win a World Title in the PRCA. Sampson was a ground breaking rodeo cowboy. Sampson stands … Continue reading →

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Black History| Linda Brown |Brown v. Board of Education

Posted on February 7, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

On May 17, 1954 the United States Supreme Court handed down its ruling in the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. The Court’s unanimous decision overturned provisions of the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision, which … Continue reading →

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Black History | Harry T. Moore |Civil Rights Pioneer

Posted on February 6, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

Harry Tyson Moore (November 18, 1905 – December 25, 1951) was an African-American teacher, founder of the first branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Brevard County, Florida, and a pioneer leader of the … Continue reading →

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