Annually, the month of February serves to celebrate African American History. It pays tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full recognition in America. It is incumbent upon the country to seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.
FROM THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
The Future is Intersectional.
Intersectional Environmentalism is an inclusive version of environmentalism that advocates for both the protection of people and the planet. It identifies the ways in which injustices happening to marginalized communities and the earth are interconnected. It brings injustices done to the most vulnerable communities, and the earth, to the forefront and does not minimize or silence social inequality.
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“Men and women are not limited by the place of their birth, not by color of their skin, but by the size of their hope.”
John H. Johnson
Speaking with art
Augusta Savage
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Kara Walker
Sculptor Augusta Savage was one of the leading artists of the Harlem Renaissance as well as an influential activist and arts educator.
Jean-Michel Basquiat was a
Neo-Expressionist painter in the 1980s. He is best known for his primitive style and his collaboration with pop artist Andy Warhol.
Kara Walker is an African American artist who rose to fame for her use of large paper silhouettes to explore social issues surrounding gender, race and Black history.
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Annie J. Easley was an African-American computer scientist, mathematician, and rocket scientist. She worked for the Lewis Research Center (now Glenn Research Center) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). She was a leading member of the team which developed software for the Centaur rocket stage, and was one of the first African-Americans to work as a computer scientist at NASA.
Engineering
Annie Easley
In honor of Black History Month, we're celebrating Black excellence by featuring Black creators, inventors, visionaries, advocates and pioneers on our #general Slack channel.
Influencer
Tabitha Brown
Tik Tok megastar Tabitha is the brains behind the viral trend of the moment to prepare vegan renditions of the classic BLT sandwich. You’ll also find recipes for BBQ jackfruit sandwich, ceviche, and more on her feeds. She makes vegan cooking fun with her hilarious how-to videos of her homemade recipes. Follow her on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and her website, I am Tabitha Brown.
Activist
Medgar Evers
Medgar Wiley Evers was an American civil rights activist in Mississippi, the state's field secretary for the NAACP, and a World War II veteran who had served in the United States Army.
He worked to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi, end the segregation of public facilities, and expand opportunities for African Americans, which included the enforcement of voting rights.
Resources
Black American History Timeline
Black Wall Street
America’s History of Lynchings
Brands and Racial Justice in America
When They See Us
Homecoming by Beyonce
13th
The Hate U Give
Detroit
Watchmen
Let’s Get to the Root of Racial Injustice
The Power of Privilege
How Parents Talk to Their African-American Sons About the Police
A Conversation About Growing Up Black
A Conversation with Black Women on Race
Talks and YouTube
What To Read
What to Watch
Weekly Spotify Playlist
Resources
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Let’s Get to the Root of Racial Injustice
The Power of Privilege
How Parents Talk to Their African-American Sons About the Police
A Conversation About Growing Up Black
A Conversation with Black Women on Race
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“Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.”
Madam C.J. Walker
CHANGEMAKERS
(paving the way today)
Bozoma Saint John
Netflix chief marketing officer and first Black C-suite executive at the company.
Longtime marketing executive Bozoma Saint John made history in June 2020 when she was hired as Netflix’s chief marketing officer, making her the first Black C-suite executive at the company. Known as one of the highest-profile marketing executives in the industry, Saint John joined the streaming platform after working at top-tier companies like sports and entertainment firm Endeavor, Uber, Apple and PepsiCo. During her three-year tenure as head of music and entertainment marketing at PepsiCo, Saint John made a name for herself by spearheading endorsement deals with celebrities like Beyonce, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj and the late Michael Jackson. As an outspoken advocate for greater diversity and inclusion in the C-suite and beyond, Saint John has used her platform to call on more companies to go beyond lvip service when it comes to diversifying their workforce.
Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett
Lead Scientist on the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine team.
Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, a 35-year-old viral immunologist and research fellow in the Vaccine Research Center of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is the lead scientist on the team that developed the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. She built on her six years of experience studying the spike proteins of other coronaviruses like SARS and MERS in order to design the vaccine within two days of the novel coronavirus being discovered.
Issa Rae
First Black woman to create and star in a premium cable series
Issa Issa Rae has shifted the culture in entertainment in less than a decade, and is paving the way for equal representation in media. Utilizing technology and her vast network of creatives, the Inglewood native has built an empire by creating culturally relevant content.
Brittany Packnett Cunningham
Activist, Educator, Leader.
Cited by President Barack Obama as a leader whose "voice is going to be making a difference for years to come," Brittany is an award-winning educator, organizer, writer, and leader. Brittany has become a sought-after voice in the work of social change and empowerment. Brittany plays many roles, all focused on freedom. Brittany is Vice President of Social Impact at BET, an NBC News and MSNBC Contributor, and host of UNDISTRACTED, a news and justice podcast with an intersectional lens on the world. A lifelong activist and proud member of the Ferguson Uprising, Brittany was co-host of the 2019 iHeart Radio Best Political Podcast, Pod Save The People, for three years, and a three time a fellow at Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
Raphael Warnock
Georgia’s first Black senator
In Jan 2021, Reverend Raphael Warnock defeated incumbent Senator Kelly Loeffler in a contentious and highly publicized runoff election. His victory created a path for Democrats to gain control of the Senate and made Warnock the state of Georgia’s first Black senator as well as the first Black Democrat Senator from the South since the Reconstruction Era. Warnock, 51, grew up in Savannah, Georgia, graduated from Morehouse College cum laude in 1991 and in 2005 he became the youngest senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church — where Martin Luther King Jr. was once a pastor — since the church was founded in 1886.
Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates
Award-winning author and journalist
He is the author of the bestselling books The Beautiful Struggle, We Were Eight Years in Power, The Water Dancer, and Between The World And Me, which won the National Book Award in 2015. His first novel, The Water Dancer, was released in September 2019. He was a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship that same year. Ta-Nehisi also enjoyed a successful run writing Marvel’s Black Panther (2016-2021) and Captain America (2018-2021) comics series.
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Black-owned Businesses
Foundations to Donate
Educational
Resources
What to Watch
What To Read
YouTube
Talks
Earle’s On Crenshaw
Hot dog restaurant, accommodates vegan diets
CrossColours
Men’s & women’s clothing shop online
Flower Boy Project
Coffee shop in LA
Mallory with the Flowers
Florals in LA
Eso Won Books
Independent Book store
Highbrow Hippie
Beauty & wellness & gifts
Golde
Matcha & things!!
Honey’s Kettle Fried Chicken
LA
Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen
Coffee & bites in LA
Estelle Colored Glass
Beautiful glassware
Good Ground Co Candles
Candles
Equal Justice Initiative
Committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the U.S., challenging racial and economic injustice, and protecting basic human rights.
Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective
National training, movement building and grant making organization dedicated to the healing, wellness and liberation of Black and marginalized communities.
NAACP
Their aim is to make "structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate disparities, and achieve racial justice in a society that fulfills the promise of equality for all Americans."
The Innocence Project
The Innocence Project, founded in 1992 by Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck at Cardozo School of Law, exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.
Black Girls CODE
Radical action is needed if we are to close the opportunity gap for Black women and girls. We lead a global movement to establish equal representation in the tech sector. Black Girls CODE is devoted to showing the world that Black girls can code and do so much more. Together, BCG is creating stronger economies and more equitable societies—ultimately realizing the true potential of democracy through diversity and inclusion.
Brands and Racial Justice in America
America’s History of Lynchings
Black Wall Street
Black American History Timeline
Teaching for Change
Harriet
The Hate U Give
The Gospel According to Andre
13th
Hidden Figures
Judas and the Black Messiah
Do The Right Thing
When They See Us
They’ve Gotta Have Us
Selma
I Am Not Your Negro
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
John Lewis - Good Trouble
Summer of Soul
Little Fires Everywhere
Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson
Romance and Family Story
It’s Not All Downhill From Here by Terry McMillan
Friendship Story with strong Black heroines
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
Coming of Age Story (some trigger warnings: Transphobia, homophobia, bullying)
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
Romantic Comedy
The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett
Historical Fiction
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates
We Gon Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation by Jeff Chang
Economic Impact of Closing the Racial Wealth Gap by McKinsey
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Nonfiction on racism in the criminal justice system
Color Blind or Color Brave?
A Conversation with Black Women on Race
A Conversation About Growing Up Black
How Parents Talk to Their African-American Sons About the Police
The Power of Privilege
Let’s Get to the Root of Racial Injustice
Claudette Colvin’s Untold Story
The Case for Reparations - The Atlantic
Annually, the month of February serves to celebrate African American History. It pays tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full recognition in America. It is incumbent upon the country to seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.
FROM THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY
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