Today In Black History: Feb. 29 – Hattie McDaniel February 28, 2009
Posted by Wheneva Whateva in Black History, Pass the Popcorn, Xtra Xtra.Tags: academy award, best supporting actress, gone with the wind, hattie mcdaniel, oscar
add a comment
Note: It’s not a leap year this year, but this is too important not to post.
1940 – Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to be nominated and win the Academy Award (Oscar). McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress for her role as “Mammy” in 1939 film “Gone With the Wind.”
Xtra Xtra: Malcolm X Quotes February 25, 2009
Posted by Wheneva Whateva in Black History, Politics, Xtra Xtra.Tags: education, freedom, malcolm x, nation of islam, Politics, self defense
add a comment
Here are some Malcolm X quotes on various subjects.
Education
“Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.”
Self Defense
“It doesn’t mean that I advocate violence, but at the same time, I am not against using violence in self-defense. I don’t call it violence when it’s self-defense. I call it intelligence.”
Freedom
“You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.”
Politics
“A new world order is in the making, and it is up to us to prepare ourselves that we may take our rightful place in it.”
Today In Black History: Feb. 19 – Tuskegee Airmen February 19, 2009
Posted by Wheneva Whateva in Black History, Xtra Xtra.Tags: airmen, allen payne, andre braugher, Black History, laurence fishburne, tuskegee, world war ii
add a comment
1942 – The Army Air Corp’s all African American 99th Pursuit Squadron (known as the Tuskegee Airmen), later designated a fighter squadron, was activated at Tuskegee Institute.
Xtra, Xtra:
- Visit the Tuskegee Airmen foundation.
- The Tuskegee Airmen ~ featuring Laurence Fishburne, Allen Payne, and Andre Baugher
Profiles In Black: Desirée Rogers February 10, 2009
Posted by Wheneva Whateva in Black History, Politics, Xtra Xtra.Tags: allstate, barack, barack obama, business, chicago, desiree rogers, harvard, illinois, new orleans, north shore gas, npr, peoples energy, peoples gas, social secretary, vogue, wellesley, white house, zulu
add a comment
Desirée Rogers is first African-American White House Social Secretary. This New Orleans native is a Wellesley College and Harvard Business School graduate.
In 1990 Rogers was appointed to run the Illinois State Lottery. In 2000 she was named Cheif Marketing Officer of Peoples Energy and then Senior VP of Customer Service. In 2004, Rogers was named President of Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas becaming the first African-American to hold that position. And, in 2008 she was hired by Allstate Corporation to run a social networking initiative.
Xtra Xtra:
Wheneva, Whateva 