#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 29: We got an extra day for #BlackHistoryMonth this year! Next month's concert will continue it in a focused way.
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 28: He is great at weaving a story in his rhymes. One of my top concerts was seeing him & Body Count.
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 27: "Looking over the courses of study of the public schools, one finds little to show that the Negro figures in these curricula." The Mis-Education of the Negro by Dr. Woodson (1933)
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 26: Rest in Power! Wearing my hoodie with "I love my Blackness & Yours" today.
We must continue to move forward for all of us to have a better world.
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 25: My first crush . . .
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 24: Got talking with grad students about attending conferences the other day. Reminded me of my MPA days in Chicago that always included a walk down to Buddy Guy's Legends around 10:00 pm on Thursday night!
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 23: Had the great honor to be on a panel today for the #EdieKochenourMemorial at the U. The theme was "The Power of Empowerment: Challenges and Opportunities in this Cultural Moment" & focused on women in sports.
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 22: Today marks the death of Frances Watkins Harper in 1911. She was a poet & writer that worked for civil rights, voting rights, & antislavery. She was writing & publishing in her teens (1839).
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 21: I cannot listen to this song without crying. I think of family/friends alive & with The Ancestors, the many more I never met, who worked so I can have rights in this society. HBD, Rep. John R. Lewis! Thank You! #GTNT
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 20: Frederick Douglass died on this day in 1895 (Grandpa was 3.5 years old).
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 19: It is Presidents' Day. Did you know that during the Civil War, the two presidents were both born in KY about 120 miles apart? I have been to both birthplaces.
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 18: I grew up in rural areas of Oklahoma & Kentucky. Hearing country music is nothing new to me. Neither is the story at the end of this thread from NPR, but still interesting to hear.
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 17: "But can you expect teachers to revolutionize the social order for the good of the community? Indeed we must expect this very thing." Dr. Woodson (1933, The Mis-Education of the Negro)
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 16: Again, just feels right given some global news . . .
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 15: Just feels right today . . .
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 14: This year marks 40 years since we met at Berea College. Today marks 20 years since you said, "You are serious" when I proposed on a hillside snowshoeing in Millcreek Canyon, UT. I love you, Mrs. Science Teacher!
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 13: Happy #MardiGras! Did you know in the U.S., the celebration did start in Louisiana but not New Orleans?
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 12: In 1909, the NAACP was formed.
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 11: Doug Williams was the first Black QB to win the Super Bowl. Even though it was for Washington (Cowboys fan), the story goes he had a 6-hour root canal the day before.
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 10: I started reading "The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861" by Dr. Woodson. I may need to pause & come back to it in a few weeks . . .
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 9: I always wonder what she could have been, as great as she was, if given the full opportunities.
If you do not know Ms. Anderson's story, go down that rabbit hole & come out singing!
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 8: It has been 56 years since the Orangeburg Massacre when 3 students & over 20 others were injured after police shot protesters fighting against a segregated bowling alley.
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 7: “The oppressor has always indoctrinated the weak with his interpretation of the crimes of the strong.” Dr. Carter G. Woodson (The Mis-Education of the Negro)
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 6: For me, this is one of the National Anthems. Not just the song, but this version by Mr. Ray Charles.
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 5: Sometimes, I wonder what The Ancestors thought the future would hold for their Descendants (us) as I know what I hope it holds for those coming after me.
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 4: If you like rock music, thank this gospel singer, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, as she inspired many of the folks that are called the "creators" of the rock n' roll sound.
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 3: Some songs & an article about Dr. Woodson.
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 2: The year after Dr. Woodson graduated from @bereacollege, Carl Day & the Kentucky State Legislature passed the Day Law that stopped non-Whites & Whites from attending the same school (1904).
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#CarterGWoodsonConcert Day 1: It is the start of #BlackHistoryMonth2024, which is why I named the concert this month after someone else who is an alum of @bereacollege. The @CGWoodsonBerea is located there. Dr. Woodson graduated in 1903.
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