by Teaching History | Mar 7, 2015 | Activists, Did you Know?, Education, History
“We Are the World” is a song and charity single originally recorded by the supergroup USA for Africa in 1985. It was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, and produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian for the album We Are the World. With sales...
by Teaching History | Mar 3, 2015 | Did you Know?, History
The Freedmen’s Bureau was established by an act of Congress on March 3, 1865, two months before Confederate General Robert Lee (1807-70) surrendered to the Union’s Ulysses Grant (1822-85) effectively ending the Civil War. Intended as a temporary agency to last the...
by Teaching History | Feb 27, 2015 | Did you Know?, Education, History, Uncategorized
This day in 1869 the Senate passed the 15th Amendment , by a vote of 39 to 13. The 15th Amendment to the Constitution granted African American men only the right to vote by declaring that the “right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or...
by Teaching History | Feb 26, 2015 | Did you Know?, Education, History, Uncategorized
Negro History Week, the brainchild of noted historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans. Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month. Other countries around the world, including Canada...
by Teaching History | Feb 26, 2015 | Did you Know?, Education, History, Uncategorized
On this date in 1964, the 22-year-old, Louisville, Kentucky born Cassius Clay, also known as Muhammad Ali, became world heavyweight boxing champion by defeating Sonny Liston in a stunning upset. At the height of his athletic career Ali was well known for both his...
by Teaching History | Jan 1, 2015 | Did you Know?
Today in Black History…. The Emancipation Proclamation was signed.
