Posts Tagged ‘black history month’
Tiger Woods accident puts Black fame into perspective
When Tiger Woods burst onto the scene in 1997 with a Masters win at just 21, people like me, who never really got into golf, started paying attention. Because here was this young man of color, this guy who somehow made it into this segregated space, and he was not only holding his own. He…
Read More Black Lives Matter nominated for Nobel Peace Prize. That’s Black history to me
It’s Black History Month, and while I’m always thinking of the heroes whose shoulders we stand on, I’m also thinking about the sheroes whose shoulders we lean on. BlackLivesMatter, created as a hashtag by three sisters, is up for the Nobel Peace Prize. Because in making that simple statement, those sisters started a movement for…
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