Kung Hei Fat Choi
Happy Chinese New Year!!!
Kung Hei Fat Choi means “Best wishes and Congratulations. Have a prosperous and good year.” This is the greeting we share with our Chinese friends this Sunday February 14, 2010. The New Year starts on that date in the Chinese community and is Valentines’ Day for the rest of us. I want to show some love to my brothers and sisters of Chinese decent by posting a hearty ” Kung Hei Fat Choi ” to all who read this message. This is the year of the Tiger. People born in the year of the tiger have Read more »
TODAY IN BLACK HISTORY 2/9/10
February 9 - 1906 - Paul Laurence Dunbar passes away in Dayton, Ohio, at the age of 33.
1944 – Alice Walker is born In Eatonton, Georgia.
1944 – John Rozelle is born in St. Louis, Missouri.
1951 – Dennis “DT” Thomas is born in Jersey City, New Jersey.
1952 – Author Ralph Ellison’s novel Invisible Man wins the National Book Award Read more »
TODAY IN BLACK HISTORY 2/8/10
February 8 - 1865 – The first African American major in the United States Army is a physician, Dr. Martin Robinson Delany.
1894 – Congress repeals the Enforcement Act, which makes it easier for some states to disenfranchise African American voters.
1915 – Film director D. W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation was released, becoming one of the most influential and controversial films in the history of American cinema.
1925 – Marcus Garvey is sent to federal prison in Atlanta, Georgia for mail fraud in connection with the sale of stock in his Black Star Line.
1925 – Students stage a strike at Fisk University to protest the policies of the white administration at the school.
1944 – Harry S. McAlpin of the “Daily World” in Atlanta, Georgia, is the first African Amer Read more »
TODAY IN BLACK HISTORY 2/7/10
February 7 - 1712 – Twenty-one slaves are executed after killing nine whites when a slave revolt occurs in New York City.
1872 – The doors of Alcorn Agricultural & Mechanical College open.
1883 – James Hubert “Eubie” Blake is born in Baltimore, Maryland.
1926 – The first Negro History Week begins. Originated by Dr. Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History
1946 – A filibuster in the United States Senate kills the Fair Employment Practices Commission bill.
1974 – Grenada achieves its inde Read more »
TODAY IN BLACK HISTORY 2/6/10
February 6 – 1820 – First organized emigration of U.S. Blacks back to Africa, the Elizabeth sails from New York to Sierra Leone
1867 – The Peabody Fund for Black education in the South established.
1870 – Jonathan Jasper Wright elected to the South Carolina Supreme Court.
1898 – Melvin B. Tolson, author, educator, poet, born.
1898 – Harry Haywood is born in South Omaha, Nebraska.
1933 – Walter E. Fauntroy is born in Washington, DC.
1950 – Natalie Cole is born
1945 – Bob Marley, Jamaican reggae star is born.
1961 – Jail-in movement started in Rock Hill, S.C.
1993 – Arthur Ashe dies
TODAY IN BLACK HISTORY 2/5/10
February 5 – 1934 – Henry (Hank) Aaron is born in Mobile, Alabama.
1941 – Barrett Strong is born in West Point, Mississippi.
1956 – L.R. Lautier becomes the first African-American admitted to the National Press Club.
1958 – Clifton R. Wharton, Sr. the first black Foreign Service Officer to become chief of a diplomatic mission, and simultaneously the first black chief of a diplomatic mission to a European nation, Romania.
1968 – Students in Orangeburg, South Carolina begin protests that result in massa Read more »
IN THEATERS FEBRUARY 5, 2010
Films Opening Today February 5, 2010
There aren’t that many films being released this weekend, probably because of the Super Bowl, but I’m just guessing. There’s something there for everyone however, a romance, an adventure/action film, and a suspense filled cliff hanger thrill ride. I’m not sure if I’ll take any one these in, but if I do I’ll let you know what I thought about it. Hope you guys have a great weekend. Talk to you later.
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Screen Gems |
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Lionsgate |
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Overture Films |
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