*The Mississippi State Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs, Inc. (MSFCWC) is celebrated on this date in 1903. MSFCWC is an African American women’s club located in Mississippi. Educators Ursula J. Wade Foster, Mattie F. Rowan, and Lizzie Coleman created the club in 1903. They were inspired by visiting the annual session of the Southeastern Association […]
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learn more*Black Nationalism in America was affirmed on this date in 1900. It is a category of racial nationalism or pan-nationalism that embraces the belief that black people are a race and seeks to develop and maintain a black racial and national identity. Black nationalist activism revolves around the social, political, and economic empowerment of black […]
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learn more*Black History and ‘Stay Woke’ is affirmed on this date in 1923. This social concept revolves around black consciousness “waking up” to a new reality or activist framework. The earliest known examples of wokeness date to the early 20th century. In 1923, a collection of sayings and ideas by the Jamaican philosopher and social activist Marcus […]
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