February 5th: "Father of Black History"

On this fourth day of Black History Month, we honor 1926 NAACP Spingarn Medal recipient and the "Father of Black History,"
Carter G. Woodson, who once wrote: Let us banish fear. We have been in this mental state for three centuries. I am a radical. I am ready to act, if I can find brave men to help me.

Februray 4th: Black Icons

Josephine Baker, Bayard Rustin, Fannie Lou Hamer, El Hajj Malik Shabazz (Malcolm X), Harry Belafonte, Michelle Obama, John Legend and NAACP staffer. Black History Month elevates the great history of the United States--people who organized, pioneered, led, sang, fought and worked for freedom. We've featured both past, present and future leaders because Black History is a breathing and thriving history. We hope that you share our cover this month and watch for daily ‪#‎BlackHistoryMonth‬ content.

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February 3rd: Girl at River. Elisha Ongere

"My themes mainly are African faces...women...maybe a few are men. But the majority are women because beauty is expressed here in Africa through the woman. We don't express beauty using a man. We express beauty by portraying a woman. A woman's beauty often involves their expressions, especially in the eyes. So that's why the majority of my paintings are featuring women exactly as they are."- Elisha Ongere

http://www.trueafricanart.com/african-artists/Elisha-Ongere.html

Beautiful African Art!Learn more about this artist.
Artist:  Elisha Ongere (Kenya)
Title: Girl at River
Dimensions: 14" x 18" (35 x 46 cm)
Medium: Oils on Canvas
Price: $399

http://www.trueafricanart.com/african-artists/elisha-ongere-biography.html

 "In my African paintings, I'm just trying to bring in our continent's natural state of being: unrefined, unpolished. You know, African art and African artists are not frequently refined artists, like it is in European art. That theme of bringing African fine art is not actually our approach all the time. The usual African approach is simply, you put down what you think, what you visualize, and there is no demand for that refinement behind it. It is simply recording the idea...maybe what you have seen, what you would like to feature. And you limit it at that, you don't dive for that fineness. It is just simply doing the African painting, recording it, and then you move ahead and you do another."- Elisha Ongere

February 2nd: The Life of a Black Star Through Society

This is not beautiful to me. Since I think that, I must be a hater!

This poem speaks truth! How do black women see themselves in today's society? I wish everyone had a better self-esteem. I guess sex really does sell. Does sex sell more than brains, talent, and ambition? What is a barbie? What is a black barbie? Are we not more valuable than plastic? Plastic is so recyclable. For the price of beauty! It should be priceless! Let's not forget our roots! We are queens of the most high. Ro ro ro Roger that!  http://youtu.be/Fm1IieQUmWU   

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Februrary 1st: The Revolution will not be televised