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There was hope for change among the monarchy, and the UK, when Meghan Markle joined the royal family. Any remaining shred of that notion has disapperaed.
At the May 2018 wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex the British royal family welcomed its first black member with what looked like earnest, open-armed enthusiasm. A Black preacher from Chicago gave a sermon on the uniting power of love over division; a gospel choir sang a stirring rendition of Ben E King s
Stand by Me. Kali Nicole Gross, a professor of African American studies at Emory University, remembers just how hopeful it felt for a family and a country with a history of racism to accept Meghan, who has a black mother and a white father.
That Meghan, an actress-turned-princess whose nuptials were a national celebration, wasn’t immune to racism raises questions about how pervasive those sentiments still are within the royal family.
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Women s contributions and accomplishments have largely been overlooked and consequently omitted from mainstream culture. The National Women s History Museum helps fill that void. To this end, the Museum serves to place women s history within current historical narratives because inclusive history is good history.
About Women s History Month
Women’s History Month had its origins as a national celebration in 1981 when Congress passed Pub. L. 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as “Women’s History Week.” Throughout the next five years, Congress continued to pass joint resolutions designating a week in March as “Women’s
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Jania Hoover is a high school social studies teacher and department chair in Texas with 16 years of teaching experience in both public and private schools. She has designed curriculum for and currently teaches courses on U.S. history, African American history, and racial issues in American society.
Where is the joy in teaching Black history? What did you learn about Black history in school when you were growing up? No, really, think about it. What did you remember? Slavery? The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.? Rosa Parks? Don’t worry if you can’t recall much more than that. That’s kind of my point.