8 Two Fort Riley Garrison employees shared their experiences and thoughts with us as the commemoration of Black History Month ends. Spec. Wilbur Bryant, with the Fort Riley religious support office, and Shalita Oliver, with the Fort Riley equal employment and opportunity apprentice, explained their thoughts on Black History Month, and some of the people who inspire them every day.
“It’s my culture . it’s my people,” Oliver said.
Oliver says she is inspired of one African American Historical figure in particular.
“It s just that my ancestors have really paved the way for me to be here and to be in this situation, and to be able to accomplish everything that I was able to accomplish,”. Oliver said. “I’m inspired by Harriet Tubman. I liked her story because it is more of a spiritually based, you know, her guidance from God. She was able to help people, and she didn t listen to what other people were saying. She stayed in her own lane and she staye
Carl Van Vechten, Van Vechten Trust. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
This article is reprinted from Feb. 13, 2015.
W.E.B. Du Bois’s magisterial book The Souls of Black Folk (1907) has left one particularly clear imprint on American conversations: its description, in the opening chapter “Of Our Spiritual Strivings,” of African Americans’ “double consciousness,” their sense of being both within and without American identity, insiders yet outsiders to this national community. Yet in his closing chapter “The Sorrow Songs,” Du Bois frames that relationship quite differently, and in a way that shows Black History Month in a new and important light.
Motlow State Community College will welcome Dr. Fredrick Douglass Dixon on Feb. 23 when he presents “The Death of Black Wall Street and the Myth of the American Dream” from noon to 1:30 p.m. via Zoom at mscc.zoom.us/j/93950141333.
The presentation is part of Motlowâs celebration of African American History Month, embracing and modeling diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Motlowâs Access and Diversity Committee, Community Relations Office, NIXLA Fellows, and the Dean of Students office are cohosting the event.
About Dr. Dixon
Dr. Dixon is an educator and community advocate.
He is the director of the University of Wyomingâs Black Studies Center and an assistant professor in the African American and Diaspora Studies Department.
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Austin Chenge is the first candidate to announce that he is challenging current Governor Gretchen Whitmer in the 2022 gubernatorial race.
Chenge and his family immigrated from Nigeria to Grand Rapids in 2008 as permanent residents, and became citizens five years later. He s an entrepreneur, operating a product and software design company, and he s never held public office.
He wants to be a breath of fresh air for Michigan, and says his understanding of the state was furthered by visiting each of the 83 counties. Chenge is critical of how the governor has handled the COVID-19 pandemic. It s great to put in place measures that prevent the spread of the disease. That s great, but you have to look at it and balance it with what our constitution says about our freedom and our rights, Chenge says. For instance, if you look at the hospitals, or you look at the people who are more vulnerable, of course you can put restrictions around those places, but n
Black GOP Gubernatorial Candidate in Michigan Promises to Cancel BHM
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I will cancel #BlackHistoryMonth in #Michigan. It s offensive, unfair, maybe illegal. Americans from all backgrounds deserve a revered history. I ll declare American History Month. Austin Chenge, #Veteran & First #Republican Gov #Candidate for MI. Visit https://t.co/WSCP2ITiwapic.twitter.com/flC58Syo5V Austin Chenge (@AustinChenge) February 8, 2021
A black GOP gubernatorial candidate in the state of Michigan has put his campaign on the map via a controversial stance on Black History Month.
Austin Chenge, an Army vet tweeted on Monday that if he s elected to office he will do away with Black History Month in his state. Chenge said that the monthlong celebration and commemoration of black historical contributions to the US and world history is unfair and potentially illegal.