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A great time to embrace our differences - The Highland County Press


A great time to embrace our differences
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer
R-Missouri s 3rd District
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Every February since 1976, America has come together to celebrate Black History Month and the contributions of African Americans to our nation and its history.
It was originally just a one-week celebration during the second week of February to celebrate the birthdays of Frederick Douglass, an abolitionist who spoke about his first-hand experience as a former slave, and Abraham Lincoln who changed our nation forever by ending slavery with the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
However, it became clear that more than a week was necessary to celebrate this rich history, and every president since 1976 has signed a declaration designating February “Black History Month.” ....

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The Hotel Olga: The Forgotten Home of the Harlem Renaissance | The Saturday Evening Post


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Black academics, writers, musicians, and artists traveled from all across the country and world to participate in the Harlem Renaissance an intellectual revival movement that occurred in the 1920s in the northern Manhattan neighborhood. Individuals seeking to visit the area to interact and work with the great thinkers of Harlem, however, had to tackle the “hotel problem,” as Harlem historian and resident Eric K. Washington puts it. As the Harlem Renaissance was blossoming in New York City, so were Jim Crow and segregation laws that did not allow Black and white Americans to sleep in the same hotel. The Hotel Olga solved the “hotel problem” and became the unofficial home to the movement. ....

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