Day 9 of Black History Month 2025

Medgar and Myrlie Evers, Joy-Ann Reid

https://www.nps.gov/memy/index.htm

https://joyannreid.com/about

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Day 10 of Black History Month 2025

Addie Mae Collins, Carol Denise McNair, Carole Rosamond Robertson, Cynthia Dionne Wesley; Rhiannon Giddens

https://youtu.be/4_T5KlTpvoM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing

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Day 12 of Black History Month 2025

Big Bill Broonzy

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP0ngc_IbrxTeSzQJ0YpGXA

https://broonzy.com/

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Day 13 of Black History Month 2025

James Weldon Johnson

https://youtu.be/cLmWe4lwoUQ

https://www.jamesweldonjohnson.org/biography

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Day 14 of Black History Month 2025

John Africa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Africa

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Day 15 of Black History Month 2025

Bo Diddley

https://www.bodiddley.com/

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Day 16 of Black History Month 2025

Toussaint Louverture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toussaint_Louverture

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Day 17 of Black History Month 2025

Moms Mabley

The Best of Mom's Mabley - full 1968 album

https://youtu.be/sd2F8N_xf6Q

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Day 18 of Black History Month 2025

Shirley Chisholm

https://chisholmproject.com/who-was-shirley-chisholm

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Day 19 of Black History Month 2025

William Grant Still

https://youtu.be/YJr7BDA36AA

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Day 20 of Black History Month 2025

Sydney Bechet

https://www.nps.gov/jazz/learn/historyculture/bechet.htm

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Day 21 of Black History Month 2025

Muhammad Ali

https://alicenter.org/meet-ali/

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Day 22 of Black History Month 2025

James DePreist

Shostakovich, D.: Symphony No. 11, "The Year 1905"
Oregon Symphony, James DePreist conducting

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nYlFvgpMpcuzJZRyUMRcHhYP1kP5C_M0c&feature=shared

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A personal note: I was in the audience when this recording was made.

Day 23 of Black History Month 2025

James Baldwin

https://nmaahc.si.edu/james-baldwin

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