February 4th... Today In Black History...Did you Know......?

That on this day in 1913 ROSA PARKS was born.


Now the majority of us should know why she is significant to black history. If not, I will provide a link at the end of this question. Rosa Parks lived in a time of the "Jim Crow Laws" which were state and local laws that mandated "separate but equal" status for black Americans. The name "Jim Crow" came from a song and dance called "Jump Jim Crow" that was made by a white comedian named Thomas Rice. He performed this in "blackface" which is the term used by performers who used burnt cork,greasepaint or shoe polish to blacken their


skin and exaggerate their lips among other


things. It became popular at "minstrel shows"


which portrayed blacks in stereotypical and often insulting ways such as ignorant, lazy, buffoonish, superstitious, joyous, and musical.


If you had to present in 5 songs a POSITIVE


IMAGE of hip hop as a culture to an


individual..."looking from the outside in"...


What five songs would they be and why?

February 4th... Today In Black History...Did you Know......?
Common- be


Common- it's your world


Talib Kweli- Beautiful struggle


Martin Luther -Rise


Jill Scott-Golden





just a couple of my favorites, they may be sometimes considered r%26amp;b but , are so postive to me
Reply:I agree with guy above me...





Black History month is an American thing...
Reply:I learn something new everyday.








I didnt know that.
Reply:Black Woman...Jungle brothers made sisters feel proud about themselves...and had everyone saying the blacker the berry the sweeter the juice





Fight The Power brought everyone together to let everybody in the world know about Yusef Hawkins being gun down in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn and that we wasnt havent it.





People Everyday -pretty much told the world that we all aint ignorant and we all arent the same in the ghettoor better yet were just like u





Self Destruction-The movement that tried to explain that hip hop isnt violent its some of the ppl that make it seem that way...and that hip hoppers should stop the violence





H.E.A.L-shows that the hip hop nation can get together and spread the word about AIDS and other issues that are plaguing our communities
Reply:i dont care
Reply:That's nice. Now why don't you tell me about all the information you know from Hispanic Heritage Month? Or from the Asian Month? Or the Native American (Indian) Month?



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