Browse by Tag: InfluencesThis collection includes41 posts.You can subscribe to a feed of all content filed under “influences” as XML (RSS) or JSON.One World, One Web, One LoveNotebook entry posted on 25 Jan 2024Remembering MollyNotebook entry posted on 08 Sep 2023Charles V. Bush agitated for equity in the officer corpsNotebook entry posted on 11 Feb 2020Madame Jones was the Beyoncé of her timeNotebook entry posted on 11 Feb 2020Two Black women received patents… in 1884 and 1885!Notebook entry posted on 10 Feb 2020Jerry Varnado and James Garrett started the first Black Student UnionNotebook entry posted on 08 Feb 2020Captain Francisco Menéndez helped found the first free Black settlement in the U.S.Notebook entry posted on 07 Feb 2020Jane Bolin didn’t let anyone tell her what she couldn’t doNotebook entry posted on 06 Feb 2020Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler prioritized the most vulnerableNotebook entry posted on 05 Feb 2020Orrin C. Evans showed us Black people could be (super)heroes tooNotebook entry posted on 05 Feb 2020Lucy Hicks Anderson was an early Black trans pioneerNotebook entry posted on 03 Feb 2020Maya Angelou persevered, but many don’tNotebook entry posted on 02 Feb 2020Jerry Lawson made home video game systems possibleNotebook entry posted on 01 Feb 2020Angie Turner King invested her energy in othersNotebook entry posted on 01 Mar 2019Margaret Collins used biology to push for equalityNotebook entry posted on 28 Feb 2019Katherine Johnson took us to the moon (and back)Notebook entry posted on 26 Feb 2019Without Frederick McKinley Jones, where would your food be?Notebook entry posted on 26 Feb 2019Amelia Boynton Robinson agitated for the voteNotebook entry posted on 25 Feb 2019Mark Dean’s work on the PC made personal computing possibleNotebook entry posted on 23 Feb 2019Jack Johnson “trolled” for his shot at equality and inspired future generations of Black athlete activistsNotebook entry posted on 22 Feb 2019Mae Jemison never gave up on her dreamNotebook entry posted on 22 Feb 2019Baratunde Thurston tackles tough topics with “deep humor”Notebook entry posted on 21 Feb 2019Ida B. Wells shone light in the darknessNotebook entry posted on 20 Feb 2019LeBron James converts power into promiseNotebook entry posted on 18 Feb 2019W. Kamau Bell is all about dialogueNotebook entry posted on 17 Feb 2019Pauli Murray dismantled systems of oppressionNotebook entry posted on 16 Feb 2019Lizzo is all about self-acceptance and empowermentNotebook entry posted on 15 Feb 2019Nina Simone “said it” when others couldn’tNotebook entry posted on 14 Feb 2019Bayard Rustin advocated for marginalized people everywhereNotebook entry posted on 13 Feb 2019Anna Arnold Hedgeman was the glue for the civil rights movementNotebook entry posted on 12 Feb 2019Chuck D challenges me to confront myselfNotebook entry posted on 12 Feb 2019He invented the search engine, but you don’t know his nameNotebook entry posted on 10 Feb 2019Kimberly Bryant is tackling tech monocultures head-onNotebook entry posted on 09 Feb 2019Thomas Jennings put his money on the lineNotebook entry posted on 08 Feb 2019Aretha commanded respectNotebook entry posted on 07 Feb 2019Harriet really was a spyNotebook entry posted on 06 Feb 2019LeVar Burton changes lives, one book at a timeNotebook entry posted on 05 Feb 2019“God” was a complicated man who did some revolutionary thingsNotebook entry posted on 04 Feb 2019Shirley Chisholm was unbought and unbossedNotebook entry posted on 03 Feb 2019I’ve learned so much from Chenjerai KumanyikaNotebook entry posted on 02 Feb 2019Why Oscar’s middle name is “Ellison”Notebook entry posted on 01 Feb 2019
Jerry Varnado and James Garrett started the first Black Student UnionNotebook entry posted on 08 Feb 2020
Captain Francisco Menéndez helped found the first free Black settlement in the U.S.Notebook entry posted on 07 Feb 2020
Jack Johnson “trolled” for his shot at equality and inspired future generations of Black athlete activistsNotebook entry posted on 22 Feb 2019