BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.
AUGUST WILSON#amwriting #writing #writinglife pic.twitter.com/S1FgUAEcnz

— Jon Winokur (@AdviceToWriters) February 6, 2019

Tell #stories filled with facts. Make people touch and taste and KNOW. Make people FEEL! FEEL! FEEL!
OCTAVIA BUTLER#amwriting #fiction pic.twitter.com/HJ3yZ4PPzS

— Jon Winokur (@AdviceToWriters) February 12, 2019

"The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are." - Maya Angelou pic.twitter.com/6w9k2YIEMt

— Capital Prep Schools (@CPREP4Life) February 8, 2019

In 1959, while Lorraine Hansberry broke down the matters of racial discrimination and importance of family, Berry Gordy Jr. formed 1 of the most successful Black owned record labels, Motown Records.

That same yr, jazz trumpeter, Miles Davis recorded “Kind of Blue.” #BHM2019 pic.twitter.com/yAbGoIk6a3

— California Endowment (@CalEndow) February 12, 2019

Langston Hughes. Born Feb 1, 1902. “Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.” A writer for the Chicago Defender and a major contributor to the Harlem Renaissance. His insightful, wise words still ring true. #playwright #activist #poet pic.twitter.com/6bcMGSxeRt

— Black History Images (@BlackHistoryUS) February 1, 2018

James Baldwin. "I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly but I am also, much more than that" pic.twitter.com/WPZzcjNdWH

— Black History Images (@BlackHistoryUS) March 8, 2014

Alice Walker. "Everything want to be loved. Us sing & dance & holler, just trying to be loved." #art #history #writer pic.twitter.com/oWfnvRVcCZ

— Black History Images (@BlackHistoryUS) March 7, 2014

Audre Lorde. "It is not our differences that divide us. It's our inability to recognize, accept & celebrate those differences." #poet #truth pic.twitter.com/vkZ7R0sqoU

— Black History Images (@BlackHistoryUS) September 19, 2017

James Baldwin gives the best answer I’ve ever heard to those who claim they are “color blind” and that Black people should stop talking about race and just move on.#BlackHistoryMonth
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— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@MuslimIQ) February 12, 2019

Toni Morrison annihilated this interviewer. #BlackHistoryMonth has been on strugg but this moment should tide us over for a few days. pic.twitter.com/xrvGmw2zzp

— NoSugarNoCreamMag (@NSNCMag) February 12, 2019

A Line A Day: Blackness Defined https://t.co/cquexwVLcs #blackhistorymonth

— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) February 12, 2019

A Line A Day: Fatherhood and Black History Month https://t.co/iGil5yHhzq

— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) February 12, 2019

Better Believe It's Beautiful https://t.co/ne6vmB4b6P via @Etsy for #blackhistorymonth

— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) February 12, 2019

A Line A Day: ALL THINGS BLACKNESS https://t.co/RDnDATUSch

— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) February 1, 2019

#BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/gY787agzH7

— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) February 2, 2019

Since it's #blackhistorymonth here are some #BlackBookReviews https://t.co/tvQRZeSzzC

— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) February 9, 2019

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#bookrecommendations #blackhistorymonth #bookstagram https://lineaday.blogspot.com/2014/02/blackbookreviews.html

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How many of these authors have you read? #bookrecommendations #blackhistorymonth #proverbsforthepeople

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Happy Black History Month! pic.twitter.com/N9u2L49mN7

— Sleeper Athletes (@SleeperAth1etes) February 1, 2019

Last but not least, a date near and dear to my heart in Black History because I had the opportunity to participate in it directly was: 1-20-09