Tuskegee air squadron, Roscoe Brown Jr., spoke at Horne’s funeral saying:
“This wonderful, beautiful lady, Lena Horne, came to visit us. She sang, she talked with us and she made us all her boyfriends. The men took her picture and put it on our barracks, on our planes, and she became our pinup girl.”
“I swear to the Lord, I still can’t see why Democracy means everybody but me. ”
Happy Birthday, Langston Hughes.
Our first Black History Month photo of the day.
I want to see a Republican Party that, rather than trying to make it more difficult to vote and restricting the number of days and hours you can vote, a Republican Party that says we want everybody to vote and we’re going to give you a reason to vote for us.
(via huffpostpolitics)
Happy Birthday, Kerry Washington!
Interesting fact: With William Cowan’s appointment as interim senator filling in for John Kerry, we will have two black senators at the same (damn) time. For the first time in history.
“I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.”
Happy Birthday, Jackie Robinson! He would have been 94, today.
Some of my favorite black history books, including The Warmth of Other Suns, the Reinvention of Malcolm X and At the Dark End of the Street.
The wage gap for Black and Latina women at a glance. You can read more here.
