Hello everyone,
I hope you are having a great start to your week!
February is the month we celebrate Black History Month. Black culture and history continues to be something that is not taught and shared enough in schools and in society even though it is a part of our nation’s history.
Today I thought I’d share some things you can watch, listen, read, and view during this last week of Black History Month. This list could take forever so I am limiting myself to movies, music, and poets. Feel free to comment below on something you learned this month!
[DISCLAIMER: This list is based on what I watch, like, and thought of while writing. There are a host of other great films, albums, and people out there. This is just a short list that highlights some of my favorites.]
Movies
Loving
Selma, Lord, Selma
Harriet
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Hidden Figures
The Help
Remember the Titans
Race
Disney’s Ruby Bridges
Music
What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye
Young, Gifted, and Black by Aretha Franklin
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill
The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder
Innervisions by Stevie Wonder
Duke Ellington and John Coltrane by Duke Ellington and John Coltrane
Portrait of a Legend by Sam Cooke
Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman
Yardbird by Charlie Parker
Ella and Louis by Ellia Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
Just One of Those Things by Nat King Cole
Odetta Sings Dylan by Odetta
Let Freedom Ring! by Marian Anderson
Poets
Click on their name for a bio and some of their poetry from the Poetry Foundation
Musical Extras
Elizabeth Cotten performing
Billie Holliday singing “Strange Fruit”
Jennifer Holliday performing, “And I’m Telling You I’m not going” from Dreamgirls (Woah. Just woah.)
Richie Havens opened Woodstock (his song Freedom from it is below)
Bill “Bojangles” Robinson Dancing with Shirley Temple (first inneracial couple to dance on screen).
~ Kenedy M.
A Happy Landing 
Truly loved the variety of African-American people, their music, poetry and just the richness of American History…which includes ALL the above!! “Black History is apart of American History.” Let’s continue to celebrate Black History as our history. Thank you Kenedy! Great post.
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