NPR: Black History Month 2022

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February is Black History Month in the U.S., and this year's theme is Black Health and Wellness. NPR has compiled a list of stories, music performances, podcasts and other content that chronicles the Black American experience.

3rd grader Dana Boone finds an innovative way to mark Black History Month

February 9, 2022 • With the help of his mom, Dana Boone created the Periodic Table of Black History. Rather than elements, this table contains 90 Black history-makers, activists and innovators.

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Without Inventor James West, This Interview Might Not Have Been Possible

February 9, 2022 • For Black History Month, Short Wave is celebrating Black voices in STEM - bringing back some of our favorite conversations, as well as new guests with expertise and insights to share. In this encore episode, former Short Wave host Maddie Sofia talks to inventor James West about his life, career, and about how a device he helped invent in the 60's made their interview possible. (Encore)

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Abraham Galloway is the Black figure from the Civil War you should know about

February 8, 2022 • Galloway escaped enslavement, became a Union spy and helped recruit thousands of Black soldiers to fight with the North, but his name has been largely left out of the Civil War narrative.

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How Black activists used lynching souvenirs to expose American violence

February 8, 2022 • Christine Turner, the filmmaker behind the short documentary, Lynching Postcards: 'Token of A Great Day,' talks about her film and its present-day resonance.

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Civil rights leaders call on the NFL to replace the Rooney Rule

February 7, 2022 • The Rooney Rule, a policy that went into effect in 2003, requires NFL teams to interview candidates of color for head coaching and senior operation vacancies.

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Bomb threats against Black institutions are deeply rooted in U.S. history

February 7, 2022 • "HBCUs are resilient institutions that will persist through all forms of adversity," the Congressional Bipartisan HBCU Caucus said after bomb threats earlier this month.

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What great book by a Black author should be brought to the screen next?

February 7, 2022 • Octavia Butler's 1979 novel Kindred is being made into a TV series. So we asked authors and critics what other not-yet-filmed books by Black authors they'd most like to see adapted for screen.

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THE PICTURE SHOW

Reconsidering Scott Joplin's 'The Entertainer'

February 7, 2022 • The king of ragtime published his hit tune 120 years ago. Pianist Lara Downes believes the piece helped shape the future of American music.

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First Black University of Alabama student to share a building name with a Klan leader

February 4, 2022 • A University of Alabama building will share the names of a Klan leader and its first Black student

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Actor Thandiwe Newton addresses colorism in the casting of films

February 4, 2022 • While promoting her new movie God's Country, Newton talked about wanting to "apologize every day to darker-skinned actresses" for being chosen for roles.

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In 'Black Agenda,' thought leaders pose solutions to complicated issues

February 4, 2022 • NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman about an essay collection from Black experts that suggests solutions to issues that range from climate policy to criminal justice reform.

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First Black leader of Human Rights Campaign sues, says he was fired because of race

February 3, 2022 • Alphonso David also said during contract negotiations HRC board members "acknowledged" that he was severely underpaid in comparison to his white predecessor "because of his race."

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THE LIMITS WITH JAY WILLIAMS

Brian Flores on Taking a Stand Against the NFL

February 3, 2022 • Brian Flores is not messing around. The former Miami Dolphins head coach was fired last month, and had his eyes set on the top job with the New York Giants. But a misdirected text from New England Patriots general manager Bill Belichick convinced Flores, who is Black and Latino, that the hiring process was rigged against him, and that race was a major factor. He responded to the NFL by filing a class-action lawsuit on Tuesday. He was one of only three Black head coaches in the NFL at the time of his firing, in a league that has a majority of Black players. The lawsuit accuses the league of systemic racism and discriminatory hiring practices. It's made for a whirlwind 48 hours for Flores, who did not come to the decision to take legal action lightly. And it's arguably a louder stand than when Colin Kaepernick took his knee and paid the price. In this episode of The Limits, host Jay Williams sits down with Flores to talk about the change he hopes to inspire in the NFL, and the sacrifices he's willing to make to see that change take flight. For sponsor-free episodes, weekly bonus content, and more, subscribe to The Limits Plus at plus.npr.org/thelimits. Follow Jay on Instagram and Twitter. Email us at thelimits@npr.org.The Limits is produced by Karen Kinney, Mano Sundaresan, Leena Sanzgiri, Barton Girdwood, Brent Baughman, Rachel Neel and Yolanda Sangweni. Music by Ramtin Arablouei. Our executive producer is Anya Grundmann. Special thanks to Charla Riggi and Erin Register.

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Why a 20-year effort by the NFL hasn't led to more minorities in top coaching jobs

February 3, 2022 • The NFL's Rooney Rule set out to correct inequities at the top of pro football's hierarchy. But today, there are still few minorities in head coaching positions.

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CODE SWITCH

The life of a 'Civil Rights Queen'

February 3, 2022 • Constance Baker Motley's life—as a lawyer, as a politician and the first Black woman appointed to the Federal bench – is outlined in a new biography by author Tomiko Brown-Nagin: Civil Rights Queen.

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SHORT WAVE

Science In The City: Cylita Guy Talks Chasing Bats And Tracking Rats

February 3, 2022 • Cylita Guy was a curious child who enjoyed exploring the beaches, parks and animals that shared her hometown of Toronto, Canada. She's a scientist – an urban ecologist – interested in city-dwelling bats. Cylita talks to guest host Lauren Sommer about the importance of studying wildlife in cities, and about her children's book, Chasing Bats and Tracking Rats: Urban Ecology, Community Science and How We Share Our Cities.

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More than a dozen HBCUs received bomb threats on the 1st day of Black History Month

February 2, 2022 • More than a dozen historically Black colleges received bomb threats on Tuesday, the first day of Black History Month, following a number of bomb threats at HBCUs on Monday. Several went on lockdown.

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Has the NFL's Racial Reckoning Arrived?

February 2, 2022 • NPR's Tamara Keith talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about Brian Flores' allegations of racial discrimination and unethical practices and where the NFL can go from here.

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Ex-Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores accuses NFL of racial discrimination in lawsuit

February 1, 2022 • Flores alleges that the league is "managed much like a plantation" charging that its 32 owners, none of whom are Black, profit from the labor of its players, 70% of whom are African American.

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Questlove and Black Thought help kids 'Rise Up, Sing Out' in a new Disney series

February 1, 2022 • The musicians are executive producers of animated musical shorts intended to be "an inspiring, empowering and optimistic message about race, culture, community and celebrating differences."

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First African American picked for key Southern Baptist Convention position

February 1, 2022 • McLaurin, 48, will fill the post vacated by Ronnie Floyd, who resigned over the Executive Committee's handling of a third-party investigation into how the it addressed sexual abuse reports

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Remembering the man who 'laid the groundwork for the modern civil rights movement'

February 1, 2022 • Seventy years ago, Florida civil rights pioneer Harry T. Moore and his wife, Harriette, were killed in a bombing at their home on Christmas Day. No one was charged with their murders.

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Send Me - Jenn Johnson feat. Chris Quilala

“Send Me” was the ‘Song of the Day’ in the contemporary service at Grace Lutheran Church on Sunday, February 6, 2022. It is certainly one of my favorites. Especially since I always associate it with one of my favorite Bible passages – and a favorite of many first responders: Isaiah 6 verses 1-8, especially verse 8: Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!” Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”

"Send Me" Jenn Johnson feat. Chris Quilala. Premiered Sep 28, 2021. "Send Me" was written by Brandon Lake, Jenn Johnson, and Kari Jobe Carnes.

VERSE 1

If it’s bandaging the broken

Or washing filthy feet

Here I am Lord, send me

If it’s loving one another

Even when we don’t agree

Here I am Lord, send me

VERSE 2

If I’m poor or if I’m wealthy

I’ll serve You just the same

Here I am Lord, send me

On the mountain or the valley

I will choose to praise

Here I am Lord, send me

CHORUS

If I’m known by how I love

Let my life reflect how much I love You

I love You

And before You even ask

Oh my answer will be yes

‘Cause I love You

Oh I love You

VERSE 3

If the truth cuts like an arrow

I will say it anyway

‘Cause here I am Lord, send me

If it’s means that they’ll reject me

Lord I will still obey

‘Cause here I am Lord, send me

VERSE 4

When I’m standing in Your glory

I’ll be glad I chose to say

Here I am Lord, send me

Well done good and faithful

I live to hear You say

Here I am Lord, send me

TAG

Here I am Lord, send me

Here I am Lord, send me

SPONTANEOUS

Oh how I love You

With everything

With all my dreams, all my hopes

How I love You

You can have it all, You can have it all

You can have it all

What I have I give You God

Be it unto me according to Your word

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Diinner last night at Forbidden City. Saturday, 5Feb2022

Too fun. We went to dinner last night at Forbidden City. Saturday, 5Feb2022. Our server provided us with a "Terry's Title and Tag" pen when it came to pay for our meal. We love you Terry Smack. Thanks for all that you for our community.

February 26, 2022 Slave Narratives presented by the Union Memorial Baptist Church

February 26, 2022 Slave Narratives presented by the Union Memorial Baptist Church 

February 26, 2022 at 1 p.m. Watch it on Facebook or YouTube

Slave Narratives: A first-person narrative pertaining to the history of slavery in the United States (often referred to as the WPA Slave Narrative Collection) is a massive compilation of histories by former slaves undertaken by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration. The body of work had its beginning in the second year of the Federal Writers' Project … in 1936…” Between 1936- 1938, the project, in part, “recorded interviews with ex-slaves...” The body of work created by the project now resides in the Library of Congress in Washington DC.

Read an extensive history of the “Slave Narratives” project on the Library of Congress website here: https://www.loc.gov/collections/slave-narratives-from-the-federal-writers-project-1936-to-1938/articles-and-essays/introduction-to-the-wpa-slave-narratives/wpa-and-the-slave-narrative-collection/ 

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February is Black History Month

February is Black History Month. The annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history can trace its origins to 1926, when a black scholar named Carter G. Woodson launched a week-long campaign to focus national attention on the contributions of black people on American society. Submitted photo

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It was dark, rainy, and stormy night in Westminster

It was dark, rainy, and stormy night in Westminster 3Feb2022

On January 26, 1931, Westminster Firefighter Joe Hahn died.

On January 26, 1931, Westminster Firefighter Joe Hahn died.

Honoring & Remembering Maryland Fallen Heroes. Westminster Fire Eng. & Hose Co.1~Carroll County, Maryland

On January 26, 1931, our brothers and sisters in the Westminster Fire Engine and Hose Co. No. 1 and the greater Carroll County community suffered one the two Line of Duty Deaths in the company's history when Fireman Joseph G. Hahn died.

At approximately 10:00 a.m. on Monday January 26,1931, the Westminster Fire Engine & Hose Co.No.1 responded to the Oscar Hess residence, on the Manchester State Road near Cranberry, for a gasoline stove explosion in the kitchen.

The flames were quickly extinguished by the Westminster firemen. The kitchen was mostly destroyed from the blast, but the rest of the house was saved, having suffered only smoke damage and some broken windowpanes.

While the firemen were performing salvage and overhaul, Fireman Joseph G. Hahn suffered a heart attack and fell over. Before medical aid could be summoned, death occurred.

Fireman Joseph G. Hahn was 46 years old. Number of years served is unknown at this time.

LODD narrative paraphrased from 1931 Baltimore Evening Sun. H/T: Tim Bangerd

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Former Westminster police officer Don Hood has died at age 80.

Former Westminster police officer Don Hood has died at age 80.

Don Hood, 80; of Westminster, formerly of Sykesville, passed away on Friday, January 21, 2022, at Bridging Life (Dove House) in Westminster.

I am not sure when Westminster Police Officer Don Hood started with Westminster. I remember him from the 1970s. He retired as a corporal. I always found it interesting that he was an airplane pilot. He probably left the agency in the early 1980s. Cpl Hood was known as a patient, kind and understanding police officer. He was always quick to praise and encourage. He served in the National Guard, and many credited his military service as the source of his calm demeaner and command presence. He is survived by his wife, Janet.

According to his obit – he was born on November 26, 1941, in Westminster, he was the son of the late Crawmer Andrew Hood "Bud" and Edith (Jackson) (Hood) Germroth "Jackie".

Don was a 1960 graduate of Francis Scott Key High School. He was a retired grocer for Safeway, a former Westminster City police officer and served in the Army National Guard.

He was a member of the Meadow Branch Church of The Brethren where he enjoyed working at the churches pancake breakfasts. His hobbies included RVing, boating, riding his motorcycle, but his greatest passion was flying his airplane.

Don is survived by his loving wife Janet (Wolfe) Hood of 61 years. He was a cherished father of Terri Newsome and husband Johnny, and Donna Eppler and husband Thomas; beloved grandfather of Courtney (Imler) Quintano, Nathan Newsome, Lindsey Eppler and Riley Eppler; great grandfather of Madalyn Quintano. Besides his parents he was pre-deceased by his siblings John W. Hood, Robert A. Hood and Carol G. Baker.

The family will receive family and friends on Saturday, March 12, 2022, from 11:00-12:30 with a Celebration of Life Service immediately following at the Meadow Branch Church of the Brethren. 818 Old Taneytown Rd. Westminster MD 21158.

Memorial contributions may be made to Meadow Branch Church of the Brethren or the Salvation Army of Carroll County, 300 Hahn Rd, Westminster MD. 21157 or online at http://www.salvationarmyusa.org.

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The Women Who Rode Miles on Horseback to Deliver Library Books

The Women Who Rode Miles on Horseback to Deliver Library Books - Librarians are amazing. BY ANIKA BURGESS AUGUST 31, 2017

I was looking for Erin Snell in the pictures… 

FTA: They were known as the “book women.” They would saddle up, usually at dawn, to pick their way along snowy hillsides and through muddy creeks with a simple goal: to deliver reading material to Kentucky’s isolated mountain communities.

The Pack Horse Library initiative was part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration (WPA), created to help lift America out of the Great Depression, during which, by 1933, unemployment had risen to 40 percent in Appalachia. Roving horseback libraries weren’t entirely new to Kentucky, but this initiative was an opportunity to boost both employment and literacy at the same time.

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Old magazines and newspapers were cut and pasted into scrapbooks with particular themes—recipes, for example, or crafts. One such scrapbook, which still is held today at the FDR Presidential Library & Museum in Hyde Park, New York, contains recipes pasted into a notebook with the following introduction: “Cook books are popular. Anything to do with canning or preserving is welcomed.”

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Too Clever By Half: Restoring the 'Quick Edit' Tools, Version 2.0

Too Clever By Half: Restoring the 'Quick Edit' Tools, Version 2.0: The removal of the quick-edit tools has made Blogger harder to use . Here's how to get them back, at least for now. Update: Googl...

Coins left on tombstones

Coins left on tombstones

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Have you ever been in a cemetery and saw coins laying on a tombstone? There is actually a reason behind it. 

While visiting some cemeteries you may notice that headstones marking certain graves have coins on them, left by previous visitors to the grave. 

These coins have distinct meanings when left on the headstones of those who gave their life while serving in America's military, and these meanings vary depending on the denomination of coin. 

A coin left on a headstone or at the grave site is meant as a message to the deceased soldier's family that someone else has visited the grave to pay respect. 

Leaving a penny at the grave means simply that you visited. 

A nickel indicates that you and the deceased trained at boot camp together, while a dime means you served with him in some capacity. 

By leaving a quarter at the grave, you are telling the family that you were with the solider when he was killed. 

According to tradition, the money left at graves in national cemeteries and state veterans cemeteries is eventually collected, and the funds are put toward maintaining the cemetery or paying burial costs for indigent veterans. 

In the US, this practice became common during the Vietnam War, due to the political divide in the country over the war; leaving a coin was seen as a more practical way to communicate that you had visited the grave than contacting the soldier's family, which could devolve into an uncomfortable argument over politics relating to the war. 

Some Vietnam veterans would leave coins as a "down payment" to buy their fallen comrades a beer or play a hand of cards when they would finally be reunited. 

The tradition of leaving coins on the headstones of military men and women can be traced to as far back as the Roman Empire. 

Hat Tip: Rachel Krumheuer Walter

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Thich Nhat Hanh, influential Zen Buddhist monk, dies at 95

Thich Nhat Hanh, influential Zen Buddhist monk, dies at 95

Nhat Hanh distilled Buddhist teachings on compassion and suffering into easily grasped guidance over a lifetime dedicated to working for peace.

Jan. 21, 2022, 11:47 PM EST / Updated Jan. 22, 2022, 12:31 AM EST

By The Associated Press

HANOI, Vietnam — Thich Nhat Hanh, the revered Zen Buddhist monk who helped pioneer the concept of mindfulness in the West and socially engaged Buddhism in the East, has died. He was 95.

HÀ NỘI, Việt Nam - Thích Nhất Hạnh, vị thiền sư đáng kính, người đã giúp đi tiên phong cho khái niệm chánh niệm ở phương Tây và Phật giáo gắn bó với xã hội ở phương Đông, đã qua đời. Ông ấy đã 95 tuổi.

HANOI, Vietnam – Thich Nhat Hanh, le moine bouddhiste zen vénéré qui a aidé à lancer le concept de pleine conscience en Occident et le bouddhisme socialement engagé en Orient, est décédé. Il avait 95 ans.

A post on Nhat Hanh’s verified Twitter page attributed to The International Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism confirmed the news. The post said Nhat Hanh, known as Thay to his followers, died at midnight Saturday.

“We invite our beloved global spiritual family to take a few moments to be still, to come back to our mindful breathing, as we together hold Thay in our hearts," the post said.

Born as Nguyen Xuan Bao in 1926 and ordained at age 16, Nhat Hanh distilled Buddhist teachings on compassion and suffering into easily grasped guidance over a lifetime dedicated to working for peace. In 1961 he went to the United States to study, teaching comparative religion for a time at Princeton and Columbia universities.

For most of the remainder of his life he lived in exile at Plum Village, a retreat center he founded in southern France.

There and in talks and retreats around the world, he introduced Zen Buddhism, at its essence, as peace through compassionate listening. Still and steadfast in his brown robes, he exuded an air of watchful, amused calm, sometimes sharing a stage with the somewhat livelier Tibetan Buddhist leader Dalai Lama.

“The peace we seek cannot be our personal possession. We need to find an inner peace which makes it possible for us to become one with those who suffer, and to do something to help our brothers and sisters, which is to say, ourselves,” Nhat Hanh wrote in one of his dozens of books, “The Sun My Heart.”

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