<3 Black Love Day <3
February 13, 1993 was devoted to the unique love within Black Culture.
Created by Ayo Handy-Kendi, the founder of the African American Holiday Association, created BLACK LOVE DAY as an alternative to Valetines day for those honoring Black History Month.
While love is a universal concept. Black Love Day embraces Black culture and encompasses the following five tenets:
-Love for the creator, self, family, black community, and the black race.
-Black Love Day aims to increase peace, stop self hatred, and foster healthy relationships.
“Handy-Kendi once said, Black people must love themselves enough to have these uncomfortable discussions, so we can reconcile our distrust, a part of slavery’s conditioning, release our anger and push forward to heal and grow in unity”.
Frederick Douglass
Born on February 14, 1817, he was a Black abolitionist, orator, and writer, who escaped slavery and urged others to do likewise before and during the American Civil War.
-Escaped slavery 1838 by reaching New Bedford, Massachusetts.
-Became an agent of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society.
-He was very Instrumental with the Underground Railroad and the journey to freedom for slaves.
-Fled to England in 1845 to escape the dangers of the Fugitive Slave Laws.
-Returned to the United States in 1847 and became the leader of the Underground Railroad in Rochester, New York.
-Established the abolitionist news paper called the North Star.
-Campaigned for Abraham Lincoln during the 1860 election.
-Helped raised two regiments of Black Soldiers during the American Civil War.
-Fought for the enactment of the 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments to the constitution of the United States.
-Served in governmental positions, including U.S. Miniter to Jaiti.
He died in 1895 in Washington D.C.
Charlotta Amanda Spears Bass
Born February 14, 1874, she was an African American newspaper publisher, editor and Civil Rights Activist. She also is the first African American Woman to own and operate a newspaper. She published the 'California Eagle' from 1912-1951. She focused on issues such as housing rights, labor rights, voting rights, and police brutality. She became the first African American woman nominated for Vice president as a candidate for the Progressive Party. 
Oliver Harrington
February 14, 1913- He was an African American cartoonist from Valhalla, Ny who began his interest in cartooning as a teenager when he began to graw caricatures of a teacher her considered a bigot. He graduated from Yale University and studied at The National Academy of Design. He was a member of the Black American Expatriates.
Gregory Hines
Gregory Hines (14 February 1946-9 August 2003), jazz tap dancer, singer, actor, musicians, and creator of improvised tap choreography, was born in New York City, the son of Maurice Hines Sr. and Alma Hines. He began dancing at the age of not-quite-three, turned professional at age five, and for fifteen years performed with his older brother Maurice as The Hines Kids, making nightclub appearances across the country. While Broadway teacher and choreographer Henry LeTang created the team's first tap dance routines, the brothers' absorption of technique came from watching and working with the great black tap masters whenever and wherever they performed at the same theaters. They practically grew up backstage at the Apollo Theatre, where they were witness to the performances and the advice of such tap dance legends as Charles "Honi" Coles, Howard "Sandman" Sims, the Nicholas Brothers, and Teddy Hale (Gregory's personal source of inspiration). Gregory and Maurice then grew into the Hines Brothers. When Gregory was eighteen, he and Maurice were joined by their father, Maurice Sr., on drums, becoming Hines, Hines and Dad. They toured internationally and appeared frequently on The Tonight Show, but the younger Hines was restless to get away from the non-stop years on the road, so he left the group in his early twenties and "retired" (so he said) to Venice, California. For a time he left dancing behind, exploring alternatives that included his forming a jazz-rock band called Severance. He released an album of original songs in 1973.
Like a jazz musician who ornaments a melody with improvisational riffs, Hines improvised within the frame of the dance. His "improvography" demanded the percussive phrasing of a composer, the rhythms of a drummer, and the lines of a dancer. While being the inheritor of the tradition of black rhythm tap, he was also a proponent of the new. "He purposely obliterated the tempos," wrote tap historian Sally Sommer, "throwing down a cascade of taps like pebbles tossed across the floor. In that moment, he aligned tap with the latest free-form experiments in jazz and new music and postmodern dance." The New York Times dance critic Anna Kisselgoff described Hines' performance in 1995: "Visual elegance, as always, yields to aural power.
Throughout an amazingly varied career, Hines continued to be a tireless advocate for tap in America. In 1988, he lobbied successfully for the creation of National Tap Dance Day, now celebrated in 40 cities in the United States and in eight other nations. He was on the Board of Directors of Manhattan Tap, the Jazz Tap Ensemble, and the American Tap Foundation (formerly the American Tap Dance Orchestra). He was a generous artist and teacher, conscious of his role as a model for such tap dance artists as Savion Glover, Dianne Walker, Ted Levy, and Jane Goldberg, creating such tap choreographies as Groove (1998) for the Jazz Tap Ensemble, and Boom for the 1997 Gala for President and Mrs. Bill Clinton, filmed for (ABC) at the Ford Theater in Washington D.C.
Discuss what these African American Leaders loved and how it influenced their legacy on American Culture!
Peace Hearts
Materials-Colored Paper-Tape
-Scissors
Fold the 8.5″ x 11″ cardstock paper in half, cut off one inch strips in various colors using your paper cutter.
Fold the two open ends in to make a heart and use tape to connect adjoining pieces. Repeat to make as many hearts as you’d like.
Line your hearts up in a circle and start taping them to each other on the back side so the adhered portion does not show in the front.
Buddy Love
Colored Paper
Googly Eyes
Markers
Scissors
Glue/Tape
Heart Template
You will need:
-one large heart
-four small hearts of equal size
-four strips of paper (2 long for legs and 2 short for arms)
Love, Peace and Soul
Students will use their handprints to make a mural representative of the concepts found in Love, Peace, and Happiness!!!
National Bus Driver Appreciation Week
1. Thank you notes from the staff and students
2. Goody Bag for driver, students, and volunteers
*Gift Bags (30)
*Assorted Candy
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