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#Black History Month: A Black Woman’s Experience “Alice Allison Dunnigan”
“Alice Dunnigan” was known as the first black female journalist accredited by the Whitehouse. She was the first to travel with the President during her time. Her dream came true of being a journalist and she wanted to focus on the civil rights movement. She worked as the chief of the Washington bureau of the Associated Negro Press during the 40’s-60’s. During her career, she was subjected to racism but she still worked hard and got noticed for her work. She worked with many Presidents during her time which showed how hard she worked. Alice Dunnigan passed away in 1983 but before she did, she received over 50 journalism awards…
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Why Everyone Should Go Dairy Free
I am gonna first say that we are not suppose to be drinking milk. As a baby you need it, but you don’t need milk growing up. Milk does absolutely nothing for your bones. That is just something that they tell you to continue to sell the product. Milk and other dairy products actually have more negative health related symptoms. Things like cancer, and heart disease are linked to milk. The only thing milk does is add unnecessary hormones to your body. Source: Health Concerns About Dairy (pcrm.org) When you look at kids today in public schools, everyone looks young. That is when people say “what are they putting in…
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Is It Hard To Be Vegan
This is a question for those who wanna to try veganism or just those who are curious. I am gonna answer from my point of view because everyone is different. It was hard at the beginning for me because I didn’t know anything about being vegan. I explained many time about how I became a vegan but I don’t regret it. I am allergic to all animal products but I chose to stop eating meat on my own and I don’t miss it. I had to do a lot of research on veganism because it’s deeper than I thought. I had to find many substitutes because I was stopping everything…
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Africa Kidnapping Their Own People: Student Abductions
I have been waiting to talk about this problem because it is big. I’m not talking about your typical adduction, when they sneak up on you and take you. Let me just point out, I am not saying that abductions are a normal thing but it’s so common. These abductions are massive in Nigeria. There are people in Nigeria that are abducting children from schools and holding them for ransom. The largest and most recent one was 300 students. How do you kidnap 300 students? The government said that they were searching for 317 girls. I would think that the government is apart of it because it doesn’t make sense.…
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#Black History Month: The Cool Kids Of Civil Rights ” The Big Six”
As the month comes to an end, I am including everyone I can before black history month is over. “The Big Six” is a group of men who were in charge of the civil rights movement. These activists included “Martin Luther King Jr, James Farmer, John Lewis, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, and Whitney Young”. John Lewis was the last living member before his passing last year. These men are the ones who started the “March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom”. This is where Martin Luther King gave the speech that changed history forever. He delivered his iconic “I have a dream speech”. I wonder if they would use…
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#Black History Month: Fist Lady Of Civil Rights “Coretta Scott King”
The month is coming to an end in approximately three days. That means I have only three more people to talk about after this amazing woman. This woman is no stranger to activism. “Coretta Scott King” was the wife of the great “Martin Luther King Jr”. That is why she was referred to as the first lady. Martin Luther King was the face of the movement and she was his wife. She wasn’t only a wife by the way. She wanted to work on his side which is why she gave up her dream of singing to move away, so he can preach. They also had a daughter, so a…
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Difference Between White And Black College Roommates
“I wanna first say that I am not judging anyone personally. This is just from my experience then and currently in college. Everyone is different so don’t take it personal” Roommates can be the best part of college for some people. You get to bond with a complete stranger or with someone you already know. Everyone is different regarding personality, cleanliness, emotions, etc. I wanted to talk about white and black roommates because the differences are funny to me. Not because of the skin color but because you can truly see the difference between the two. I have had white and black roommates, so I will explain my experience. My…
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The Reason Most Black Women Choose To Go Natural With Their Hair
Natural hair is so beautiful. It makes you more comfortable, confident, and proud. I’m sure that a lot of women can agree with what I am about to say. When I grew up, I grew up getting perms. Perms make your hair super straight. Straighter than anything in the world (lol). When I use to get perms, it was because I styled my hair in different ways. It was an easier way to style hair because it was straight. There is no such thing as being natural with a perm. You are either natural or your not. When you go to the beauty salon, they will perm your hair depending on…
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#Black History Month: First Black Female Nurse & First Black Teacher “Susie King Taylor”
We are talking about a woman who killed two birds with one stone during slavery. This was in the 1800’s so you can already tell where this is going. “Susie King Taylor” was born during slavery and there was no such thing as education for blacks. They forbid blacks to get an education but there were some illegal schools happening where they could go. I don’t understand the need to control on their end. It doesn’t make sense how an entire race (white) could control another race (blacks). Times were hard during this dark era but after Susie Taylor was allowed to live with her grandmother, she got an illegal…
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Just When You Think There Is Hope, The Negatives Make Their Way Through : Covid Variants
It’s crazy how bad covid got. I can’t believe I am surviving this apocalypse so far. It’s not easy either because you don’t know where it is. How is it possible that we have new things coming into this country? Last time I heard about the variants, there was only the U.K variant but now there are between 3-7 in America. The main ones in the news are the U.K, South African, and Brazil variants. Source: South African COVID-19 variant identified in King County | king5.com The worst part of this is that numbers were getting smaller but this could be a whole new disaster. People really need to take…
