#black history month

[inspired-lesson-plans]

Social Studies, Grades 8+, Black History Month

Do Now:

Turn and talk.

Think about the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. Which philosophy did they adopt, "It's better to do nothing wrong" or "It's better to do something right"? Why do you think they choose that philosophy? Can you think of individual examples for each one? In the end, which one was the most successful?

[interact-if]

Black History Month

To celebrate Black History Month in February, Interact-IF is bringing back one of its beloved events, spotlighting black authors and their interactive fiction projects!

We will feature a masterlist of interaction fiction written by black authors, and select a few to interview about their experiences and creative process! The interview will be done fully via a text Q&A format.

If you wish to be featured (whether in the masterlist or the extended interview), do fill out this google form. Or, if you prefer, you could drop me, @allieebobo a message or an email at allieebobo@gmail.com with the following information:

Name

Background/About you

Game(s)/Projects

A link to the game(s)/IF/intro post

A short blurb/description of the game(s)

Genre/Tags

(Optional) If your writing or experience has been shaped by your identity in any way, feel free to share more here as well :)

Contact information (or how you’d like me to reply/contact you)

Do drop me a DM if you have any questions! Note that interactive fiction is not limited to Choicescript — if you’re an author who uses a different coding language/platform (e.g. ren’py, twine) please know you are very welcome!

Note: If you would like to be part of the extended interview feature, it would be awesome if you could fill out the optional question as well in your message! I'll contact selected authors by email/DM by the end of the month with a full set of questions that you can type out replies to, and send back to me via email. I’ll try to feature everyone who’s interested, but will discuss further if for whatever reason I am unable to feature everyone who reached out.

P.S. If you know any authors who you’d wish to see featured, feel free to share this post with them or @ them when reblogging :)

Check out the 2022 edition below!

[fulldlscl0sure]

rose quartz

[karpad]

This Black History Month, reflect for a moment on the fact that George Washington Carver, famously "the inventor of peanut butter and more than 100 industrial uses for peanuts" wasn't, like, Doc Brown fucking around in his garage because he really liked peanuts but was specifically trying to introduce larger use of a nitrogen fixing legume into crop rotations against cotton monoculture which was destroying yields, livelihoods and the biosphere, and how most agribusiness farming now just destroys that topsoil on purpose and continues to grow a cotton monoculture (or soy or corn or whichever local monoculture is profitable) using petrochemical derived fertilizer, which is one element driving climate change

Daniel Hale Williams performed the first successful heart surgery. He also founded the first nonsegregated hospital in America because he was keenly aware of disparate health outcomes by race which is still a problem today.

WEB Dubois was a part of the delegations for the birth of the UN. His proposal to include in the charter that "the colonial system of government … is undemocratic, socially dangerous and a main cause of wars" was not adapted for the final draft. We might see inaction against colonial violence to this day as part of the failure of others to heed his warnings there.

I feel like so often when we look at Black History Month so much of it is driven by factoids but when taken as history in context its about a direct line from decades and centuries to what is happening right now.

[cyarskj1899]

From IG annabodneydesign

[nerdygaymormon]

[longliveblackness]

Congo is silently going through a silent genocide. Millions of people are being killed so that the western world can benefit from its natural resources.

More than 60% of the world's cobalt reserves are found in Congo, used in the production of smartphones.

Western countries are providing financial military aid to invade regions filled with reserves and in the process millions are getting killed and millions homeless.

Multinational mining companies are enslaving people especially children to mine.

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La República Democrática del Congo vive un genocidio silencioso. Millones de personas están siendo asesinadas para que la parte occidental del mundo pueda beneficiarse de sus recursos naturales.

Más del 60% de las reservas mundiales de cobalto se encuentran en el Congo, y se utiliza en la producción de teléfonos inteligentes.

Los países occidentales están proporcionando asistencia financiera militar para invadir regiones llenas de reservas y en el proceso millones de personas mueren y millones se quedan sin hogar.

Las empresas mineras multinacionales están esclavizando a la gente, especialmente a los niños, para trabajar en las minas.

Street Art and Photo by Artist Eduardo Relero

(https://eduardorelero.com)

[blackexcellence]

It's Black History Month! 🖤

Get ready to immerse yourself in a month-long celebration of Black joy, Black excellence, and Black art. Following the Association for the Study of African American Life and History's announcement that the theme for Black History Month 2024 is "African Americans and the Arts," we're thrilled to shine a spotlight on Black creators right here on Tumblr.

Keep an eye out later this month for an exclusive Artist Alley putting talented Black artists center stage, a Radar brimming with awe-inspiring art by Black creators, emails in your inbox amplifying Black joy, and, of course, a steady stream of daily reblogs here on @blackexcellence.

Are you an artist? (Yes, you are. We are all artists!) You deserve to get in on this! Don't forget to use the tag #Black artists on Tumblr to catapult your posts beyond your usual audience. We're scouring the tag daily to showcase your outstanding art on Radar, reblog it here, or feature it with global promotion.

[ayandagama]

kukhanya.k

[iguessweallcrazyithinktho]

King Charles has cancer HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH FR WON'T HE DO IT

[southpauz]

Black History Month Art Challenge

DAY 14: A.J. - The Fairly Odd Parents

[forsapphics]

Black Lesbian History ✊🏿⚢🪧🗣️📢💥👩🏿‍❤️‍👩🏿

[forever70s]

Toni Morrison in 1970

[smoov-criminal]

i just rbed a post about something similar but. i need my white disabled to folks to be more aware of the privileges they have when navigating the healthcare system. every bit of medical ableism one can experience can be made even worse by being a poc. some of us can't threaten to report a doctor to the ethics board, or refuse care from healthcare workers who aren't masking, without jeopardizing our access to care in general or even our physical safety. we are more likely to be seen as drug seeking, or marked as noncompliant, or experience medical abuse and neglect. that's not to say these things don't happen to white disabled people, but i just think it's important to recognize how dangerous receiving medical care can be for disabled poc specifically. please keep this in mind when giving advice on navigating healthcare.

[marsoid]

Hi if you're Black/Black mixed and make a comic/webcomic, reblog this post w pics/info/links!!! I WANNA SEE AND SHARE EM!!! (or alternatively recommend your faves by Black creators!)