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Black Facts for February 13th

2008 - Wynn, Albert R. (1951- )

Albert Russel Wynn is Democratic representative of the State of Maryland’s Fourth Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. He is currently serving his eighth term. The district includes parts of Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. Wynn was defeated in the Democratic primary of February 13, 2008, by Donna Edwards.

Born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Albert Wynn received his bachelor degree in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 1973. He then completed a year of graduate study in Public Administration at Howard University, before earning a law degree from Georgetown University in 1977. From 1977 to 1981 Wynn was executive director of the Consumer Protection Commission in Prince George’s County, Maryland. In 1981 he became a practicing attorney and the following year he created the law office of Albert R. Wynn and Associates.

Wynn served five years in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1982 to 1987, and then served in the Maryland Senate for five years from 1987 to 1992 where he was deputy majority whip.

First elected to the U.S. Congress in 1992, Wynn currently serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee where he is chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, which has jurisdiction over drinking water, toxics and the toxic cleanup superfund. Wynn is also a member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. As a member of the Congressional Black Caucus Wynn serves as chairman for the Political Action Committee and the Minority Business Task Force. He serves on the Environmental Justice Task Force as well.

Albert Wynn attends Maple Springs Baptist Church, and is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. With his wife, Clore Wynn, he has two daughters Gabrielle and Meredith.

1965 - (1965) Malcolm X, “Speech at Ford Auditorium”

On February 13, 1965, Malcolm Xs home in New York City was bombed.  He and his family were not hurt and he decided to keep a longstanding speaking commitment at Detroit, arriving the next day to give the presentation below.  This proved however to be his last public appearance.  One week later on February 21, Malcolm was killed as he began to give a presentation in Harlem.

Attorney Milton Henry, distinguished guests, brothers and sisters, ladies and gentlemen, friends and enemies:

I want to point out first that I am very happy to be here this evening and Im thankful for the invitation to come here to Detroit this evening. I was in a house last night that was bombed, my own. It didnt destroy all my clothes, not all, but you know what happens when fire dashes through--they get smoky. The only thing I could get my hands on before leaving was what I have on now.

It isnt something that made me lose confidence in what I am doing, because my wife understands and I have children from this size on down, and even in their young age they understand. I think they would rather have a father or brother or whatever the situation may be who will take a stand in the face of any kind of reaction from narrow-minded people rather than to compromise and later on have to grow up in shame and in disgrace.

So I just ask you to excuse my appearance. I dont normally come out in front of people without a shirt and a tie. I guess thats somewhat a holdover from the Black Muslim movement, which I was in. Thats one of the good aspects of that movement. It teaches you to be very careful and conscious of how you look, which is a positive contribution on their part. But that positive contribution on their part is greatly offset by too many other liabilities.

Tonight we want to discuss--and by the way, also, when I came here today I was a bit--last night, the temperature was about twenty above and when this explosion took place, I was caught in what I had on, some pajamas. And in trying to get my family out of the house, none of us

2016 - Black pride

Black pride is a movement in response to dominant white cultures and ideologies that encourages black people to celebrate black culture and embrace their African heritage.[1] In the United States, it was a direct response to white racism especially during the Civil Rights Movement.[2] Related movements include black power,[2] black nationalism,[2] Black Panthers and Afrocentrism.

The black pride is a major theme in some works of African American popular musicians. Civil Rights Movement era songs such as The Impressionss hit songs Were a Winner[3] and Keep on Pushing[4] and James Browns Say It Loud – Im Black and Im Proud[4] [5] celebrated black pride. Beyoncés half-time performance at Super Bowl 50, which included homages to Malcolm X and the Black Panthers, has been described by the media as a display of black pride.[6] [7]

Beauty standards are a major theme of black pride. Black pride was represented in slogans such as black is beautiful[8] [9] which challenged white beauty standards.[10] Prior to the black pride movement, the majority of black people straightened their hair or wore wigs.[9] The adoption natural hair styles such as the afro, cornrows, and dreadlocks were seen as expressions of black pride.[9] [10] [11] [12]

In the 1960s-1970s, kente cloth and the Black Panthers uniform were worn in the U.S. as expressions of black pride.[9] Headscarves were sometimes worn by Nation of Islam and other Black Muslim Movement members as an expression of black pride and a symbol of faith.[11] Other women used scarves with African prints to cover their hair.[9]

Maxine Leeds Craig argues that all-black beauty pageants such as Miss Black America were institutionalized forms of black pride created in response to exclusion from white beauty pageants.[11]

The black pride movement is very prevalent in Brazil, especially throughout their poorer population, and it is found in the Brazilian funk music genre that began to arise in the late 1960s, as also in the called Funk carioca, that emerged in late