Black History Month 2024

Black History month

African americans and the arts

February

Bob Marley

Musician, Singer, Composer Introduced Reggae music to the world

"Love the life you live. Live the life you love."

Bob Marley . image. Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 19 Oct. 2023. school.eb.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/107914. Accessed 31 Jan. 2024.

Tupac Shakur

Rapper, Poet

"During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams."

Tupac Shakur . image. Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 19 Oct. 2023. school.eb.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/182257. Accessed 1 Feb. 2024.

Romare Bearden

Artist - paint, collage

"Bearden, Pepper Jelly." UXL Biographies, UXL, 2011. Gale In Context: High School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/EJ2210002963/GPS?u=j015916&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=cbebf575. Accessed 1 Feb. 2024.

"Bearden, "Jazz/1930s Chicago"." ProQuest, 2008. ProQuest; SIRS Discoverer, https://explore.proquest.com/sirsdiscoverer/document/2271851605?accountid=179843.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song

maya angelou, author & activist

Diana Ross

Musician, Singer “I can be a better me than anyone can; I am me. Good or bad. I am myself. I'm no carbon copy of no one else.”

Diana Ross . image. Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 19 Oct. 2023. school.eb.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/290869#. Accessed 1 Feb. 2024.

Charles White

Graphic artist While many black artists in the 1930s looked at the lives of urban blacks, White maintained close ties with black sharecroppers in the deep South. In his drawings and prints people recognized themselves as dignified and brave despite their poverty.

"There Were No Crops This Year." The African-American Experience, Primary Source Media, 1999. American Journey. Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/EJ2210007005/MSIC?u=j015916&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=2f51e2ae. Accessed 31 Jan. 2024.

"Scramble for Africa" (2003), shown here; the piece is a reference to the Congo Conference of 1885 in which European powers claimed much of Africa for trade and colonization.

Yinka Shinobare

Weiss, Allie. "Yinka Shonibare MBE: Magic Ladders." Surface, no. 105, Feb. 2014, p. 26. Gale General OneFile Custom, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A359333970/GPS?u=j015916&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=bb43f4c9. Accessed 1 Feb. 2024.

Jason Reynolds

Ghost series

Stamped

All American boys

Stuntboy

Look both ways

Long Way Down

Miles morales, spiderman

As Brave as You

Ain't Burned All the Bright

the boy in the black suit

Author, Poet

"Jason Reynolds." UPI Photo Collection, 2020. Gale In Context: High School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/SLOCLP563627287/GPS?u=j015916&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=983fdc42. Accessed 1 Feb. 2024.

Chadwick Boseman

actor

black panther

T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.

42

42 is a sports film about baseball player Jackie Robinson, the first black athlete to play in Major League Baseball (MLB)

get on up

A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

"Chadwick Boseman Attends The Film Independent Spirit Awards In Santa Monica, California." UPI Photo Collection, 2018. Gale In Context: High School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/BNZHRQ775343382/GPS?u=j015916&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=9eca4840. Accessed 1 Feb. 2024.

advice for young artists. "Oftentimes it feels like we spend so much of our life waiting to make art, waiting for somebody to let us do something. You don't really have to do that. You can make it all the time and make it with your friends. And 99 percent of the time it's not going to be a big deal on a global scale. But 100 percent of the time it's going to make you feel amazing."

Daveed Daniel Diggs Actor, Singer, Songwriter, Hip Hop Artist, Producer, Writer, Rapper

Smart, Jack. "Spotlight on... Daveed Diggs." Back Stage, National ed., vol. 57, no. 19, 12 May 2016, p. 10. Gale General OneFile Custom, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A454362055/GPS?u=j015916&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=07b37c48. Accessed 2 Feb. 2024.

"Daveed Diggs." Gale Biography Online Collection, Gale, 2023. Gale In Context: Biography, link.gale.com/apps/doc/RSRETC436854248/GPS?u=j015916&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=e63c5b4c. Accessed 2 Feb. 2024.