Black History Month: Celebrate Resistance!
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- 7. last name of this person who invented a technique for the long-term preservation of blood plasma. Prior to his discovery, blood could only be stored for two days. Dr. Drew also discovered that everyone has the same type of plasma, regardless of blood type, making plasma transfusions universal.
- 9. first state to mandate Black history due to the suppression of African American history in public schools
- 10. one of the movements pushing for the justice system to investigate police involved shootings and white supremacist vigilantes.
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- 1. specific period of time where Black artists, writers, and musicians created lyrical and visual representations of resistance movements while also providing space for Black people to express love, joy, and creativity.
- 2. last name of the scholar often referred to as the ‘father of Black history’ famously said: "If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated."
- 3. the last name of the person who, in 1912, invented the gas mask saved thousands of soldiers’ lives during World War I, when poisonous gas was first used as a weapon. If that weren’t enough, he also invented the modern traffic signal.
- 4. last name of the person who created mobile communication. In 1887, this person invented the induction telegraph, which allowed train-to-train and train-to-station communication, preventing many rail accidents.
- 5. last name of this person who established the Provident Hospital and Training School Association in Chicago, insisting on the highest standards concerning sanitary conditions. In 1893, he performed the first open-heart surgery, which was also the first time a chest cavity had ever been opened without the patient dying of an infection.
- 6. this House Representative has said “Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.”
- 8. last name of this reverend proposed that the only path to freedom, justice, equality, and social transformation is resistance.