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#BHM2020: Negro History Week

*Updated from a February 1st, 2018 Black Like Vanilla IG Post Negro History Week, now celebrated as Black History Month, was founded in 1926 by the renowned Black historian Carter G, Woodson. But its history goes back even further. In 1915, Woodson and the minister Jesse E. Moorland founded the Association For…

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Featured Quote – From Charles Seifert, Author of “The Negro’s or Ethiopian’s Contribution to Art”

Along with sharing featured songs from its “A Soundtrack for the Revolution (ASFTR)” playlist, Black Like Vanilla is also sharing Quotes to Live By (QTLB) from prominent Black people from our past to our present, located in the “Featured Post” section of this website. These quotes are words of wisdom, caution, inspiration,…

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