Celebrating Black History Month February 22 – Julius Erving (Dr. J), basketball player, born 1950. DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince win the first rap Grammy for “Parents Just Don’t Understand.” HOLY NAME OF JESUS SCHOOL hnojla.org CELEBRATE 90 YEARS OF SERVING THE CHILDREN OF LOS ANGELES.
Celebrating Black History Month February 21 – Robert Gabriel Mugabe, born 21 February 1924, President of Zimbabwe. HOLY NAME OF JESUS SCHOOL hnojla.org CELEBRATE 90 YEARS OF SERVING THE CHILDREN OF LOS ANGELES.
Celebrating Black History Month February 20 – Frederick Douglass, abolitionist and lecturer died 1978; Charles Barkley, basketball player, born 1963. HOLY NAME OF JESUS SCHOOL hnojla.org CELEBRATE 90 YEARS OF SERVING THE CHILDREN OF LOS ANGELES.
Celebrating Black History Month February 19 – Vonetta Flowers became the first black gold medalist in the history of the Winter Olympic Games. She and partner Jull Brakken won the inagural women’s two-person bobsled event in 2002 at Salt Lake City, Utah. HOLY NAME OF JESUS SCHOOL hnojla.org CELEBRATE 90 YEARS OF SERVING THE CHILDREN OF… read more »
Celebrating Black History Month February 18, 1913, the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was incorporated at Howard University. (Founded Jan 13, 1913) HOLY NAME OF JESUS SCHOOL hnojla.org CELEBRATE 90 YEARS OF SERVING THE CHILDREN OF LOS ANGELES.
Celebrating Black History Month February 17 – James Brown, Pro Football Hall of Fame Fullback, born February 17, 1936 Michael Jordon, Basketball player, born February 17, 1963. HOLY NAME OF JESUS SCHOOL hnojla.org CELEBRATE 90 YEARS OF SERVING THE CHILDREN OF LOS ANGELES.
February 14 – Today in 1936, National Negro Congress organized atChicago meeting attended by 817 delegates representing more than 500 organizations. Asa Phillip Randolph of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was elected president of the new organization. HOLY NAME OF JESUS SCHOOL hnojla.org CELEBRATE 90 YEARS OF SERVING THE CHILDREN OF LOS ANGELES.
February 13 – The first Black professional basketball team “The Renaissance” organized 1923. HOLY NAME OF JESUS SCHOOL hnojla.org CELEBRATE 90 YEARS OF SERVING THE CHILDREN OF LOS ANGELES.
Celebrating Black History Month February 12 – William Felton Russell, born in Monroe, Louisiana in 1934, better known as “Bill” Russell; Player/Coach of the Boston Celtics in 1968 and 1969. HOLY NAME OF JESUS SCHOOL hnojla.org CELEBRATE 90 YEARS OF SERVING THE CHILDREN OF LOS ANGELES.
Celebrating Black History Month February 11 – Today in 1996, Penn’s Baccalaureate Speaker was the Right Reverend Barbara Clementine Harris, a Philadelphian who was the first woman ever to become a bishop in the Anglican Communion. HOLY NAME OF JESUS SCHOOL hnojla.org CELEBRATE 90 YEARS OF SERVING THE CHILDREN OF LOS ANGELES.
