The four Black icons for this post feature intersectional identities (trans women, elderly entrepreneur, Black incarcerated youth, and Black person with disabilities/diversabilities) to break our minds free and prevent us from becoming complacent with the usual Black History Month favorites such as Rosa Parks, MLK Jr, and Harriet Tubman. #CantStopWontStop If you think you know ALL the Black icons then you have missed the lesson on Black excellence because Black folx are an endless source of innovation, resilience, and hard work. Have you seen the Super Bowl Half Time Show with Kendrick Lamar? #BlackExcellence
I look forward to seeing the continued progress and advancement of Black individuals and their communities in our country. 🧠 It was a hard choice to choose between Claudette Colvin and Emmett Till as Black youth for this post. Per professional DEI scope of work and following the DEI principles, Claudette was chosen due to her more complex intersectional identity (Black, minor, female, incarcerated) and her story being lesser known by the general public. 👨🏾🦽➡️ Featuring Brad Lamox as the only male on this post is not intended to infantilize nor emasculate him as a person with diversabilities, instead it is a testament to his activism to be associated with such outstanding Black women. Guided by the equity principle in DEI, I elected to feature 🫅🏾 Black women in an attempt to raise up their stories and voices as one of the most silenced and taken for granted populations as the backbone of USA society. Marsha P. Johnson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbWI1tsfRzw Leah Chase https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/leah-chase-princess-tiana Claudette Colvin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqOZ6OPaeps Brad Lamox https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/brad-lomax-documentary/33589/
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