Black History Month
H I S T O R Y L E S S O N
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American writer Toni Morrison was the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010 for her novel Beloved.
Wilma Rudolph was a decorated track and field Olympic medalist in 1956 and 1960, including three gold medals in 1960. She refused to attend a homecoming parade held in her honor unless it was integrated.
“I wish I could say that racism and prejudice were only distant memories. We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust... We must dissent because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better.” -Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court’s first African-American justice serving from 1967-1991