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Kwanzaa Day 3

12/29/2024

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02/02/2021

Philadelphia Legacy Media (PLM) believes there is power in knowing our history and telling our history. As we celebrate Black History month, let's challenge ourselves to learn more about the history of Black People in our city, state & country. And, to pass down our family history to each generation in our family. There is power and excellence in the Black Experience. Love this photo!

08/19/2020

Giving thanks for the African American Women who paved the way for Black women's access to the ballot box. We can honor them by casting our vote on November 3, 2020.

“Finish the Fight!” is a book about the American suffrage movement for middle-grade readers. The following excerpts have been edited and condensed. It took the better part of a century to pass a law saying American women had the right to vote. Three generations of women, and their male allies, w...

07/31/2020

07/31/2020

More Than A Conqueror
John Robert Lewis was born February 21, 1940 and transitioned to higher ground, holy ground on July 17, 2020. As a young man, this HBCU graduate of Fisk University sought to get into “good trouble “ by joining the Civil Rights Movement. His intelligence and tenacity quickly got the attention of Dr King who affectionately called him “that boy from Troy.” This soldier was promoted to the rank in The Big Six and in 1963, Lewis became the youngest keynote speaker at the March on Washington.

“Standing up “ and “speaking out” as he urged us all to do was not enough for John Lewis. He insisted on “getting in the way” when he and others crossed over the Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma, Alabama in 1965. Lewis crossed the bridge amidst brutal beating that fractured his skull.

John R. Lewis continued to conquer battles as a member of the US House of Representatives for the great state of Georgia. He served from 1987 until his death. He became known as the Conscience of the Congress. He received numerous honorary degrees and awards, the most notable being the Congressional Medal of Freedom from President Obama in 2011.

As the Phi Beta Sigma hymn goes, “March on, March on, ye mighty host, nor think the journey done.” Never resting, always resisting, Lewis was the chief champion of the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019. This bill is still in play. Congressman Lewis has passed that baton to us. Put pressure on your Senator to pass this bill. And if they don’t, tell them “good trouble “ is coming their way.