Click on the "compass icon" above to access the Leadership website for information and our online application or www.efwmaprep.com
This Month in Black History
"Madiba" Mr. Nelson Rolihlala Mandela
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”
“I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended.”
“A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.” Nelson Mandela
Please enjoy the slide show below - Information from The University of Pennsylvania - African Studies Center
Slide #1 - February 11 Nelson Mandela, leader of the movement for democracy in South Africa, released from prison after 27 years
Side #2 - 1990 Clifford Alexander, Jr. first Black Secretary of State, confirmed 1977
Slide #3 - NAACP founded after a riot in Springfield, Ill., 1909
Slide #4 - February 13 First Black pro Basketball team, "The Renaissance," organized 1923
Slide #5 - February 14 Frederick Douglass, Abolitionist, born 1817
Slide #6 - 1895 Morehouse College, founded in Atlanta, 1867
Slide #7 - First Pan-African Congress organized in Paris by WEB DuBois, 1919
Slide #8 - Malcolm X assassinated, 1925 - 1965
Slide #9 - WEB DuBois, author, and historian, born 1868-1963
Slide #10 - Bishop Daniel A Payne, reformer and educator of AME Church, born 1811
Slide #11 - Hiram R. Revels, first Black US Senator, took an oath of office 1870
Slide #12 - Marion Anderson, singer, born in Philadelphia in 1897.
Slide #13 - Charlotte Ray, the first Black woman lawyer, graduated Howard University, 1872
Slide #14 - Phillis Wheatly, a poetess, died 1753-1784
