Feb. 7, Black History Month

Feb 7

Samuel Jackson has played in many movies.  He has alow played the action hero in some of these movies.  In this role, he plays Nick Fury.  This character is the "leading agent of the fictional espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D.  He also  an intermediary between the U.S. government or the United Nations and various superheroes. It is eventually revealed that Fury takes a special medication called the Infinity Formula that halted his aging and allows him to be active despite being nearly a century old."*



"Fury is a seasoned unarmed and armed combat expert, was a heavyweight boxer in the army, and holds a black belt inTae Kwon Do and a brown belt in Jiu Jitsu.
He is trained as a paratrooper, Ranger, a demolitions expert, vehicle specialist (including aircraft and seagoing vessels), and a Green Beret.  He wears a S.H.I.E.L.D. uniform made of 9-ply Kevlar (able to withstand ballistic impact up to .45 caliber bullets) and a Beta cloth(type C), a fire-resistant material, which has a kindling temperature of 1,700 °F (930 °C)."*


* info from Wikipedia

Feb 6- Black History Month

Bessie Coleman was the first African Amercian to hold a pilot license.  The doll came with a book that detailed her life.  The company that created the doll had created other historical dolls.

Feb 5- Black History Month

Feb 5-

Jean Michel Basquiat "was a Haitian-American artist. Basquiat first achieved notoriety as part of SAMO, an informal graffiti group who wrote enigmatic epigrams in the cultural hotbed of the New York City during the late 1970s. By the 1980s he was exhibiting his Neo-expressionist and Primitivist paintings in galleries and museums internationally. Basquiat used social commentaryin his paintings as a 'springboard to deeper truths about the individual' ,as well as attacks on power structures and systems of racism."*

"Basquiat's canon revolves around single heroic figures: athletes, prophets, warriors, cops, musicians, kings and the artist himself. In these images the head is often a central focus, topped by crowns, hats, and halos. In this way the intellect is emphasized, lifted up to notice, privileged over the body and the physicality of these figures (i.e. black men) commonly represent in the world."

— Kellie Jones, Lost in Translation: Jean-Michel in the (Re)Mix*

 

 

 

*info from Wikipedia

Feb 4 Black History Month

Diahann Carroll portrayed Julia on the television show of the same name.  She was the first African American woman to star in a role that was not a maid. She was the first to portray a nurse in the starring role.  This doll was created by Mattel  in 1968.  Over time her hair as oxidize to this red color.  It was originally black.

 

Feb 3. Black History Month

Congratulations to Russell Wilson for leading the Seattle Seahawks to a victory over the Broncos. He is the 2nd Black Quarterback to win the Superbowl. Doug Williams for the Washington Redskins  was the 1st.

Donovan McNabb, Kordell Stewart. Warren Moon, Michael Vick

Feb 2- Black History

The first African American model to appear on the cover of Vogue issue August 1974.

                    Beverly Johnson

Black History Month- Feb 1

Celebrate Black History Month with a look at the dolls and action figures that represent real life people and their achievements..
He played Tee Hee in the James Bond movie "Live and Let Dive"