ROOTED IN THE PAST, GROWING IN THE PRESENT, LEADING IN THE FUTURE - 2022 THEME: T

2022 THEME:
                          ROOTED IN THE PAST,
                       GROWING IN THE PRESENT,
                        LEADING IN THE FUTURE
 BLACK HISTORY MONTH
 DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
         FROM                   OUR HISTORY
   THE OAKLAND TECH
      EQUITY TEAM
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                           FEBRUARY 1 - FEBRUARY 28

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DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS - 2/1
In 1915, in response to the lack of information on the accomplishments of Black people available to the
public, historian Carter G. Woodson co-founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. In
1926, the group declared the second week of February as “Negro History Week” to recognize the
contributions of African Americans to U.S. history.

In 1976, U.S. president Gerald Ford extended the recognition to “honor the too-often neglected
accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” Black History
Month has been celebrated in the United States every February since.

Black History Month was created to focus attention on the contributions of African Americans to the United
States. It honors all Black people from all periods of U.S. history, from the enslaved people first brought over
from Africa in the early 17th century to African Americans living in the United States today.

Among the notable figures often spotlighted during Black History Month are Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who
fought for equal rights for Blacks during the 1950s and ’60s; Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American
justice appointed to the United States Supreme Court in 1967; Mae Jemison, who became the first female
African-American astronaut to travel to space in 1992; and Barack Obama, who was elected the first-ever
African-American president of the United States in 2008 (Kay Boatner, ND).

Please join the Oakland Tech Equity Team in celebrating and elevating the accomplishments of African
Americans during this historic month.

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS - 2/2

                              Major Charles F. Bolden Jr. was selected as an astronaut in 1980. During
                              his 14 years as an astronaut, the South Carolina native logged more than
                              680 hours in space during four space shuttle missions, t wice as commander
                              and t wice as pilot. His missions included deployment of the Hubble Space
                              Telescope, the first SPACELAB “mission to planet Earth” to study our
                              atmosphere, and the first joint U.S.-Russian shuttle mission, which featured
                              a cosmonaut as a member of his crew.

                              He has received many honors including the Defense Superior Ser vice Medal
                              and the Distinguished Flying Cross and was inducted into the U.S.
                              Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2006. In 2009, Bolden was nominated by
                              President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate as the t welfth NASA
                              Administrator, leading the space agency in its vision to reach for new
Major Charles F. Bolden Jr.   heights and reveal the unknown for the benefit of humanity.
    Astronaut, Pilot

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS - 2/3

                                Alicia Keys was born in Manhattan, to Terria Joseph, a
                                paralegal who was also an occasional actress, and Craig
                                Cook, a flight attendant. Her father is African-American and
                                her mother, who is Caucasian, is of Italian and English/Irish/
                                Scottish ancestry. Alicia began taking piano lessons at age 7
                                at her mother's insistence. She proved to be such a prodigy
                                that she was later accepted into the prestigious Professional
                                Performance Arts School of Manhattan, where she majored
                                in choir. Not only her musical talent but also her grades
                                proved to be so exceptional that she was allowed to graduate,
                                as valedictorian, at age 16. In 1998

                                Watch this scholar friendly video - UNDERDOG Click on the
         Alicia Keys            link! (3:40)
Singer, Song Writer, Activist

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS - 2/4

                                      Stephen Curry was born Wardell Stephen Curry II in Akron,
                                      Ohio on March 14, 1988, but mainly grew up in Charlotte,
                                      North Carolina. The oldest son of former NBA player Dell
                                      Curry, Curry learned the fundamentals of basketball by
                                      watching and practicing with his father. However, it was
                                      mom Sonya, a former Division I volleyball star, who instilled
                                      the discipline to train in her son while Dell Sr. was with his
                                      team on road trips.

                                      He was drafted in 2009 by Golden State and developed into
                                      one of pro basketball's top players with his stellar shooting
             Steph Curry
                                      skills. After garnering Most Valuable Player honors and
    Professional Basketball Player,
               Activist               helping the Warriors win the NBA championship in 2015,
                                      Curry led the team to a league-record 73 wins the following
                                      season. In 2016, Curry became the first person to be named
Watch Steph Curry’s Video -           MVP by unanimous vote and one of only 11 players to win
It’s Too Easy Click on the link!      the MVP award two years in a row. He then helped the
(8:01)                                Warriors win the NBA title again in 2017 and 2018.