Multicultural Club Highlights Black Figures in February

Black History month has begun, and the multicultural club has teamed up with counselor Matthew Shervington-Jackson to find a way to focus on lesser known Black figures each day of the month.

Multicultural club president Amanda Diggs hopes to expose the student body to accomplished Black individuals.

¨These videos will help the student body develop an understanding and appreciation for African Americans that worked hard to bring about change dring the civil rights [period],” Diggs said. ¨These videos should shed light on these individuals´ accomplishments and importance in history.¨

Short video profiles will air each day in February either before or after the AP NewsMinute on the Courier´s Daily Newscast.

The content comes from four different resources: Sports Illustrated, The City of Long Beach TV, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The View.

For a full look at The View´s playlist, click here.  

For a full look at the Sports Illustrated Playlist, click here. 

Below is a dated list of of the clips that will air each day on the Courier Daily Newscast:

Feb. 1, 2022: W.E.B. DuBois

Feb. 2, 2022: Satchel Paige

Feb. 3, 2022: Myrlie Evers

Feb. 4, 2022: Jane Hinton*

Feb. 7, 2022: Zora Neale Hurston

Feb. 8, 2022:: Fritz Pollard

Feb. 9, 2022:: Billie Holliday

Feb. 10, 2022: Frederick McKinley Jones*

Feb. 11, 2022: Frederick Douglass

Feb. 14, 2022: Mary M. Bethune

Feb. 15, 2022: Texas Western Men’s Basketball Team

Feb. 16, 2022: Selma Burke

Feb. 17, 2022: The Harlem Hellfighters*

Feb. 22, 2022: Maya Angelou

Feb. 23, 2022: Ella Baker

Feb. 24, 2022:Willie O’Ree

Feb. 25, 2022: Hattie McDaniel

Feb. 28, 2022: Langston Hughes*