Fill In The Gaps is designed to give a voice to marginalized women who don’t have one with the intent of sharing information and entertainment. This magazine fills in the gaps of information we think is pertinent and may not have received from our family or at school. We do it in a fun informative way.
1900
In this century African Americans moved their feet and changed lives for all Americans. We have made significant accomplishments and changed the way we as a people were seen and how our struggle was told.
Barack Hussein Obama II
Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president of the United States. He was born in August of 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law.
He married Michelle Robinson.
As the President, Obama passed a health care bill into law that gave more protection for more Americans. He is currently building his Presidential Library in Chicago in a predominately African American neighborhood.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday was an American jazz and swing music singer. She was born Eleanora Fagan on April 7, 1915 in Philadelphia. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. She also sang stories that gave insight into African American life, such as Strange Fruit. This song protests the lynching of African Americans. She won four Grammy’s posthumously. Holiday died of cirrhosis on July 17, 1959, at age 44.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Holiday
Reflecting on past projects allows me to see them differently. It gives me the chance to evaluate what I have learned, examine my skillset, and think about where I want to go.
1964-1966: The Middle of the Hurricane
In this upside down world, bad is good and good is bad, In 1964 to 1966 the war rages in Vietnam, African Americans fight for civil rights and television choses to ignore it. The Sistas talk about how the networks created their own perfect society despite reality. They invited their friend, Patti Sikes a retired AP History teacher to join them on this episode.
Listen: Episode 2
Read: Fill In The Gap Magazine
1900
In this century African Americans moved their feet and changed lives for all Americans. We have made significant accomplishments and changed the way we as a people were seen and how our struggle was told.
Barack Hussein Obama II
Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president of the United States. He was born in August of 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law.
He married Michelle Robinson.
As the President, Obama passed a health care bill into law that gave more protection for more Americans. He is currently building his Presidential Library in Chicago in a predominately African American neighborhood.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama
I am reflective. I take time to stop and think back on previous projects. I take time to think about what all of this has taught me. Knowing where you have been, helps you see where you are going.
This is a rerun of our Decade series.
The 1960s was a call to freedom around the world. People were freeing themselves of the old ways of doing things. The Sistas looked at how the US answered the call to freedom from 1960 to 1963. They talk about music, books and of course, television.
Listen Episode 1
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