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February is African American History Month

The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.

As a Harvard-trained historian, Carter G. Woodson, like W. E. B. Du Bois before him, believed that truth could not be denied and that reason would prevail over prejudice. His hopes to raise awareness of African American's contributions to civilization was realized when he and the organization he founded, the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), conceived and announced Negro History Week in 1925. The event was first celebrated during a week in February 1926 that encompassed the birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. The response was overwhelming: Black history clubs sprang up; teachers demanded materials to instruct their pupils; and progressive whites, not simply white scholars and philanthropists, stepped forward to endorse the effort.

By the time of Woodson's death in 1950, Negro History Week had become a central part of African American life and substantial progress had been made in bringing more Americans to appreciate the celebration. At mid–century, mayors of cities nationwide issued proclamations noting Negro History Week. The Black Awakening of the 1960s dramatically expanded the consciousness of African Americans about the importance of black history, and the Civil Rights movement focused Americans of all color on the subject of the contributions of African Americans to our history and culture.

The celebration was expanded to a month in 1976, the nation's bicentennial. President Gerald R. Ford urged Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” That year, fifty years after the first celebration, the association held the first African American History Month. By this time, the entire nation had come to recognize the importance of Black history in the drama of the American story. Since then each American president has issued African American History Month proclamations. And the association—now the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)—continues to promote the study of Black history all year.

(Excerpt from an essay by Daryl Michael Scott, Howard University, for the Association for the Study of African American Life and History)

Executive and Legislative Documents

The Law Library of Congress has compiled guides to commemorative observations, including a comprehensive inventory of the Public Laws, Presidential Proclamations and congressional resolutions related to African American History Month.

CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY 2013 WITH @SMARTERHIPHOP

Washington, DC celebrates Black History Month each February and remembers the contributions of African Americans in the United States with numerous events and cultural programs. Here are some special events for 2013 and relevant places to visit in Washington, DC to remember and recognize the history of Black Americans. 

Martin Luther King Memorial
The National Memorial honors the life and contributions made by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ranger talks are given regularly and highlight historic facts about the Civil Rights leader. Visit the Memorial during Black History Month and learn something new. AND PS VIA @SMARTERHIPOP STOP THE KILLING GOD THE MOST HIGH SEES ALL YOU WILL PAY !! 

 

THE THIRD INAUGURAL ?? #OBAMA’S QUIET CEREMONY find out @smarterhiphop

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden both took oaths on Sunday, in ceremonies that represented, in different ways, a first, a second, and a third. Obama had already been sworn in twice, one way or the other: the first time, in January, 2009, in front of an emotional crowd and Aretha Franklin, Chief Justice John Roberts scrambled the words he had to repeat, and so they did it over at the White House the next day. (Jeffrey Toobin tells that story in his Profile of Roberts.) The third time went well, though since it was just a quick, small ceremony—legally necessary because President’s first term expired at noon, but the parade and inaugural speech and poem are Monday, which is also Martin Luther King day—it had more of the character of a dress rehearsal.

Biden was only taking his second Vice-Presidential oath. He asked Justice Sonia Sotomayor to administer it—the first justice Obama got to pick, the first Hispanic to sit the Supreme Court or swear in a President or Vice-President, and the fourth woman to do so. (As the Times noted, the first was Sarah Hughes, the Texas judge who swore in Lyndon Johnson on the plane, in Dallas, that would also carry Kennedy’s body home.) Sotomayor told CNN that it was the sort of moment that made her wonder if she was dreaming. In 2009, Biden had asked Justice John Paul Stevens—the Court’s great liberal, now retired—to do the job. If one wants some perspective on what elections mean, one might ask this: which Justice would Paul Ryan have wanted to swear him in, if things had gone the other way? Antonin Scalia?

Sotomayor, at any rate, got all the words right, as did the Vice President, although there was some confusion at Iowa’s inaugural party, Saturday night, when he said, “I’m proud to be president of the United States, but I’m prouder to be Barack…” He was interrupted by laughter, including his own. Maybe he was thinking about Inauguration Day, 2017, and what could be his first up-graded oath. If he runs in 2016 and wins, he’d be the fourteenth Vice President to be President.

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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden both took oaths on Sunday, in ceremonies that represented, in different ways, a first, a second, and a third. Obama had already been sworn in twice, one way or the other: the first time, in January, 2009, in front of an emotional crowd and Aretha Franklin, Chief Justice John Roberts scrambled the words he had to repeat, and so they did it over at the White House the next day. (Jeffrey Toobin tells that story in his Profile of Roberts.) The third time went well, though since it was just a quick, small ceremony—legally necessary because President’s first term expired at noon, but the parade and inaugural speech and poem are Monday, which is also Martin Luther King day—it had more of the character of a dress rehearsal.

Biden was only taking his second Vice-Presidential oath. He asked Justice Sonia Sotomayor to administer it—the first justice Obama got to pick, the first Hispanic to sit the Supreme Court or swear in a President or Vice-President, and the fourth woman to do so. (As the Times noted, the first was Sarah Hughes, the Texas judge who swore in Lyndon Johnson on the plane, in Dallas, that would also carry Kennedy’s body home.) Sotomayor told CNN that it was the sort of moment that made her wonder if she was dreaming. In 2009, Biden had asked Justice John Paul Stevens—the Court’s great liberal, now retired—to do the job. If one wants some perspective on what elections mean, one might ask this: which Justice would Paul Ryan have wanted to swear him in, if things had gone the other way? Antonin Scalia?

Sotomayor, at any rate, got all the words right, as did the Vice President, although there was some confusion at Iowa’s inaugural party, Saturday night, when he said, “I’m proud to be president of the United States, but I’m prouder to be Barack…” He was interrupted by laughter, including his own. Maybe he was thinking about Inauguration Day, 2017, and what could be his first up-graded oath. If he runs in 2016 and wins, he’d be the fourteenth Vice President to be President.

It can be hard to tell, sometimes, when one is seeing a first, or even a last. Franklin Roosevelt was the first and last President to have a third and fourth inaugural, before a Constitutional amendment to limit Presidents to two terms. And many of his contemporaries didn’t fully realized they’d elected the first President with a significant physical disability—who couldn’t walk. One watches videos of him taking his inaugural oaths, with one hand raised to the Bible and the other, bearing all his weight, appearing to rest lightly on the rostrum, with wonder. In the newsreels of his 1945 inaugural, the only one of his four during wartime and the first to be at the White House, not the Capitol, one can see how worn out and drawn he is; one can’t see crutches or a wheelchair—at least not the President’s. One does see wounded soldiers using them to enter the White House grounds as inaugural guests.

Obama took the oath Sunday on a Bible that belonged to LaVaughn Delores Robinson, Michelle Obama’s grandmother. According to Lynn Sweet of theSun-Times, Michelle’s father gave it to her on Mother’s Day, in 1958; LaVaughn Robinson worked for the Moody Bible Institute, and in 1976 became the first black woman to run its bookstore. Her Bible will go to the National Archives now. For his fourth swearing-in, Monday, Obama will use two: one that belonged to King; and the one Lincoln (and Obama) used at his first inaugural. But the Robinson family Bible seemed right for Sunday’s little inaugural, which was fast but flawless. Sasha, who appears to be the instinctual politician in the family—the one who told Obama, on election night, to turn around and wave—said “good job, Daddy” when she hugged him afterward. After he replied “I did it,” she added, according to NBC, “you didn’t mess up.” Sasha walked off last, behind her mother and sister, and looked for a second like she might not mind lingering and saying a few words. She might, before too long.

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A$AP ROCKY'S DEBUT ALBUM SET NO. 1 FIND OUT @SMARTERHIPHOP

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A$AP Rocky’s Debut Album Set for No. 1 on Billboard Charts

Rapper A$AP Rocky is aiming for the No. 1 slot next week on the Billboard 200. The album, released through A$AP Worldwide/Polo Grounds/RCA Records, has spun off a top five hit single on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart with “F**kin’ Problems.” The song, which features Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar, hits a new peak this week, rising from #5 to #4.

Industry sources suggest his major-label debut “Long.Live.A$AP.” could sell around 130,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, Jan. 20.

The new Billboard 200 chart’s top 10 will be revealed on the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 23.

A$AP Rocky’s new album might be one of only two debuts in the top 10 next week, as the only other title aiming for the region is the new “Kidz Bop 23″ compilation. The effort features kid-friendly covers of such recent top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits as Rihanna’s “Diamonds,” Justin Bieber’s “As Long As You Love Me” and One Direction’s “Live While We’re Young.”

#WTF IS KimKardashian #Pregnant IS @KanyeWest 's THE BABY DADDY FIND OUT @SMARTERHIPHOP ?

Kim Kardashian Pregnant with Kanye West's Child

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Posted: 12/31/2012 01:33 AM EST

Filed Under Kim Kardashian, Kanye West

Here comes baby Kimye!

Kanye West revealed during his concert at Revel in Atlantic City on Sunday night that Kim Kardashian is having his baby. Sources say he said, "Stop the music and make some noise for my baby mama."

Shortly after the show, a flurry of tweets from the Kardashians expolded on Twitter:

Kris Jenner: "Oh BABY BABY BABY!"

Khloe Kardashian Odom: "Kimye!!!!! Keeping secrets is hard with so many family members! Especially when you are so freaking excited!!!!! LOVE is everything!!!!"

Kourtney Kardashian: "Been wanting to shout from the rooftops with joy and now I can! Another angel to welcome to our family. Overwhelmed with excitement!"

E! News, home of the Kardashian reality shows, says Kim K. is about 12 weeks pregnant.

Now what we really want to know is what they'll name their child! Leave suggestions in the comments below.  

#NOWPLAYING FALLING UP BY @SHAEMIX HOT HIPHOP ARTIST FROM #SOUTHAFRICA @SMARTERHIPHOP

Born Ted Magerman on April 26th 1989 Shae Mix was brought up by his mother Angie Magerman, although his father would pick him up once a year to visit his grandmother he chose never to be a part of Shae Mix's life. Growing up with two siblings, sister's Euphemia and Levine taught Shae Mix how to treat ladies with respect and understanding. At the age of nine Shae Mix was introduced to Eminem's Slim Shady the LP cassette, he fell in love with the idea of telling a story in the form of rhymes and lyrics. At twelve years old he changed schools and used music to make friends, his freestyles and charm made him friends within the first two days. School mates called him Mix because of his ability to mix words and entertain any crowd. When Shae Mix entered high school at the age of thirteen he was challenged by the school's top rapper and came up on top in an old fashioned rap battle. For a long time Shae Mix was more focused in playing soccer professionally than anything else, he hadn't rapped in public for three years until he experienced hardship from the age of nineteen while living in Pretoria. He then began to write songs about his life, wrote verses and felt the need to express himself this way more. His sister moved to Pretoria and encouraged him to live with her, he then met his friend Mpho who learned about his ability to rap and introduced him to Da Mos, a young producer and artist who had a studio.
 Da Mos taught Shae Mix the art of recording and gave Shae Mix the opportunity to create as many songs as possible. While making a name for himself in Pretoria and gaining a following Shae Mix experimented with drugs and the abuse of alcohol, he had lost his sister's patience and left her home, he then began to sell drugs to make money to survive in Pretoria. After a few months of revaluation and the support of his mother and sisters, Shae Mix stopped the use and selling of drugs, he returned to his passion of making music and a few months later Da Mos introduced Shae Mix to a man called Craig Geswindt. This resulted in Shae Mix dropping his first official music video (Falling Up) on National Television within a couple of months after signing a contract with Craig. Shae Mix and Craig's relationship grew stronger as they had ups and downs and hard times becoming a name in the industry. Once they had an understanding and a mutual respect they came to an agreement that they could take over the industry as a team. Shae Mix is now a force to be reckoned with, with a new flow on every song and a presence that is felt even by people who do not know him yet he has songs on National Radio, on iTunes, all over the internet, on National television and international radio stations in The US, The UK and even Asia etc. He has made it in harsh circumstances and through all his troubles he still believes in God and vows never to touch drugs ever again. He's quote before every live performance. "My friends say I've made it.... I'm on your girl's play list.... And if you have never met me before, then you can call me ........... Shae Mix"

 
 This is Shae Mix's first official music video to his first single Falling Up which is currently on rotation on Channel O and radios. New videos from Shae Mix coming soon. Follow him on twitter "@shaemix" and add him as a friend on his personal Facebook page at "Ted Shae Mix Magerman". (For bookings contact shaemixbookings@gmail.com)

#nowplaying @SpiffKdz - L BABY find out more @smarterhiphop

Spiff Kidz. L Baby Official Video off the Demandin Respect mixtape. Track produced by Jay The MVP. Music video directed by Spike Fe.

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