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On this day in 1739, a band of over 60 African captives organized a rebellion on the banks of the Stono River and demanded freedom from South Carolina plantations. The band was led by an Angolan (or Congolese by some accounts) named Jemmy, also known as Cato,
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The Stono Rebellion is the earliest known "slave revolt" in the colonies before the start of the American Revolution.
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In response to the rebellion, the Negro Act of 1740, which made it illegal for captive Africans to move abroad, assemble in groups, raise food, earn money, and learn to write.
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Artisan Yaw Kumah in Accra, Ghana made these akoma Adinkra heart stamps specifically for KOKUMO kids. What a special treat?!?

The day after the worst race massacre in US history began in the thriving African American community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma papers around the country reported on the "race riots" in Greenwood that left hundreds dead. The death counts reported vary but this is clear. These acts of terrorism decimated the Greenwood community and it has not recovered to this day - 100 years later.

Reason 67.

The Hill We Climb.

Excerpted from Inauguration Poem recited by Amanda Gorman, First USA National Youth Poet national youth Poet Laureate, 2021.

''Love is the greatest force in the universe. It is the heartbeat of the moral cosmos. He who loves is a participant in the being of God." - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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George Washington Carver dies on this day in 1943.

Dr. Carver holds a very special place in our hearts. We visited the Carver Museum in Tuskegee and the Ford Museum in Detroit to see his work. And we dedicated a month's lesson studying his work and his life. It's fascinating that so much "new foods" and products around the world can be traced back to his genius and resourcefulness.

Slides 1 - 5 (George Washington Carver Museum, Tuskegee University):

1 - Bronze Bust of George Washington Carver

2 - Top Photo: Our dear son delighting in the many exhibits at the George Washington Carver museum in 2014.
Bottom Photo: , Cow and Calf, ca. 1906. Dr. Carver with his students examining the skeleton of a cow.

3 - Some of the many items Dr. Carver experimented with in preserve jars

4 - lab equipment

5 - The Jesup Agricultural Wagon used by Dr. Carver. It allowed Dr. Carver to teach farmers and poor sharecroppers how to grow crops such as soybeans, peanuts, sweet potatoes and more

6 - Dr. Carver created bulletins to help farmers grow a variety of crops and taught numerous, often unconventional ways to use the crops. This image is a compilation of Carver Bulletins made specifically for KOKUMO experiments.

7 - Microscope used by Dr. Carver in Ford Museum. Little known fact that Dr. Carver introduced Henry Ford many different, new and unconventional ways products and recipes that could be produced out of crops. Due to Dr. Carver's expertise, Mr. Ford would later showcase a lightweight plastic body made from soybeans.

8 - KOKUMO Lesson Material

9 - Kennedy Prints' George Washington Carver gift in subscription box

10 - Prepping for Dr. Carver subscription mailers

Reason 62.