idiom - parlance: a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
A bit much-if something is excessive annoying
A day late and a dollar short-too little to late
A pretty penny-something is very expensive
Back to square one having to start all over again
Beat a dead horse to force an issue that has already ended
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
10 African Americans
1
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Baptist
2
Frederick Douglass
3
Booker T. Washington
4
W.E.B. Du Bois
5
Charles H. Houston
6
Richard Allen andAbsalom Jones
African Methodist Episcopal Church (founder)first black Episcopalian priest
7
Prince Hall
8
Samuel E. Cornish and John Russwurm
9
David Walker
10
Nat Turner
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Baptist
2
Frederick Douglass
3
Booker T. Washington
4
W.E.B. Du Bois
5
Charles H. Houston
6
Richard Allen andAbsalom Jones
African Methodist Episcopal Church (founder)first black Episcopalian priest
7
Prince Hall
8
Samuel E. Cornish and John Russwurm
9
David Walker
10
Nat Turner
How it started
The remembrance was originated in 1926 by historian Carter G. Woodson as "Negro History Week". Woodson chose the second week of February because it marked the birthdays of two Americans who greatly influenced the lives and social condition of African Americans: former President Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
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