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supertsar7 : ok, first of all, where were you born?
OliverWill : Silver Spring, MD
supertsar7 : i was born in DC!
OliverWill : cool
OliverWill : no wonder we got along
supertsar7 : other than yours and mine, what other brilliant Black blogs are there out there?abe shows sojourner the Bible Oct. 29, 1864
OliverWill : there's formica.ca, allaboutgeorge.com, hideouskinky.net off the top of my head
supertsar7 : nice. love it.
supertsar7 : what does Black History Month mean to you?
OliverWill : Hmm. A time to give some sort of equal time to a much neglected part of history but its also a reminder of how we should integrate black history and other groups into "mainstream" historical teaching
supertsar7 : When did you graduate high school?
OliverWill : 1994
supertsar7 : pretty mixed high school?
OliverWill : no, my high school was about 90-95% black
supertsar7 : so I imagine there was a lot of Black history taught in your school?
OliverWill : Probably better than most schools. My problem is that I don't want it to be a separate unit, but just another part of the whole pie.
supertsar7 : Was it taught separately at your school?
OliverWill : I think it was integrated pretty decently, but we did have "Black History Month" activities as well
supertsar7 : Do you remember any of those activities? Care to share any?
OliverWill : I don't really remember it. I remember doing a report on Sojourner Truth, but that's about it.
supertsar7 : Ok, give us a sentence on Sojurner? Who is he/she?
OliverWill : She spoke publicly for the rights of blacks, and sued for the rights to her son who was illegally sold to a Plantation.
OliverWill : I cant remember more than that
OliverWill : ha