TODAY'S BLACK HISTORY FACTS

ON TODAY, FEBRUARY 1ST, THE 13TH AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, WHICH ABOLISHED SLAVERY, WAS ADOPTED BY THE 38TH CONGRESS.

ALSO, LANGSTON HUGHES WAS ALSO BORN ON FEBRUARY 1, 1902. COMING FROM THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE,  WHICH WAS THE EARLY STAGES OF THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT, HUGHES WENT ON TO BE KNOWN AS ONE OF THE GREATEST POETS OF ALL TIME..... SO, HAPPY BIRTHDAY LANGSTON HUGHES....

TODAY IN 1997, THE 1ST 24HR BLACK MOVIE CHANNEL WAS BORN, B.E.T. MOVIE/STARZ.

                               AND THIS IS ANOTHER BLACK HISTORY MOMENT......