The Snowflake Chronicles

Spiritual Newsletter February 2021 (deadline 2/8/21)

Research

https://bahaiteachings.org/lets-use-black-history-month-learn/

Editor's Picks

1. A man of his time; a man for all times.
2. An Awakening
3. Equality Vs Inequality6
4. Human Rights
5. My Anchor in Times of Storm
6. God's will is good to me
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Black History Month: A Learning Experience

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Why is Black History Month important?

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What are some inventions of African-Americans?

About This Newsletter

“Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.”
Dr. Mae Jemison, first African-American female astronaut

“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”

Booker T. Washington

“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear.”
Rosa Parks

Letter From the Editor

Why is Black History Month important? It's important because it gives us, all American's, a chance to investigate and learn about the contributions African Americans made to the spiritual and material cultural of the United States. Learning about these contributions helps overcome racism, which is America's most challenging issue. I look forward to Black History Month because I always learn something that I didn't know before. This is because when I went to school very little was said about any of the contributions African Americans mad to the history of the world or America.

What are some inventions of African-Americans?

John Love - pencil sharpener
William Purvis - fountain pen
Lee Burridge - typewriter
W. A. Lovett - printing press
Charles Drew - process to preserve & store blood
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams - first open-heart surgery
Sarah Boone - ironing board
John Standard - refrigerator
Fredrick Jones - air conditioner
Alice Parker - heating furnace
Richard Spikes - automatic gear shift
Joseph Gammel - supercharger for internal combustion engine
Garret A. Morgan - traffic light

One of the things I'm thankful for this February, is the educational information my faith community sends to all community members who have e-mail address. The Baha'is of Las Vegas are honoring African Americans Achievements and Contributions by featuring short bios of African Americans. Today, February 7, I learned that on November 26, 1911, President William Howard Taft appointed Mr. William Henry Lewis as an assistant attorney general of the United States. This is only one bit of educational information I have acquired this month.

It's good that my faith community is helping its member overcome any misinformation about African Americans they may have. However, it is still up to me to make an effort to educate myself. The only way to overcome misinformation is asking questions, and searching for the answers for oneself.

Editors Picks

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Excerpt: The man was a man of his generation; too young for World War II, not so young to be untouched by the Great Depression. Yet I am unaware Martin Luther King, Jr. ever talked about the Depression, as my father and mother oft did...

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An Awakening  (E) There is a time in everyone's life; a calling to take a stand and it is your truth. #2241188 by Redtowrite

Excerpt: A star studded sky on a peaceful night,
         going to take my girl for a sweet delight.
         Friday night is a movie, we agreed to meet.
         Popcorn, a soda, listening to her laugh; a treat.

Equality Vs Inequality  (E) Building upon the premise that we the people are all equal! #2195058 by Wandering Thoughts

Excerpt: Let me propose that we ought to be able to agree that we as individuals regardless of sex, orientation, culture or skin tone are all equals. Now from this point moving forward look at the world against this premise. Do we have equality? Sadly we don't. This premise has been taken from the constituition of the USA.

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Excerpt: The right to live
         Not just to survive
         But to actually live

My Anchor in Times Of The Storm  (13+) January prompt for the Lighthouse Short Story Contest #2241362 by 💙 Carly

Excerpt: I sit here on the edge of my bed. Morning just beginning to bring the world back into focus after a night of fitful dreams. I am poised on the crest of a new year full of possibilities, but with last year's darkness lingering and lockdowns and quarantines still a fact of life, I am finding it hard to be upbeat and motivated to create a wildly, vivid list of this new year's opportunities.

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God’s will is good to me  (E) Poem based on Psalm 40:8 #2242257 by Marvelous Friend

Excerpt: I delight to do your will, O my God: Yea, your law is within my heart.
         Oh that people would see how good your will is to me.
         Your words light my path so from your ways I won’t depart.
         From sin’s curse of death, by your will I am set free.

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