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2nd Annual Howard University Black History Month Edit-a-Thon

The Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (MSRC), in collaboration with Wikimedia DC, is hosting Howard University's second annual Black History Month Edit-a-Thon. The goal of this special edit-a-thon is to give faculty, graduate students, and others the skills they need to improve or update existing Wikipedia entries relating to African American and African Diaspora history and culture and create vital new ones using the MSRC's unique collections.

when

February 26, 2016 at 10 AM – 4 PM

where

Founders Library Browsing Room, Founders Library, Howard University

500 Howard Place NW, Washington, DC

Shaw–Howard University (Green and Yellow Lines)

your hosts

Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (MSRC)

Wikimedia DC

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1. Kirill Lokshin (talk) 00:49, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
2. FeanorStar7 00:54, 11 February 2016 (UTC) (tentative)
3. Duckduckstop (talk)
4. Christina Burke
5. Daja Henry

Articles to work on

• Beth A. Brown (1969-2008), NASA astrophysicist[1]
• Benilde Little, author[2]
• Doris Evans McGinty (d. 2005), Howard University professor [3]
• African Americans in foreign policy
• Farish Street – African-American business district in Jackson, Mississippi
• Violette Neatley Anderson (1882–1937), lawyer and reformer; first Black woman lawyer to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court (1926)[4][5]
• Lawrence Benjamin Brown (1893–1973), American pianist, composer, and arranger of folk songs[6][7]
• Glory Van Scott (b. 1947), dancer and educator[8]
• Charles A. Smythwick, novelist[9][10]
• Harlem Book Fair
• National Black Theatre[11][12]
• Molefe Pheto, South African political prisoner[13][14]
• Mogorosi Motshumi (b. 1955), South African cartoonist[15]
• Dumile Feni (b. 1942), South African sculptor[16]
• Charles Cyrus Thomas (1909–1988) (died in California)
• Mildred Blount (1907–1974?), milliner[17][18]
• Ruth Bowen (1924–2009), booking agent[19]
• Elombe Brath (d. 2014), anti-apartheid activist[20]
• Judy Dearing (1940–1995), Broadway costume designer[21]
• Cheryll Greene (1943-2013), editor
• Harlem Six [22][23]
• Eliza Healy (1846–1919), educator, first African American Catholic Mother Superior (see Healy family#Eliza Healy)[24]
• Roi Ottley (1906-1960), journalist
• Myra Adele Logan (1908–1977), physician at Harlem Hospital (I looked at the deleted page for her and there is nothing to bring to the new article.)
• Maritcha Rémond Lyons (1848–1929)
• Ruth Logan Roberts (1891–1968), Harlem salon host, suffragist, activist
• Cecelia Cabaniss Saunders (1883–1966), Harlem YWCA leader
• Greater Bethel AME Church (Harlem)
• James Yates (1906-1992), soldier, civil rights activist and author[25]
• George Washington Ellis (1875-1919), attorney and writer http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Ellis,+George+Washington
• Catherine Allen Latimer (1896-1948), first Black professional librarian at NYPL - SCRBC
• Glory Van Scott (b. 1947), dancer and educator[26]
• Charles A. Smythwick, novelist[27][28]
• Molefe Pheto, South African political prisoner[29][30]
• Mogorosi Motshumi (b. 1955), South African cartoonist[31]
• Dumile Feni (b. 1942), South African sculptor[32]
• Charles Cyrus Thomas (1909–1988) (died in California)
• Ruth Logan Roberts (1891–1968), Harlem salon host, suffragist, activist -- created!
• Cecelia Cabaniss Saunders (1883–1966), Harlem YWCA leader
• Miriam Duchess Harris, academic and author
• Francesca Harper, dancer and choreographer
• Kathleen Stanford Grant A Pilates Elder & Master Teacher; certified by Joseph Pilates, the creator of the method.
• Edward Augustine Savoy Worked for 21 secretaries of state through 14 presidencies from Grant to FDR - See more at: [33]
• Charles William Anderson (28 Apr. 1866-28 Jan. 1938) NYC politician and public official
• Charles Banks (25 Mar. 1873-1923) Banker and businessman from Mound Bayou
• Thomas Bayne (1824-1889) Dentist and politician born into slavery
• James Madison Bell (3 Apr. 1826-1902) Poet
• William Alexander Brown (fl. 1817-1823) Manager of African Grove Theater, playwright
• John Edward Bush (15 Nov. 1856-11 Dec. 1916) Publisher, insuranceman, politician, founder of Mosaic Templars of America
• George William Cook (7 Jan. 1855-20 Aug. 1931) Educator and civil rights leader
• John Wesley Cromwell (5 Sept. 1846-14 Apr. 1927) Lawyer and historian
• Warren Clay Coleman (25 Mar. 1849-31 Mar. 1904) Founder of Coleman Manufacturing Company (textiles)
• Isom Dart (1848-3 Oct. 1900) cowboy and rustler
• Cornelius Nathaniel Dorsette (1852-7 Dec. 1897) Doctor, Alabama's first licensed Black physician
• H. Ford Douglas (1831-11 Nov. 1865) Abolitionist and military officer
• John Patterson Green (2 Apr 1845-30 Aug 1940) Lawyer and politician
• Henry Alexander Hunt, Jr. (10 Oct. 1866-1 Oct. 1938) Educator and government official
• John Jasper (4 July 1812-30 Mar. 1901) Baptist preacher and orator
• Thomas Jeremiah (?-18 Aug.1775) Free Black pilot, fisherman, executed for allegedly forementing a slave uprising
• John Jones (3 Nov. 1816-21 May 1879) Civil rights activist and Chicago county commissioner
• Andrew Marshall Cox (c. 1756-11 Dec. 1856) Pastor and businessman
• James Julius McClendon (16 Mar. 1898-20 Apr. 1982) Physician and civil rights activist
• James Carrol Napier (9 June 1845-21 Apr. 1940) Politician, lawyer, businessman
• Berry O'Kelly (c. 1860-14 Mar. 1931) Businessman
• Benjamin B. Pelham (1862-7 Oct. 1948) Newspaper publisher, municipal official, political leader
• Henry Vinton Plummer (31 July 1844-8 Feb. 1906) Baptist clergyman and U.S. Army chaplin
• Rex Goreleigh (1902-1986) African American painter
• Middleton A. “Spike” Harris Founder of the Negro History Associates [34]
• Albert Alexander Smith Artist and musician
• Edwin Henry Hackley (1859-1940) Attorney and activist
• Marco Ramirez Playwright and TV writer; wrote Lincoln Center Theater’s upcoming play, The Royale.
• Ademola Olugebefola Artist [35]
• Vy Higgensen Radio personality, producer, writer
• Duma Ndlova South African composer and writer
• Sonny Jim Gaines a.k.a. G.E. Gaines Playwright and actor
• Marcus Jackson poet (not the athlete for whom there is a Wikipedia page) [36]
• Martha Minerva Franklin, (29 Oct. 1870-26 Sept. 1968) Nurse - Founded National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN).Schomburg has the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses records
• Frances Mary Albrier (21 Sept. 1898-21 Aug. 1987) Civil rights activist and community leader, was born in Mount Vernon, NY
• Eva Bowles Secretary for colored work for the YWCA
• Frances Elliott Davis Nurse and community advocate
• Emma L. Bowen Community Activist [37]
• Marie T. Cochran, artists and writer
• Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, artist
• Sana Musasama, artist

Other to-do lists

• Wikipedia:WikiProject African diaspora/to do
• African-American artists
• Missing entries from the Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance
• Caribbean poets
• Missing entries from Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia
• Missing entries from Writing African-American Women
• Missing entries from Black Women Scientists in the United States
• Missing entries from the Dictionary of African Biography

Research resources

• Digital Schomburg: Links and Resources
• Digital Schomburg: Online Exhibitions
• Digital Schomburg: Online Books
• Digital Schomburg: Images & Illustrations
• Digital Schomburg: Africana Heritage Newsletters
  • NYPL: Black Life Matters Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: How You Can Help

Outcomes

• Lawrence Benjamin Brown add infobox
• Frances Mary Albrier
• Glory Van Scott
• Charles A. Smythwick add infobox ; sections
• Ruth Logan Roberts add infobox
• Russell Williams, II add infobox
• Cecelia Cabaniss Saunders add infobox
• Duchess Harris add infobox