South African Children dancing!!

Hambone

The Clever Monkey Rides Again

Clementine Hunter and her hidden talents

For many years, Mrs. Clementine Hunter made clothes

 and quilts, she was even a great basketmaker! 

So what happened in 1939, when she found some 

tubes of paint that got left behind?

  

 The beginning of her painting career.

Mrs. Hunter painted over 5,000 paintings. 

She worked well into her nineties. 

She painted the hard life that African

Americans experienced in the rural South.

When she started painting she had absolutely 

no money of her own. Mrs. Hunter used water 

to thin her paints so they would last longer. 

She put these watercolors on canvases 

and anything else  she could get her hands on. 

Her simple, yet colorful paintings,  sold for 

as low as 25 cents in the '40s. Today her 

popular paintings may go for as high as $20,000.

For more interesting facts on 
Mrs. Clementine Hunter go to:

www.clementinehunterartist.com/

The Clever Monkey

Ujima

Ujima is a Swahili word that means collective work and responsibility!

Anansi Goes to Lunch

Until next time...

We had so much fun today! We know it will only continue to grow! We hope to see you again!


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A snipet of our story..

Our ancient ancestors created the first lightbulb known to mankind?

Lewis H. Latimer is granted a patent for the process of manufactoring carbon filaments for lightbulbs

Lewis H. Latimer

Inventor of the Electric Light
(Sept. 4, 1848 - Dec. 11, 1928)

The son of former slaves, he grew up in the heated abolitionist environment of ante-bellum Boston. From the end of the Civil War until his death in 1928, Latimer was at the forefront of a technological revolution that dramatically reshaped the way Americans lived and worked.

Lewis Latimer drew the blueprints for Alexander Graham Bell's telephone in preparation for its patent. On January 17th, 1882 Latimer, with assistant Joseph V. Nichols, received a US patent for today's commonly used light bulb (electric lamp).

Before Latimer's invention, the light bulb had no practical use because it could not give off light for an extended period of time. Latimer's light bulb utilized a revolutionized method of manufacturing carbon filaments that provided lumination for useful periods of time.

As a result of this invention, he was asked to write an instruction manual for, as well as supervise, the installation of incandescent light plants around the world. In 1884 Latimer became a member of Thomas Edison's small elite team of engineers, the Edison Pioneers.