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The Chinue X Project, Inc. 

An Afrocentric Educational Resource Service

TCXPI AERS

My name is Cynthia Cornelius, CEO and Founder of The Chinue X Project, Inc, an Afrocentric Educational Resource Service. 

I am a native and current resident of Oakland, Ca. I posess a Bachelors in Africana Studies, and a Masters in Equity and Social Justice in Education (SFSU)

I created TCXPI to feel a void in mainstream education that distorts, omits, and ignores the many contributions of Africans and African Americans in world and human civilization.

TCXPI offers Afrocentric projects, workshops, and classes, that foster self-pride, self- worth, and self-respect for our young scholars, while Celebrating their ANKHcestors!

If you would like your young scholar to be a part of TCXPI, please contact us.

Cynthia Chinue X Cornelius, MA.Ed.

CEO and Founder 

Email: thecxpi@gmail.com

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TCXPI & ESO Ventures Cohort Fall 2020

11/14/2020 

When I first started this cohort in September, five months post stroke, I wasn't sure of what to expect. What I did know was it was long overdue to take TCXPI to the next level. So I committed to the challenge. It has been a rewarding and welcoming experience to have been a part of this initiative! 

As the founder of the TCXPI - The Chinue X Project, Inc. - An AERS, I say thANKH you to All who made it possible for Oakland entrepreneurs to realize their dreams/passions and move to the next level of their business' SUCCESS! 

thANKH you ESO Incubator Fall 2020 Cohort. 

Chinue X Cynthia Cornelius 

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Rise In Power King T'Challa!

R.I.P. Chadwick Boseman

Chadwick Aaron Boseman (November 29, 1976 – August 28, 2020) was an American actor known for his portrayals of real-life historical figures such as Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013), James Brown in Get on Up (2014) and Thurgood Marshall in Marshall (2017), and for his portrayal of the superhero Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films including the title role in Black Panther (2018). He also appeared in films such as 21 Bridges (2019) and Da 5 Bloods (2020). He died at age 43 following a four-year battle with colon cancer.

Boseman was born and raised in Anderson, South Carolina, to Carolyn  and Leroy Boseman, both African American.  According to Boseman, DNA testing has indicated that his ancestors were Mende people from Sierra Leone, Yoruba people from Nigeria and Limba people from Sierra Leone.  His mother was a nurse and his father worked at a textile factory, managing an upholstery business as well.  Boseman graduated from T. L. Hanna High School in 1995.  In his junior year, he wrote his first play, Crossroads, and staged it at the school after a classmate was shot and killed.

Boseman attended college at Howard University in Washington, D.C., graduating in 2000 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in directing.  One of his teachers was Phylicia Rashad, who became a mentor.  She helped raise funds so that Boseman and some classmates could attend the Oxford Mid-Summer Program of the British American Drama Academy in London, to which they had been accepted.

Boseman died at his home in the Los Angeles area with his wife and family by his side, his publicist Nicki Fioravante told The Associated Press.

Boseman was diagnosed with colon cancer four years ago, his family said in a statement.

“A true fighter, Chadwick persevered through it all, and brought you many of the films you have come to love so much,” his family said. “From Marshall to Da 5 Bloods, August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and several more - all were filmed during and between countless surgeries and chemotherapy. It was the honor of his career to bring King T’Challa to life in Black Panther.”

Even at the outset of his Hollywood career, Boseman was clear-eyed about — and even skeptical of — the industry in which he would become an international star.

“You don’t have the same exact experience as a Black actor as you do as a white actor. You don’t have the same opportunities. That’s evidand true,” he told AP while promoting “42.” “The best way to put it is: How often do you see a movie about a black hero who has a love story — with a black woman, or any woman for that matter ... he has a spirituality. He has an intellect. It’s weird to say it, but it doesn’t happen that often.”

Credit: ILoveBeingBlack 

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TCXPI Presents On This Day In TCXPI History - Daily Black History Facts

To all my Oakland/Bay Area Fam, YOU do not want to miss this Oakland experience.

In honor of Black History Month, Sheryl Grant of Sheryl Grant Enterprises, will host Move Forward, "An Entrepreneurial Experience".

This will be a phenomenal affair, presented by Square, this Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 6pm on the Kaiser Mall Rooftop Garden.

Online Registration Is REQUIRED.

Please register here. See you there!

Frederick Douglass Day - February 17, 2020

TODAY IS Frederick Douglass Day!

On This Day In TCXPI History

Frederick Douglass, Abolitionist, Women’s Suffragist, Editor, Author and Statesman,

Frederick Douglass was born enslaved in Tuckahoe, Maryland February 14, 1818 . He taught himself to read and write and in 1838 escaped from slavery.

Mr. Douglass delivered his first abolitionist speech at the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society’s annual convention in 1841.

In 1845, he published his autobiography, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave,” and within three years it had been reprinted nine times and there were 11,000 copies in circulation.

From 1845 to 1847, Frederick Douglass lectured throughout the United Kingdom to enthusiastic crowds. During that time he became officially free when his freedom was purchased by British supporters.

After returning to the United States, he began producing the North Star and other newspapers.

In 1848, Frederick Douglass attended the First women’s rights convention and declared that he could not accept the right to vote himself as a Black man if women could not also claim that right.

During the Civil War, Frederick Douglass helped the Union Army as a recruiter for the 54th Massachusetts Regiment and after the war served as president of the Freedman’s Savings Bank, marshal of the District of Columbia, minister-resident and consul-general to the Republic of Haiti, and charge d’affaires for the Dominican Republic.

In 1877, Mr. Douglass bought Cedar Hill in Washington, D. C. which was designated the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site February 12, 1988.

Frederick Douglass began his transition February 20, 1895.

In 1965, the United States Postal Service issued a commemorative postage stamp in his honor and numerous streets, schools, and other buildings are named in his honor. The many biographies of Frederick Douglass include “Slave and Citizen: The Life of Frederick Douglass” (1980) and “Frederick Douglass, Autobiography” (1994).

Frederick Douglass’ name is enshrined in the Ring of Genealogy at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, Michigan.

Source:
The Wright Museum Blog
http://thewright.org/explore/blog/entry/today-in-black-history-2142014
(Accessed on 02/14/2015)

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TCXPI PRESENTS

On This Day In TCXPI History

A BLACK HISTORY MONTH VIDEO

2020

On This Day In TCXPI History

January 20, 1986 the First Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was observed as a National Holiday.

It took 15 years to create the federal Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.

Congressman John Conyers, Democrat from Michigan, first introduced legislation for a commemorative holiday four days after King was assassinated in 1968.

After the bill became stalled, petitions endorsing the holiday containing six million names were submitted to Congress.

Conyers and Rep. Shirley Chisholm, Democrat of New York, resubmitted King holiday legislation each subsequent legislative session. Public pressure for the holiday mounted during the 1982 and 1983 civil rights marches in Washington.

Congress passed the holiday legislation in 1983, which was then signed into law by President Ronald Reagan.

A compromise moving the holiday from Jan. 15, King's birthday, which was considered too close to Christmas and New Year's, to the third Monday in January helped overcome opposition to the law.

January 20, 1986 marked the first observance of the Federal legal holiday, established by Public Law 98-144, honoring the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

A number of states resisted celebrating the holiday. Some opponents said Dr. King did not deserve his own holiday, contending that the entire civil rights movement rather than one individual, however instrumental, should be honored.

Several southern states include celebrations for various Confederate generals on that day, while Utah calls it Human Rights Day. Legislation is now pending to change the name to Martin Luther King Day. Arizona voters approved the holiday in 1992 after a threatened tourist boycott. In 1999, New Hampshire changed the name of Civil Rights Day to Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.

This holiday, which occurs on the third Monday in January each year, was established to serve as a time for Americans to reflect on the principles of racial equality and nonviolent social change espoused by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The day was not officially observed in all 50 states until 2000.

Source: Archives.gov National Archives

http://www.archives.gov/eeo/special-observances/#jan

(Accessed on 01/20/2015)

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