https://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/10/emmett-till/2020-05-26T18:30:48+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/06/ruby-bridges/https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/220px-ruby_bridges_21_sept_2010.jpg220px-ruby_bridges_21_sept_2010Ruby Bridges Hall, all grown up.https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/keepourschoolwhite.pngkeepourschoolwhitehttps://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/64c6867edb798940.jpg64c6867edb798940Mrs. James Gabrielle and her daughter Yolanda being escorted through protesting parents to school. Mrs. Gabrielle initially pulled Yolanda out of school because parents hurled racial epithets at her and called her a communist. But ultimately she let her daughter continue at the school despite hateful protesters. "It was the principle of the thing," she said.https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/3c97ad539edc6c5610baeb9124eb570e.jpg3c97ad539edc6c5610baeb9124eb570eRuby and her escort.https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/rockwell-large.jpgrockwell-largeNorman Rockwell - "The Problem We All Live With" 19642018-08-11T23:00:44+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/01/black-history-month-day-1-estevanico/https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/estaban.jpgestabanImage Courtesy of the David Weber Collection2018-02-02T08:28:39+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/25/nichelle-nichols/https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/63afc-nichellenicholspublicityphotocircalate2750s-early2760s.png63afc-nichellenicholspublicityphotocircalate2750s-early2760shttps://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/aa4fa-nichellenicholsreceivesherstaronthehollywoodwalkoffameearly1992.pngaa4fa-nichellenicholsreceivesherstaronthehollywoodwalkoffameearly19922018-02-01T12:44:00+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/24/fred-hampton/2017-03-17T07:26:06+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/23/crispus-attucks/2017-03-07T08:38:40+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/20/dwayne-mcduffie/2017-02-24T04:13:13+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/23/strange-fruit/2017-02-24T03:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/21/1520-sedgwick/2017-02-22T09:59:05+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/20/black-history-month-day-19-tulsas-black-wall-street/2017-02-20T20:16:41+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/02/black-history-month-day-2-ruby-dee-and-ossie-davis/https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/image.pngRuby & Ossie“Cremation after a public ceremony, and then into an urn. A special urn, large enough and comfortable enough to hold both our ashes. Whoever goes first will wait for the other. When we are united at last, we want the family to say goodbye and seal the urn forever. Then on the side, in letters not too bold — but not too modest either — we want the following inscription: 'Ruby and Ossie — In This Thing Together.'"https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ruby-dee-davis-instagram-11.jpgruby-dee-davis-instagram-11#RelationshipGoals (Picture courtesy of RollingOut.com) 2017-02-20T04:03:31+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/03/north-carolina-mutual-life-insurance-company/https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/spaulding-moore-merrick.jpgspaulding-moore-merrickJohn Henry Merrick, Charles Clinton Spaulding, and Dr. Aaron McDuffie Moore2017-02-20T04:03:06+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/04/shirley-chisholm/https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/87941993_42048v.jpg_87941993_42048vA campaign poster from Shirley Chisholm's 1972 Presidential bid.https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/shirley_chisholm_portrait.jpgshirley_chisholm_portraitPortrait of Chisholm by Kadir Nelson in the Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives 2017-02-20T04:02:52+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/05/charles-hamilton-houston/https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/nosign.jpgnosignFrom the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabiliahttps://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/group.gifgroupShown here are Thurgood Marshall, Donald Gaines Murray, and Charles Houston during their 1933 suit against the University of Maryland. (photo courtesy of Black Art Depot Today)https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/soldier.jpgsoldier"The hate and scorn showered on us Negro officers by our fellow Americans convinced me that there was no sense in my dying for a world ruled by them. I made up my mind that if I got through this war I would study law and use my time fighting for men who could not strike back." (Picture from Cornell Law's Charles Hamilton Houston Gallery)https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/charles-hamilton-houston-9344795-1-402.jpgcharles-hamilton-houston-9344795-1-402Picture of Charles Hamilton Houston (courtesy of Biography.com)https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/161121-thrift-element-tshirt-1611_e12393696fdb2fe1e90f6e0bfc8f7bea-nbcnews-fp-1200-800.jpg161121-thrift-element-tshirt-1611_e12393696fdb2fe1e90f6e0bfc8f7bea-nbcnews-fp-1200-8002017-02-20T04:02:30+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/07/j-dilla/2017-02-20T04:00:56+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/08/sister-rosetta-tharpe/https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/image1.pngimageUS postage stamp depicting Sister Rosetta Tharpe. (Credit STAMPCOLLECTION/ALAMY)https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/sina600span.jpgsina600spanSister Rosetta Tharpe at Cafe Society Downtown in New York, 1940. (Credit CreditCharles Peterson/Hulton Archive — Getty Images)2017-02-20T04:00:31+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/09/jack-johnson/2017-02-20T04:00:17+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/13/jesse-owens/2017-02-20T03:59:01+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/13/elijah-mccoy/2017-02-20T03:58:16+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/14/daniel-hale-williams/2017-02-20T03:57:56+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/16/john-h-johnson/2017-02-20T03:56:38+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/17/annie-turnbo-malone/2017-02-20T03:56:02+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/18/bass-reeves/2017-02-20T03:54:55+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/11/black-history-month-day-11-the-immortal-henrietta-lacks/https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/393f8-st_henrietta_f.jpg393f8-st_henrietta_f2017-02-17T20:31:30+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/15/mary-mcleod-bethune/2017-02-17T20:30:29+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/02/07/dilla-mix-2017/2017-02-17T20:26:07+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2017/01/31/why-travel-is-important-to-us-now-more-than-ever/https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/20170130_150346-2.jpgTravelboxThe Travelboxhttps://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/blog-title-why-travel-is-important1.pngblog-title-why-travel-is-importantWhy travel is important to us (now more than ever)https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/blog-title-why-travel-is-important.pngblog-title-why-travel-is-importantWhy travel is important to us (now more than ever)https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/wedding-toast.jpgwedding-toast"Me and you girl go against the world."2017-01-31T10:33:32+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2014/03/10/new-followers/2017-01-30T21:33:26+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2011/07/15/honeymoon-bahamas-2011/https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/2011-05-25-19-45-46.jpgSAMSUNGSAMSUNG2017-01-27T01:59:45+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2014/03/06/snacking-in-dubai/https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/special-beef.jpgSpecial beef2017-01-27T01:54:05+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2014/03/09/travel-box-adventures-in-dubai-part-4/https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-05-11-34-02.jpgwafflesWe both waffled on what to order, but in the end I got the Strawberries and White Chocolate, while Meka got the Granny's Favorite: Bananas and Caramel.https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2013-12-31-15-09-30.jpgGrannys wafflesGranny's Waffles: Only in Dubai, it's waffle-rageous!https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-05-08-54-31.jpgat the top 5The view was so much that I needed a quick nap!https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-05-08-55-57.jpgat the top 4The Burj Khalifa casts a mighty long shadow. It almost reaches Palm Jumeirah (the palm shaped islands at the top of the photo).https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-05-08-47-45.jpgat the top 3You can literally see for miles.https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-05-08-45-53.jpgat the top 2Looking down at the Burj Khalifa Lake.https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-05-08-45-18.jpgat the top 1Now we're here!https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-05-08-41-42.jpgElevatorsMe & you, yo momma and yo cousin too...https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-05-08-36-09.jpginspired byA design inspired by both nature and culture.https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-05-08-34-47.jpgHymenocallis flowerHere is a picture of the Hymenocallis flower, the primary inspiration for the Burj Khalifa's structure.2017-01-27T01:53:21+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2014/03/09/more-pictures-from-the-dubai-mall/https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dubai-mall-ice-rink.jpgDubai Mall ice rinkYep. Same mall as the one with the aquarium and Sega World, the video game theme park. They do it big here.https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-05-13-10-50.jpgketchupAnother restaurant we didn't visit, but I didn't think a menu devoted to America's 2nd favorite condiment. Although I hear Ashton Kutcher opened this spot up.https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-05-13-09-15.jpgKrisKrosWe didn't have time to visit this restaurant, but apparently the food will make you jump, jump.https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-05-12-34-22.jpgSouk fountainThis is a fountain in The Souk that I thought was beautiful.https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-05-12-32-59.jpgCarpet storeTaking this picture marked the second time we almost got in trouble this trip. Apparently you're not allowed to photograph the expensive carpets.https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-05-12-32-40.jpgThe soukThis is the Souk portion of the Dubai Mall. Here is where you'll find authentic clothing, carpets, and jewelry.https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-05-12-31-51.jpgsoccer ballThe kids soccer trophies in Dubai are absurdly expensive!https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-05-10-13-02.jpgStarbucksIt wouldn't be a city on Earth if there wasn't at least one of these, right? That siren gets around.https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-02-21-33-42.jpglemon barSadly, my hopes were crushed when I found out there were no lemon bars here.https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-02-16-59-15.jpgDubai Mall AquariumWhat's a mall without an aquarium, amirite?2017-01-27T01:51:39+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2014/04/14/its-been-a-long-time-we-shouldnt-have-left-you/https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-02-25-04-00-30.jpgNin-NinNin-Ninhttps://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-02-10-21-56-40-1.jpgJacksonJackson2017-01-27T01:48:35+00:00monthlyhttps://travelboxadventures.com/2014/03/17/travel-box-adventures-in-dubai-part-the-fifth/https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/burj-al-arab-restaurants-skyview-bar-03-hero.jpgburj-al-arab-restaurants-skyview-bar-03-heroThis is an unobstructed view of the coast of Dubai as seen from the Skyview Lounge. I enjoyed this view even more than the view from the Burj Khalifa, since we were out past the coastline.https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-05-17-34-40.jpg2014-01-05 17.34.40This is one of the few snaps I took with my camera of the sunset over Palm Jumeirah and The Atlantis hotel.https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-05-16-20-45.jpgchampagne and MekaMy wife and I, enjoying our fine champagna!https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/skyview-champagne-pour.jpgSkyview Champagne pourChampagne pouring skill: Level 99.https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/skyview-tunnel.jpgSkyview tunnelBefore entering the Skyview Lounge, guests walk through this tunnel. I'm not sure about the significance, other than it's jaw-droppingly cool and makes you feel like your stepping into another dimension.https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/burj-al-arab-lobby.jpegBurj Al Arab lobbyAn army of nutcrackers awaited us inside the lobby of the Burj Al Arab. Luckily, they were only a display, or else nuts everywhere would have fled before their might.https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/burj-al-arab-restaurants-skyview-bar-01-hero.jpgburj-al-arab-restaurants-skyview-bar-01-heroThis is the interior of the Skyview Bar. To me, it reminded me of the 60's, and I couldn't help but feel a bit like Don Draper from Mad Men while we were here.https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/burj-al-arab-restaurants-sahn-eddar-01-hero.jpgburj-al-arab-restaurants-sahn-eddar-01-heroAfternoon tea at the Burj Al Arab is not like high tea anywhere else. 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No problem with this sword!https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-04-11-19-44.jpgstairs downGoing back down.https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3114.jpgAbu Dhabi roadBoats, and almost a Space Needle!https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140101_004116.jpgroom serviceEnding the day with room service!https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-04-13-22-10.jpgcocktailsFruit punch for the wife, Orange Beer for me!https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-04-12-19-13.jpgArabic cartoonA little cartoon guy!https://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-04-10-27-42.jpgGrand Mosque starA close up of the star/flower design that adorns the Grand Mosquehttps://travelboxadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-01-05-08-07-41.jpgArmani DubaiThis was the Armani store in the Dubai Mall. 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