by caroljacobsen.org | Oct 16, 2025 | Art, Paintings
1892–1950 In the deep South during the Jim Crow era, when opportunities for Black women were scarce, Lena Richard carved her own path, with a wooden spoon and unshakable determination. Born in New Orleans in 1892, Lena began cooking as a young girl, learning in the...
by caroljacobsen.org | Oct 5, 2025 | Art, Education, Paintings, Uncategorized
Our Coloring Book Party A Celebration of Art, History, and Community On September 26, I had the joy of hosting a Coloring Book Party as part of my current exhibition, Teaching Black History Through Art. The event brought together families, students, educators, and...
by caroljacobsen.org | Sep 1, 2025 | Art, Education
1943 Shirley Hasley (nee Andrews) faced challenges from all sides in her first year as a teacher. The year was 1965. She was the first Black teacher hired. The 22-year-old young woman was assigned to a desegregation busing program, accompanying white students from...
by caroljacobsen.org | Sep 1, 2025 | Art, Doing the Right Thing
Dr. Angella Ferguson 1925– Dr. Angella Ferguson’s groundbreaking research changed the way doctors understand and treat sickle cell anemia, a disease that mostly affects African Americans. Sickle cell anemia is a blood disorder that causes red blood cells—which are...
by caroljacobsen.org | Aug 18, 2025 | Art, Doing the Right Thing, Paintings
Sarah Breedlove is the woman the world would one day know as Madam C. J. Walker. Note: Of these three photos I found, the left two were labeled Sarah Breedlove, and on the right, Madam C.J. Walker. After painting her portrait using the left photo, I realized it was a...
by caroljacobsen.org | Jul 15, 2025 | Art, Education
Tamara Shiloh, Author, Educator, and owner of Multicultural Bookstore Podcast with Tamara Shiloh, Tuesday, July 8, 2025 A thank-you note I received from the head of two Bay Area Montessori schools inspired me to be more active in teaching Black history. She had used...
by caroljacobsen.org | Jun 14, 2025 | Education
Praise, Purpose, and a Path Forward for Teaching Black History I was delighted to receive a heartfelt thank-you note from the director of two elementary schools in the Bay Area, California. She shared how her students used my Women of Color and Accomplishment Coloring...
by caroljacobsen.org | Jun 4, 2025 | Art
Note: After I made this blog, I used a combination of ChatGPT prompts and image manipulation in PhotoShop to produce the image above. Last time I logged into ChatGPT I got a message that it now saves all my conversations. This is fine with me because I only ask it...
by caroljacobsen.org | Aug 27, 2024 | Information
After having a YouTube channel for 12 years that covered all the different videos I created, I added a new channel: @CarolJacobsenArtist My YouTube videos on this channel are all about my Women of Color and Accomplishment series. Many of them are from talks I’ve...
by caroljacobsen.org | Aug 9, 2024 | Art, Paintings
W. Gertrude Brown 1888–1949 W. Gertrude Brown was an American educator and social worker. She is best known as the first head resident of the Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House in Minneapolis,...
