Black History Month Compliation

February is Black History Month - and there are some compelling stories and people in the insurance and actuarial space. This is an attempt to inventory those items.  Suggestions welcome.

North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company leaders C. C. Spaulding, John Merrick, and Aaron Moore. Photo arrangement from The National Cyclopedia of the Colored Race entry on these men and their company

Websites:

• https://www.blackactuaries.org/
• https://evolutionofraceandinsurance.org/
• https://www.brookings.edu/articles/black-progress-index/

Articles/Posts:

• Longevity Assistant
• Longevity and Inspirational People
• Between The Spreadsheets:
• Octavia Butler Would Have Made a Great Actuary
• Contingencies: 
• Solid as a Rock: A brief history of black owned insurance 
• Furious Hours: A review of a book about the intriguing details surrounding Harper Lee's last novel

Books:

• From Fallen to Fellow
• Furious Hours

Film:

Other:

• W.E.B Dubois Data Viz Competitions: https://twitter.com/DuboisChallenge