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January 21, 2012
Missing Links in History Benjamin Banneker Benjamin Banneker was born free in November 1731. He was an essayist, inventor mathematician and lay astronomer, and because of his intellect, he was called a sable genius. While still a youth he made a wooden clock that was said to kept accurate time. This clock is believed…
January 21, 2012
Born the son of sharecroppers on February 21, 1940, outside of Troy Alabama, John Lewis grew up on his family's farm and attended segregated public schools in Pike County, Alabama. As a young boy, he was inspired by the activism surrounding the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the words of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.,…
January 21, 2012
Don’t stop the music By Janice Fralin-Steele Music has always been and always will be around. Many faces of music have changed but then so have the sounds. Music as we’ve known it has changed tremendously. The music that is created today is a far cry from what most of us have grown…
January 04, 2012
Jefferson Long (1836-1900) U.S. Congressman from Georgia When Jefferson Long took his seat in Congress in 1870, he became the first Black to be elected to the United States House of Representatives. The day he was elected, it was said that white Georgians killed seven Blacks and chased Long to a courthouse where he…
July 11, 2011
BY JANICE FRALIN-STEELE This is the story of one of U.S. history’s most extraordinary women to have ever put on a uniform. She was born Cathay Williams, but history will best remember her as William Cathay: the only female Buffalo Soldier. Cathay Williams was born into slavery in Independence Missouri in 1842. She was owned…
July 11, 2011
By Bryant Steele When America thinks of AIDS, we think of an unstoppable disease that is killing more than 36 million people world wide. The media has played a big part in spreading this perception. Americans are constantly creating a mind set that HIV came from Africa. The aids epidemic has added to the negative…
July 10, 2011
The “Hardest Working Man in Show Business”. Often cueing his band with the command, “On the one!” Brown changed the rhythmic emphasis from the two-four beat of traditional soul music to a one-three emphasis previously associated with white musical forms – but with a hard-driving, brassy swing. This pumping, one-three beat became a signature of…
July 10, 2011
Terrence T. Hill, also known as the “Internationally Renowned Premier 3D Leather Artist”, earned his title as the “Unsurpassed Master of Leather” by his Unique Technique. What differentiates him from other talented leather craftsmen is that he doesn’t carve nor use a mold to create the three dimensional effect. Instead he does everything by hand,…
October 28, 2008
This is the story of one of U.S. history's most extraordinary women to have ever put on a uniform. She was born Cathay Williams, but history will best remember her as William Cathay: the only female Buffalo Soldier. Cathay Williams was born into slavery in Independence Missouri in 1842. She was owned by a wealthy…
October 28, 2008
The POLITICIAN did not tell you the TRUTH about their SECRET AGENDA because the Asiatics' in America are seen as FOREIGN RESIDENT SLAVES. Whom the politician by the way have to CLOTHE, FEED, SHELTER and give JOBS to. Peace on Earth and good will to man! Since the time of the "Reconstruction Era" of the…