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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 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…
October 07, 2008
Clarence “Big House” Gaines was a national coaching legend at Winston-Salem State University where he led the Rams to 18 20-win seasons and guided WSSU to eight Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) titles. In 1967 he led WSSU to a 31-1 record and coached the Rams, and future NBA star, Earl “The Pearl” Monroe, to…
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