By Stephen Brown: @SteveBTech is a Technology Entrepreneur, Programmer, & Int’l CES Judge. Along with being the founder of DigitalAfro.com, he is the founder of DigiLyfe Magazine , Nubby.co, & StemStars.org an organization that teaches K-12 Students…
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Don Cheadle Producing Film About John G Hamilton, The First Black Millionaire
This is a story that needs to be told, and Don Cheadle is bringing the legacy of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Americas first black millionaire to life on the big…
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Would Dr. Martin Luther King Be Proud Of Where We Are Now In America?
by DactivistBy Digital Afro Contributing Writer Issac Morgan: Issac is a distinguished graduate of Florida A&M’s School of Journalism. He is an avid writer covering diverse topics including politics, digital media,…
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The Mercedes Benz Biome concept uses soybean composites, and biodegradable materials pioneered by George Washington Carver over 85 years ago. George Washington Carver, and billionaire automaker Henry Ford were…
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It is very difficult for many African Americans to trace their ancestry during slavery. The federal census did not record negroes by their first and last names until 1870.Prior…
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Mother of the Civil Rights Movement, Rosa Parks…The Strength to Remain Seated
by DactivistROSA PARKS WOULD BE 100 YEARS OLD TODAY, CELEBRATE HER LEGACY NAME: Rosa Parks OCCUPATION: Civil Rights Activist BIRTH DATE: February 04, 1913 DEATH DATE: October 24, 2005 EDUCATION: Industrial School for Girls, Alabama State Teachers College…
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“All the world is waiting for a substitute for gasoline,” Ford said in 1916 “The day is not far distant when, for every one of those barrels of gasoline, a…
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NAME: George Washington Carver OCCUPATION: Inventor, Chemist BIRTH DATE: c. January 1864 DEATH DATE: January 05, 1943 EDUCATION: Minneapolis High School, Simpson College, Iowa State Agricultural College PLACE OF BIRTH: Diamond Grove, Missouri PLACE OF DEATH: Tuskegee, Alabama …
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NAME: Sojourner Truth OCCUPATION: Civil Rights Activist, Women’s Rights Activist BIRTH DATE: c. 1797 DEATH DATE: November 26, 1883 PLACE OF BIRTH: Swartekill, Ulster County,New York PLACE OF DEATH: Battle Creek, Michigan ORIGINALLY: Isabella Baumfree NICKNAME: “Belle” AKA: Sojourner Truth…
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Billie Holliday Sings ” Strange Fruit ” A Song Released in 1939 in Protest of the Tens of Thousands of Lynchings of Blacks in the South. Holiday who was one…