He Gave us So Many Memories, What Michaels Peers Remember About Him. “He was the greatest player I’ve ever seen, the greatest I ever could have imagined”- Magic Johnson “He was Immortal…
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Black HistoryMILITARY
First African American West Point Grad Henry Ossian Flipper
by Stephen Brown February 13, 2013Henry Ossian Flipper, photographed in his US Military Academy cadet uniform, ca. 1877. Flipper was the first African American graduate of West Point. * First African American West Point…
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Black History
Listen to The Audio Book by Frederick Douglass, Our Greatest Abolitionist.
by Stephen Brown February 7, 2013Frederick Douglass published one of the most poignant and gripping accounts of slavery ever in his autobiography, “The Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, American Slave.” This Book brought the injustice & hypocrisy of…
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Black History
Frederick Douglass, Most Prominent Male Figure in the Abolition of Slavery Movement.
by Stephen Brown February 7, 2013NAME: Frederick Douglass OCCUPATION: Civil Rights Activist BIRTH DATE: c. February 1818 DEATH DATE: February 20, 1895 PLACE OF BIRTH: Tuckahoe, Maryland PLACE OF DEATH: Washington, D.C. ORIGINALLY: Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey *Douglass became the First African American nominated for…
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Black HistoryTECHNOLOGY
Benjamin Banneker, The First Great African American Scientist
by Stephen Brown February 1, 2013NAME: Benjamin Banneker OCCUPATION: Astronomer, Engineer, Surveyor BIRTH DATE: November 09, 1731 DEATH DATE: October 25, 1806 PLACE OF BIRTH: Ellicott’s Mills, Maryland Benjamin Banneker has been called the first Great African American Scientist. As a self-taught…
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Black History
Dr.King Warned us not to Let Technology Overtake our Moral Conscience.
by Stephen Brown February 19, 2012In our society today we are inundated with science and technology everywhere we look. For most of us that is a good thing, regular almost pass’e in our 2017 existence. However,…