Hundley “told her to shut that (N-word) baby up,” FBI special agent Daron Cheney said in a sworn statement. She said Hundley then slapped the toddler in the face, scratching the boy…
Black History
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Progress??: Until Yesterday, Slavery was Legal in Mississippi.
by Dactivist February 19, 2013Mississippi State capital Building Jackson MS Progress ?? Yesterday, The State of Mississippi officially ratified the 13th Amendment, which outlawed slavery … nearly 150 years after most of the states…
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Michael Jordan, Greatest Athlete Ever Turns 50 Today
by Stephen Brown February 17, 2013He 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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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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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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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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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,…