Millie and Christine McCoy (1851-1912) were conjoined twins born into slavery. They and their mother were sold to a showman, Joseph Smith. Smith and his wife educated the girls; they eventually could speak five languages, dance, play music, and sing. ...
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Gangster Music and Gangsta Rap are said to have their birth in the 1980s. The truth is..... none of that is true.
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Samuel "Sam" Sharpe
The leader of a Maafa (slavery) rebellion in Jamaica in 1831 which became known as the Christmas Rebellion. The uprising lasted 10 days and spread throughout the entire island, mobilizing as many as 60,000 of Jamaica's 300,000 ...
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Katherine Johnson
The NASA Mathematician Who Advanced Human Rights with a Slide Rule and Pencil NASA chief Charles Bolden recalls the historic trajectory of the “human computer” who played a key role in the Apollo 11 moon landing, and as a female ...
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Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones, known as Sissieretta Jones, (b.1868 – d.1933) was an American soprano. She sometimes was called "The Black Patti" in reference to Italian opera singer Adelina Patti. Jones' repertoire included grand opera, light oper ...
Posted Friday, March 23rd 2018 at 8:55AM
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Nationwide has partnered with HBCU CONNECT for almost a decade to bring savings to the HBCU community. This crucial partnership helps HBCU CONNECT provide scholarship opportunities to deserving students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities ...
Posted Friday, March 23rd 2018 at 8:54AM
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Posted Thursday, March 22nd 2018 at 6:47PM
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The Magnificent Walls of Benin
"The Walls of Benin were a combination of ramparts and moats, called Iya in the local language[which?], used as a defense of the defunct Kingdom of Benin, which is present-day Benin City, the capital of present-day Edo, Nigeria. It was considered the largest man-mad ...
Posted Thursday, March 22nd 2018 at 10:37AM
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Emmett W. Chappelle
Is a scientist who made valuable contributions in the fields of medicine, philanthropy, food science, and Astrochemistry.
From 1950 to 1955 he served as an instructor of biochemistry at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, ...
Posted Wednesday, March 21st 2018 at 5:32PM
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He was the first Black Japanese Samurai in history and he was essentially one of the ‘Right Hand Men’ of the war lord of 16th century Japan: Oda Nobunaga.
Yasuke (彌介) is what they called him, we are not too sure of his actual name bu ...
Posted Wednesday, March 21st 2018 at 5:29PM
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James Samuel Watson (1882–1952) was one of the first two Black Americans elected as a judge in New York City.
James S. Watson was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica on May 29, 1882. His father, James Michael Watson, was a Sergeant in the Jamaica Con ...
Posted Wednesday, March 21st 2018 at 5:25PM
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Morgan State University announces the signing of a new Educational Program Agreement with the Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTD). The signing took place on March 5, 2018, during a c ...
Posted Wednesday, March 21st 2018 at 11:06AM
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Black horsemen played a vital role in shaping early American turf history, and the Kentucky Derby is no exception. The history of the Kentucky Derby and African-American horsemen are intertwined. The Derby and Churchill Downs owe a great deal to thes ...
Posted Wednesday, March 21st 2018 at 8:59AM
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Ella Baker (1903–1986) Ella Baker spent her life working behind the scenes to organize the Civil Rights Movement. If she could have changed anything about the movement, it might have been to persuade the men leading it that they, too, should do more ...
Posted Tuesday, March 20th 2018 at 11:51AM
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6 year old Romanieo Jr. engages in playful improvisation in describing the structure of organic molecules. AMAZING!!!
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Posted Monday, March 19th 2018 at 7:57PM
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Team NBK discusses the origins of the Black Conscious Community and some of the important figures that laid the foundation. Men and women such as Hubert Harrison, John Edward Bruce, John Henrik Clarke, Arturo Schomburg and many others paved the way for first a Consciousness of Africa and also an awa ...
Posted Monday, March 19th 2018 at 4:29PM
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The Golden Thirteen were the thirteen African American enlisted men who became the first African American commissioned and warrant officers in the United States Navy.
Throughout the history of the United States until the end of World War I, the Na ...
Posted Monday, March 19th 2018 at 11:27AM
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We Women like it nice and smooth.
Speaking from experience.
Searching for a smooth groove led
me to share this with you!
Let femininity reign. Let masculinity
reign.
Loving our Men and women.
Stir the energy realm around our
being. Slow ...
Posted Monday, March 19th 2018 at 7:21AM
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Prince Hall is recognized as the founder of Black Freemasonry in America. The Freemasons are a society of secrets, but there is one secret all should know about the founder of Black Freemasonry in America and his mission to get Back to Africa.
Sig ...
Posted Sunday, March 18th 2018 at 11:02AM
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Edwin B Henderson is considered the "Father of Black Basketball" introducing the game to the African American community. The Smart Set Athletic Club of Brooklyn, NY was the first black independently owned basketball team and also added entertainment ...
Posted Saturday, March 17th 2018 at 5:12PM
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Lay on our Garments of Green.
Festive like the season of Spring!
Today we honor the Irish. Saint
Patrick to be more specific.
The New Moon is celebrated this
day too. So plant those seeds with
love.
Be the sun that shines from above.
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Posted Saturday, March 17th 2018 at 8:50AM
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10 things I'll miss about Dublin. Also the whole me being black thing too! To get more video updates Follow me on Instagram - - https://www.instagram.com/charmeeifyoudare/ ...
Posted Friday, March 16th 2018 at 3:05PM
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