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 op ...
Posted Friday, March 23rd 2018 at 8:55AM
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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 nam ...
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 C ...
Posted Wednesday, March 21st 2018 at 5:25PM
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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 mor ...
Posted Tuesday, March 20th 2018 at 11:51AM
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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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