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365 Black History: May 23rd – Jamaican Hero, Engineering Patent, the birth of a Star & a Boxing Legend

365 Black History: May 23rd – Jamaican Hero, Engineering Patent, the birth of a Star & a Boxing Legend

by Freddie Ra | May 23, 2016 | Black 365

The 365 Black History serious is designed to give our community a chance to learn and appreciate the achievement, struggles and experience of our ancestors, inventors, business people, scientific, educators, children and more. On May 23rdin Black History 1832 –...
Fannie Lou Hamer Risked Her Life Registering People to Vote & Many of Us Won’t Today for No Good Reason

Fannie Lou Hamer Risked Her Life Registering People to Vote & Many of Us Won’t Today for No Good Reason

by Freddie Ra | May 23, 2016 | Profiles in Black History

Fannie Lou Hamer was born October 6, 1917 in the Mississippi Delta. Inspired by the fighting spirit of her mother, Fannie Lou Hamer became widely known as the “Spirit” of Civil Rights movement. In early 1960’s a Black man or woman could lose their...
365 Black History: May 21st – Happy Birthday Biggie Smalls, First Black Senator, Educational Achievements, & More

365 Black History: May 21st – Happy Birthday Biggie Smalls, First Black Senator, Educational Achievements, & More

by Freddie Ra | May 21, 2016 | Black 365

The 365 Black History serious is designed to give our community a chance to learn and appreciate the achievement, struggles and experience of our ancestors, inventors, business people, scientific, educators, children and more. On May 21st in Black History 1833 –...
365 Black History: May 20th – The Birth of a Legend, Toussaint L’Ouverture & a School for Former Slaves Created

365 Black History: May 20th – The Birth of a Legend, Toussaint L’Ouverture & a School for Former Slaves Created

by Freddie Ra | May 20, 2016 | Black 365

The 365 Black History serious is designed to give our community a chance to learn and appreciate the achievement, struggles and experience of our ancestors, inventors, business people, scientific, educators, children and more. On May 20th in Black History 1704 –...
Senegal Born, Phillis Wheatley Was Sold Into Slavery & Still Became the Most Famous Female Poet of the Eighteenth Century

Senegal Born, Phillis Wheatley Was Sold Into Slavery & Still Became the Most Famous Female Poet of the Eighteenth Century

by Freddie Ra | May 20, 2016 | Profiles in Black History

Born in 1753 in Senegal, West Africa but sold into slavery at eight years old, Phillis Wheatley became the most famous female poet of the eighteenth century. At age thirteen years old and while still in slavery, Phillis Wheatley’s poems were being circulated...
Did You Know Matthew Alexander Henson Was the First Person to the North Pole?

Did You Know Matthew Alexander Henson Was the First Person to the North Pole?

by Freddie Ra | May 19, 2016 | Profiles in Black History

Matthew henson belongs to that hardy race of adventurers which from man’s earliest history paved the way for civilization by adding to the knowledge that was hitherto unattainable. Henson’s feat in reaching the North Pole holds a high place in the saga of...
365 Black History: May 18th – Birth of Jim Crow with Plessy v Ferguson, Reggie Jackson, & Mary McLeod Bethune

365 Black History: May 18th – Birth of Jim Crow with Plessy v Ferguson, Reggie Jackson, & Mary McLeod Bethune

by Freddie Ra | May 18, 2016 | Black 365

The 365 Black History serious is designed to give our community a chance to learn and appreciate the achievement, struggles and experience of our ancestors, inventors, business people, scientific, educators, children and more. On May 18th in Black History 1896 –...
Dr. Percy L. Julian, Chemist & Pioneer in Chemical Synthesis of Medicinal Drugs Who Held Over 130 Patents

Dr. Percy L. Julian, Chemist & Pioneer in Chemical Synthesis of Medicinal Drugs Who Held Over 130 Patents

by Freddie Ra | May 18, 2016 | Profiles in Black History

Born in 1899 in Montgomery, Alabama, Dr. Percy Julian was one of the most famous Black scientist. Just as George Washington Carver demonstrated what could be done with the ordinary peanut, Dr. Julian took the soybean, which was until this time just another bean, and...
365 Black History: May 17th – First Kentucky Derby Winner is Black, Frederick Douglass, Brown v Board

365 Black History: May 17th – First Kentucky Derby Winner is Black, Frederick Douglass, Brown v Board

by Freddie Ra | May 17, 2016 | Black 365

The 365 Black History serious is designed to give our community a chance to learn and appreciate the achievement, struggles and experience of our ancestors, inventors, business people, scientific, educators, children and more. On May 17th in Black History 1875 –...
Paul Robeson World Class Athlete, Entertainer and Activist

Paul Robeson World Class Athlete, Entertainer and Activist

by Freddie Ra | May 17, 2016 | Profiles in Black History

Paul Robeson was one of the most giften men in the history of the world. He  was an athlete, actor, author, attorney, a scholar and concert singer. Born in Princeton, New Jersey on April 9th, 1898, Paul Robeson showed that he was a man of many talents. He gave 296...
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