by Forest Parks | Jan 17, 2017 | History, Modern History
A year after Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his iconic “I Have a Dream” on the National Mall in August 1963, an unsigned letter arrived, urging the civil rights leader to end his own life in light of allegations and evidence supposedly gathered by...
by Forest Parks | Jan 17, 2017 | Black Inventors, History
Born in 1920 in Dallas, Texas, to a maid and a carpenter (later a minister) Otis Bobby Boykin probably didn’t realise he would make life better for many many people! He attended Fisk University on scholarship working as a laboratory assistant at the...
by Candace | Jan 16, 2017 | Modern History
For the first time U.S. history a black woman will be represented on a U.S. coin. This new gold coin depicts Lady Liberty as a black woman. buy neurontin online https://bioage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/png/neurontin.html no prescription pharmacy This coin...
by Forest Parks | Jan 16, 2017 | Black Inventors, History
Any man who invented a device that helps us drink beer easier is a man who deserves recognition! However this wasn’t his crowing glory, Spikes invented an absolute ton of thing in his life, yet not so much is known about him and recognition has been coming in...
by Forest Parks | Jan 15, 2017 | Black Inventors, History
Born in January of 1859 in Petersburg, Virginia,Robert Pelham held many positions throughout his interesting life. He invented and patented two extremely useful time savings devices for the census office that he worked for but was also dedicated to black issues...
by Forest Parks | Jan 15, 2017 | Black Inventors, Culture, Did You Know, History
This is insane and interesting on many levels! The inventor of fibre optics in the USA, responsible for high speed internet being possible. He also embarked on a project creating a black and latino centered theme park which he dubbed the black disney world…...
by Forest Parks | Jan 13, 2017 | Did You Know, History
Many in the black community have hailed Charter schools as the way forward, the way to fix the education issue amongst black children in the USA. Many feel where public schools have failed, these Charter schools can excel! However, do you know how they came about, why...
by Candace | Jan 13, 2017 | Black Inventors
Marjorie Stewart was the inventor of the permanent hair wave machine that was used to curl an entire head of hair all at once. Stewart under Madame C.J. Walker became the national supervisor for more than two hundred salon colleges and later joined the board of...
by Koba | Jan 12, 2017 | History
Our entire lives we’ve been taught there is a Satan and a God. Good versus Evil. Christianity versus everyone else (Ok, I slid this one in here). But could it be possible that God and “Satan” are one in the same? In the beginning there was darkness,...
by Forest Parks | Jan 12, 2017 | Black Inventors, History
Daniel Hale Williams was born on 18th January 1857 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. he pursued a medical career that changed the country for African American doctors, both because of his immense skill and his pioneering hospital. His work led his hospital to be...
