by Forest Parks | Jan 11, 2017 | Did You Know, History
Reparations! A topic that’s been on the minds of many for pretty much…. forever! Descendents of slaves who brought brought over unwillingly from their homes in Africa, forced to work, murdered, raped, belittled in every way possible, still feel the...
by Candace | Jan 11, 2017 | Black Inventors
Valerie Thomas, a famous inventor, paved the way it invention for not only for black women of her time but for all women of her time. Thomas worked for NASA between 1964 and 1995 creating and developing real-time computer data systems. In 1977, Thomas had begun...
by Candace | Jan 10, 2017 | Modern History
The new millennium has been an era of history-making events, and astronaut Jeannette Epps is about to create another one. NASA has recently announced that Epps, from Syracuse, New York, will be the first African-American to become a crew member on the International...
by Forest Parks | Jan 10, 2017 | Black Inventors, History
Dr. Philip Emeagwali was born in civil-war torn Nigeria in 1954. He had to leave school at 14 because his family could not afford the fees but from his rocket shell crumbled home his father kept pushing education, they worked hard on mathematics until Phillip outdone...
by Forest Parks | Jan 9, 2017 | Black Inventors, History
Garret Morgan was a rare type of person who just kept giving to the world! Even after he became very wealthy from his gas mask invention he still found time for more world changing devices! Morgan was born on 4th March 1877 in Paris Kentucky. At just 14 he headed off...
by Randall Barnes | Jan 9, 2017 | HBCU Pulse, History, Profiles in Black History
Subscribe to the HBCU Pulse YouTube channel here —> http://bit.ly/2i5pZrK As the increasing influx of racial inequities seem to increase, there’s always a discussion on our journey as African-Americans. Police brutality isn’t a new advent. White supremacy...
by Forest Parks | Jan 6, 2017 | Black Inventors
When egyptologists uncovered Imhotep’s name, along with various titles including chief of the sculptors and chief of the seers and more it marked an extremely important part in piecing together the history of ancient Egyptians. The inscription was found at the...
by Forest Parks | Jan 5, 2017 | Black Inventors, Did You Know
Lloyd Hall was an African American chemist who contributed heavily to food preservation chemistry and amassed a huge 59 patents by the end of his career. He is particularly known for producing a new way of preserving meat that kept it’s vibrant color and allowed...
by Forest Parks | Jan 4, 2017 | Did You Know, History
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by Forest Parks | Jan 4, 2017 | Black Inventors, Blog, Did You Know
James Forten was a free black man born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1766. Throughout his life he did many great things, amassing a huge fortune by revolutionising sails for boats but gave back heavily to his fellow man. He was the grandson of enslaved people but...
