by Forest Parks | Jan 25, 2019 | Did You Know, History, Profiles in Black History
The granddaughter of enslaved people, Louise Shropshire was born Louise Jarrett on February 15, 1913 in Coffee County, Alabama. In 1917, her family relocated to Cincinnati, Ohio in search of a better life than they had experienced as rural Alabama sharecroppers. As a...
by Forest Parks | Oct 17, 2018 | History, Profiles in Black History, UI Daily
From 27 years in prison to South Africa’s first Black head of state! Mr Mandela had such an unbelievable life and his legacy will live on forever! South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist. South Africa’s first Black head of...
by Forest Parks | Oct 16, 2018 | History, Profiles in Black History, UI Daily
At 35-years-old he became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize. YES you know the man and YES you will be pleased to know he has finally found his way onto a Black History Flashcard as a special BONUS card! Read on to learn / review a little about his life!...
by Forest Parks | Oct 5, 2018 | History, Profiles in Black History, UI Daily
After the murder of Trayvon Martin, these ladies felt compelled to take action and what they created went National and beyond!? Learn more about below! Organizers, freedom fighters, and justice seekers. Creators of Black Lives Matter; a chapter-based national...
by Forest Parks | Oct 4, 2018 | History, Profiles in Black History, UI Daily
These fearsome warriors represent a gruesome and hard-fought part of our history that was not so long ago! You have to wonder how each of these women would be fighting today? Learn more about these warriors below! An all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of...
by gamma | Oct 2, 2018 | History, Profiles in Black History, UI Daily
She fought against a racist system in a white-dominated sport with fire, she did the unbelievable and stayed true to herself at every single step, even though they continued to try to knock her down! Learn more and watch the amazing backflip below! Award-winning...
by Forest Parks | Feb 25, 2018 | Did You Know, History, Profiles in Black History
Selma’s cousin Lillian Bredell-Williams was kind enough to create this profile for a true American Master that you may have never heard of! And she created an image that you may have in your pocket right now! Read on…. Selma Hortense Burke, An African...
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 Freddie Ra | Sep 8, 2016 | Profiles in Black History
World record-holder Jesse Owens had one qualifying jump left at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. He had fouled on four of his first five tries. And he was angry because Nazi ruler Adolf Hitler, with his misguided notions of Aryan supremacy, had just delivered an...
by Freddie Ra | Aug 26, 2016 | Did You Know, Profiles in Black History
In at least one branch of industry, America owes its supremacy to an African American, Jan Ernest matzeliger. A pioneer in the art of shoemaking, he enriched America and other nations by billions of dollars, made a dozen or more millionaires, created work for hundreds...
