by Reneegede | Dec 22, 2017 | Opinion
Detroit, MI – December 25, 2017 – There is a saying taken from scripture, “The thief cometh not but for to steal, kill and destroy.” Millions of dollars seem to run like water through the fingers to that certain thief, while almost no dollars appear to be made...
by James Washington | Dec 21, 2017 | Did You Know, History
Today’s Tuskegee University in Alabama was first known as the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. It was created by the will of a former slave and by money provided by the Alabama legislature. But it was the guiding influence and management by Booker T....
by James Washington | Dec 20, 2017 | Did You Know, DYK, History
The definition of the term “African Diaspora” may have different meanings for people. In one simple definition it is defined as “a label that is used to describe the dispersed people removed/exiled from a common territorial/geographic origin, Africa.” It is...
by James Washington | Dec 19, 2017 | Did You Know, DYK, History
There are many scholars who would say that the “father of medicine” would probably be the ancient Greek physician, Hippocrates, who was born in 460 B.C. He has been credited with making medicine into a rational science rather than one based on magic or superstition,...
by Reneegede | Dec 19, 2017 | Opinion
If one thing is certain about Dick and Betsy DeVos, it is that they are specialists in the area of mind control economics, where the plans of anything and everything will come to a complete halt unless it was their idea and has their names, or the names of one of...
by James Washington | Dec 19, 2017 | Did You Know, DYK, History
Before the 1920s, many scholars and scientists believed that the origins of human beings were traced back to Europe or Asia based on archaeological finds in those regions. But in 1924, a discovery in South Africa became the first step to changing this perception of...
by James Washington | Dec 18, 2017 | Did You Know, DYK, History
She was given the name “Fundi” which is a Swahili word roughly meaning a person who passes down a craft to the next generation. It was this moniker that reflected the life work of Ella Baker, one of the most prominent female black activists of the Civil Rights...
by James Washington | Dec 15, 2017 | Did You Know, DYK, History
Moneta Sleet Jr. received his first camera (a box version) as a child, but professional photography wouldn’t become a calling until he went to college at Western Kentucky State College when he switched majors to photography. After World War II, he continued his...
by James Washington | Dec 14, 2017 | Did You Know, DYK, History
For an African American, it was a challenge to patent an invention, especially in the late 1800s. However, Isaac R. Johnson succeeded in this challenge when he patent the bicycle frame on October 10, 1899.[1] Isaac R. Johnson was born in New York sometime during...
by James Washington | Dec 13, 2017 | Did You Know, DYK, History
Born on January 13, 1850 in New York, Charlotte E. Ray began teaching at Howard University but was unfulfilled by this occupation because her real aspiration was to become a lawyer.[1] This ambition made Ray enroll in Howard University School of Law under C.E. Ray...
