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Granville T. Woods Was an Incredible Inventor Who Earned over 35 Patents Ranging from a Steam Boiler to Airbrake
Born on April 23, 1856 in Columbus, Ohio, Granville Woods was the individual most responsible for modernizing the railroad. During his lifetime, Granville T. Woods earned over thirty-five patents ranging from a steam boiler furnace in 1884, an incubator in 1900, to...
First Black Valedictorian at America’s First School of Dentistry
Tera Poole, a native from Ohio rose against all odds to become the first Black Valedictorian at the World’s First School of Dentistry. She was one of the 9 Black Female students who graduated from Maryland School of Dentistry On May 20. Two days later after graduation...
24-Year-Old Ghanaian Woman Develops App for Autistic Children
Living with autism in Ghana has just been made more bearable since HopeSetters, an autism center, came out with a locally configured autism app that helps children with autism receive better education. The privately funded center is the very first in Sub-Saharan...
Centuries-Old Artifacts Discovered Beneath Malcolm X’s Childhood Home, the Roxbury House
The legend of Malcolm X and insight into his past continue to mystify the world. Fortunately, it gained a bit of a boost recently as artifacts from his childhood have been discovered beneath his childhood home. The home, located at 72 Dale Street, Boston MA, was...
Carter G. Woodson Launched a Scholarly Repository of Research on Black History Used By Students Throughout the World
Carter Godwin Woodson, the father of "Black History," was born on December 19, 1875 in New Canton, Virginia. Despite the pioneering efforts of many Black writers and scholars, the systematic treatment of Black history was not achieved until 1915 when Carter G....
New York Jets Give Contract to Joe Anderson, Who Held a Sign Outside Texans Stadium Hoping to Get a Chance in the NFL
The world loves go-getters! The people who don't allow their negative circumstances or temporary set backs defeat them. The world gives those people a chance to prove themselves and this narrative fits Joe Anderson. Six weeks back, Anderson, who is 27 years old, stood...
‘I Am Cait’ Is Officially Banned in Africa Due to Differing Views of the African People
In America, everyone is familiar, for the better or worse, with Cait Jenner. The once male, super athlete and Olympian, Bruce Jenner, decided to make the change to a female and calls herself Cait. She went through with the operations last year to make it official. As...
Conscious Teen Escorted Out of Graduation for Wearing Kente Cloth
Eighteen year old, Nyree Holmes, an African American Cosumnes Oaks High School student was escorted out by three Sacramento County Sheriffs during his graduation ceremony for wearing a Kente cloth over his robe for his graduation. Holmes explained the importance of...
Young African Mathematicians, Scientists to Receive $10,000 Cash Prize for Further Education
Young African mathematicians and scientists currently studying for their Masters degree programme at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) will henceforth be entitled to winning a $10,000 cash prize. The prize is donated by the 2016 winner of the...
365 Black History: May 31st – Black Wall Street Bombed by Airplane, Race Riot Erupts, Legislation Enacted, & NAACP’s First Conference
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 31st in Black History 1870 -...
Whitney Moore Young Fought for Civil Rights and Anti-Poverty Programs, Even Help Lead the March on Washington
A civil rights leader who urged African Americans to work within the system, Whitney Moore Young, as executive director of the National Urban League from 1961 to 1971, played a leading role in persuading America's corporate elite to provide better opportunities for...
Africa Produces 75% of Cocoa And Only Get’s 2% Of A $100 Billion Industry…
Ok, I am no mathematical genius, far from it, but I can do my simple sums. So, if Africa produces 75% of the world's cocoa then surely this great continent should be flowing with the riches, with somewhere around 75% of the revenue of the chocolate industry worth...
