On 4th of March 1980, Robert Mugabe won a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister. At the time, he was one of the leaders of the rebel groups against white minority rule. He served in that office until 1987, when he ...
Posted Thursday, March 3rd 2016 at 1:48AM
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I haven't yet been able to validate it, but from the initial view of it, seemingly following data is correct:
If we consider Oscar Awards since 1995, 20% of awards for best supporting actress went to blacks, only 10% for best supporting actors, 15 ...
Posted Wednesday, March 2nd 2016 at 4:35AM
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As we are getting closer to the end of the Black History Month, there are a bunch of quotes that motivate us to move forward and go beyond what's already been built.
1. "We should emphasize not Negro history, but the Negro in history. What we need ...
Posted Monday, February 29th 2016 at 2:03AM
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We're already into last 12 days of the Black History Month, this year. I used this opportunity to learn as much as possible about the past of Afro Americans and believe that I spent it effectively.
There is a lot of info out there, good and bad, b ...
Posted Thursday, February 18th 2016 at 2:30PM
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Do you read Psalms 91 regularly?
Replace I, He, Him, and Thee,
with your name. Let's read this
chapter daily.
Are you loving and living with your actions?
I learned to focus on the act of loving instead
of the act of receiving or expecting ...
Posted Wednesday, February 17th 2016 at 7:29AM
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH evokes painful memories of how when Black People nationwide visited local car dealerships REGARDLESS OF THEIR FINANCIAL OR PROFESSIONAL STATUS, in the "TOWER" where the "Desk Managers Penciled YOUR Deals" BLACK PEOPLE were treate ...
Posted Wednesday, February 17th 2016 at 12:55AM
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Alabama State University's National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture is hosting a special Black History Month program examining a modern-day tragedy, which is the lynching of Elmore Bolling.
The event is free and ...
Posted Tuesday, February 16th 2016 at 2:40PM
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Yes, one must get out and make a snowball or two!
Just singin' in the snow!
You might run into your neighbor...Love ya Kate! ...
Posted Tuesday, February 16th 2016 at 12:52PM
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Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born into a musical family on 9 August 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of gospel star Cissy Houston, cousin of singing star Dionne Warwick and goddaughter of soul legend Aretha Franklin.
She began singing i ...
Posted Thursday, February 11th 2016 at 5:00PM
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The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) was a labor union organized by African American employees of the Pullman Company in August 1925 and led by A. Philip Randolph and Milton P. Webster. Over the next twelve years, the BSCP fought a three-fr ...
Posted Thursday, February 11th 2016 at 4:47PM
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In 1781, Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman became the first African-American woman to win her freedom from slavery through a court of law. The case was held in Massachusetts, which coincidentally, became the first state in the Union to abolish slavery; many ...
Posted Wednesday, February 10th 2016 at 9:22PM
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In 1970, Cheryl Adrienne Brown was the first African-American woman to compete in the Miss America pageant.
Born in New York City, to a Port Authority officer and a hospital clinic manager, she grew up in Queens with three brothers. Brown studied ...
Posted Wednesday, February 10th 2016 at 9:16PM
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WHEN WILL WE LEARN HOW TO SPEAK THE CAR DEALERS ENCRYPTED LANGUAGE?
In 2003 God inspired CCBM ~ http://bit.ly/1jSHMyy to become the first "Global" advocate for "People of Color" who refuse to accept the irrefutable fact that RECORD BREAKING, Car D ...
Posted Thursday, February 4th 2016 at 1:32AM
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"Susie King Taylor (1848-1912) was the first Black Army nurse. She tended to an all Black army troop named the First South Carolina Volunteers, 33rd Regiment, where her husband served, for four years during the Civil War. Despite her service, like ma ...
Posted Tuesday, February 2nd 2016 at 4:47PM
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Mordecai Wyatt Johnson (January 4, 1890 – September 10, 1976) was an American educator. He served as the first black president of Howard University, from 1926 until 1960.
Johnson received his B.A. from Morehouse College in 1911, and second bache ...
Posted Tuesday, February 2nd 2016 at 4:45PM
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Courtesy of BlackNews.com
Students and parents looking for financial aid to help pay for college are rejoicing about the release of a new 67-page book entitled, Get That Money, Honey! Top 101+ Scholarships (and Internships) for African Americans a ...
Posted Tuesday, February 2nd 2016 at 12:08PM
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Content Provided Courtesy of AT&T 28 Days at http://www.ATT.com/28Days
Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick had been called a “Super Doctor” and named among “America’s Best Physicians” by national publications long before he was unanimously elected Howard U ...
Posted Monday, February 1st 2016 at 6:53PM
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Google’s honoring of Frederick Douglass through a doodle on its search page Monday highlights one of America's most prominent abolitionists.
Douglass’ life story and his oral and literary work still stand as defining items in the saga of slavery a ...
Posted Monday, February 1st 2016 at 6:31PM
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We are excited to announce a partnership between Tech Giant - Symantec and The HBCU mega site - HBCUConnect.com, inviting HBCU alumni and African American professionals on the West Coast (or traveling to the area) to an evening of networking at Symantec's beautiful Headquarters in Mountain View, California Headquarters! Click to find out more. ...
Posted Monday, February 1st 2016 at 1:41AM
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The case of a former Ku Klux Klan leader convicted of killing a 16-year-old black girl with a crossbow is being reviewed by the North Carolina Parole Commission, according to the Charlotte Observer.
Russell Hinson, the “Exalted Cyclops” leader of ...
Posted Sunday, January 31st 2016 at 4:02PM
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FLINT, Michigan—Arthur Woodson, a longtime resident, sees great irony in the state’s “Pure Michigan” slogan in efforts to draw visitors in light of the pure hell residents are facing with an unhealthy water supply.
In interviews and in writing, he ...
Posted Sunday, January 31st 2016 at 3:46PM
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In a very honest and informative session, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan sat down for an interview and a dialogue with Alex Jones of Infowars.com (January 20, 2016) ...
Posted Sunday, January 31st 2016 at 3:39PM
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What is Serapis? Origin of JESUS CHRIST
Constantine called the council by summoning all the bishops to discredit Arius, The Council of Nicaea. During the time when this meeting was called upon, there was no mention of Jesus Christ at all; no man ...
Posted Friday, January 29th 2016 at 8:21PM
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