Dick Gregory discusses: William Cooper, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, JFK, Michael Jackson, and Whitney Houston. Tweet
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Black History Fact Of The Day
Richard Spikes was a prolific inventor. Among his inventions were: automobile directional signals, an automatic car washer, an automatic safety brake, a multiple-barrel machine gun, self-locking rack for billiard cues, and a method and apparatus for obtaining average samples and temperature of tank liquids. Tweet
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PLEASE PASS THIS ON! (EACH ONE TEACH ONE OR TWO!) THIS IS PHASE ONE ON HOW WE CAN HELP TO STRENGTHEN & EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITY: The 2008 not guilty verdict in the Sean Bell case evoked outrage, emotion, and debate. It is not an anomaly that the police officers involved in the Sean Bell slaying […]
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“I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.” -Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Tweet
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Dick Gregory discusses Medgar Evers, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., what really happened with Dave Chapelle’s “disappearance to Africa,” white supremacy, Bill Cosby’s attempted purchase of NBC, the link between pollution and crime, cannibalism and bath salts. Tweet
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In 1978, Jill Brown became the first African-American woman to fly for a wajor United States commercial airline. Tweet
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“All the so-called ‘secrets of success’ will not work unless you do.” -Author Unknown Tweet
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In a world where abbreviated text messages are a popular form of communication, check out this passage on the importance of punctuation: “Just look at the difference between these two love notes: My Dear Pat, The dinner we shared the other night- it was absolutely lovely! Not in my wildest dreams could I ever imagine […]
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On this date in 1914, Marcus Garvey founded the Universal Improvement Association. Also on this date in 1920, Marcus Garvey held the national convention of the UIA. At this convention, Marcus Garvey presented his “Back to Africa” program. Tweet
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“To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning.” -John W. Gardner Tweet
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