Interest rates are at an all time low. Economists have said that the interest rates have never been so low for so long. Real estate buyers are at a great advantage with a 40-year low rate. Fixed-rate mortgages are recommended in this type of economic environment. This type of mortgage will lock the interest rate […]
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Black History Fact Of The Day
John Thomas White received a patent for the lemon squeezer on December 8, 1896. Tweet
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“None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.” -Benjamin Whichcote Tweet
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Joseph Hunter Dickinson created many inventions involving musical instruments. He invented the player piano, the reed organ, and a mechanism to control the volume on mechanical musical instruments. Tweet
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“Joy is not in things; it is in us.” -Richard Wagner Tweet
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“It was the slaves’ day off. About twenty of them of things rolling on Sunday, September 9, 1739, breaking into a warehouse less than twenty miles south of Charlestown, South Carolina, grabbing guns and powder, and shooting sentries that got in their way. They were African born, with memories of life in the Kingdom of […]
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“It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.” -Claude Bernard Tweet
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“An important fact that should be well known is that all unmixed Africans are not jet black. For while the great majority are black skinned, countless thousands who lived for centuries in cool areas have lighter complexion- and no ‘Caucasian blood’ at all.” -From, “The Destruction of Black Civilization” By: Chancellor Williams Tweet
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Oscar Micheaux is noted as the first African American to make a full length feature film. He was also into ownership- something that Black Hollywood lacks today. 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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