“Personal energy limitations or personal energy use not only refers to our physical energy, but also applies to our mental and spiritual energy. Thomas Edison was once ridiculed for not being able to remember his own phone number. His reply was why should he clutter his mind with facts that could be easily accessed in […]
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Book Excerpt Of The Week: Part 1, “The Spirituality of Success” By: Vincent Roazzi
“There are no gurus, genies, or fairy godmothers that can touch you with a wand and change your life. There is no magic that I, or anyone else, can perform that will give you the success you desire. The Wizard of Oz is a metaphor for those of us ‘searching’ for success. Like Dorothy, we […]
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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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Cynthia McKinney is the first African American woman to represent Georgia in the House of Representatives. Tweet
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“I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or rat in a trap.” -Ida B. Wells Tweet
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Ernie Davis was the first African American to win the Heisman trophy. He was also the first African American football player to be taken first overall in the NFL Draft. Ernie Davis died at the age of 23, and never got to play in a professional football game. However, his talent and accomplishments were so […]
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“The only lifelong, reliable motivations are those that come from within, and one of the strongest of those is the joy and pride that grow from knowing that you’ve just done something as well as you can do it.” -Lloyd Dobens Tweet
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DRAPETOMANIA:According to Wikipedia, “Drapetomania was a supposed mental illness described by American physician Samuel A. Cartwright in 1851 that caused black slaves to flee captivity. Today, drapetomania is considered an example of pseudoscience, and part of the edifice of scientific racism. The term derives from the Greek δραπετης (drapetes, ‘a runaway [slave]’) + μανια (mania, […]
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Barbara Hillary is the first Black woman to reach both the North Pole and the South Pole. She is a lung-cancer survivor, and she first reached the North Pole at 75 years old. Tweet
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“Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.” -Josh Billings Tweet
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