“If you want work well done, select a busy man. The other kind has no time.” -Elbert Hubbard Tweet
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TODAY IS BUY BLACK FRIDAY
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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“In every crisis there is a message. Crises are nature’s way of forcing change— breaking down old structures, shaking loose negative habits so that something new and better can take their place.” —Susan L. Taylor Tweet
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Alfred L. Cralle invented the ice cream scooper. His invention was originally called the “Ice Cream Mold and Disher.” His invention, which only required the use of one hand, was created to scoop out hard to separate foods without it sticking to the apparatus. Mr. Cralle’s sturdy invention was inexpensive to manufacture and could be […]
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“Every adversity carries within it the seed of a greater or equivalent benefit.” -Napolean Hill Tweet
Read the rest of this entry »Black History Fact Of The Day: Happy Birthday Touissant L’Ouverture
On this day, May 20, in 1743, Haitian revolutionary Touissant L’Ouverture was born. Tweet
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“If you understand what’s happened to your people historically you’re much better prepared not to let that happen again, and to succeed in shaping your own destiny.” -Tom Jones Tweet
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The musical tune that plays from most local ice cream trucks is actually the melody of a 1916 song released by Columbia Records entitled, “Ni**er Love A Watermelon HA! HA! HA!” Tweet
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