“Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again. Most of us adults are so afraid, so cautious, so ‘safe,’ and therefore so shrinking and rigid and afraid that it is why so many humans fail. Most middle-aged adults have resigned themselves to failure.” […]
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Black History Fact Of The Day
“The only northern state to outlast New York in preserving slavery was New Jersey; the last slaves were freed there in 1865.” From, “Slavery In New York” Tweet
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“Experts are experts because they specialize in one small part of a field. A leader’s job is to see beyond that, to see the whole picture and then to make a considered decision. The expert advice should be there to serve you: to be ‘on tap,’ when you need it, but not as your only […]
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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 think that’s the most important thing people understand. Never give up on your dreams because of obstacles in front of you. Just continue to hurdle over all of them. Just keep going.” -John Starks Tweet
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“African Americans had long constituted the core workforce in New York City and its hinterland. In 1771 there were roughly twenty-one thousand African Americans in the region around New York City, virtually all enslaved- and many of them were the children and grandchildren of slaves.” -From, “Slavery In New York” Tweet
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Fort Mose in Florida was said to be the first town governed by the descendants of Africans in North America. [Bibliography: The Black West By: William Katz] Tweet
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