“Some players with a lot of athletic ability just go out and play. Then after four or five years, you don’t hear about them anymore. The smart guys figure it out, and they pkay 10, 12 years. They do it mentally more than they do it physically.” -Ahmad Rashad Tweet
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Black History Fact Of The Day
In 1994, John Starks and Barry Sanders invested in the black-owned American State Bank. Tweet
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“Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.” -Barry Switzer 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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The Wilmington race riot of 1898 is also historically known as the Wilmington Massacre of 1898, and the Wilmington Coup d’etat of 1898. This incident is reportedly the only instance of and attempted coup d’etat in the history of the United States. On November 10, 1898, members of the Democratic Party attempted to overthrow elected […]
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In March 1653, Peter Stuyvesant, the director of the slave-trading Dutch West India Company and the Director-General of New Netherland, now known as New York, ordered slaves to build blockades to serve as protective barriers for the area of lower Manhattan. Stuyvesant reportedly demanded that the log-made barricade be “12 feet long, 18 inches in […]
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“Time is precious, and you ought to be thoughtful about what yo do with it.” -Tom Jones Tweet
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In 1661, a man who was known as “Francisco the Negro” helped to found what is now Bushwick, Brooklyn. He was one of the 23 founders of that area. In 1661, Bushwick was known as Boswijk. [Bibliography: Slavery In New York] Tweet
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