Historically Black college, Xavier University, is known for having one of the highest success rates of getting their students into medical school.
Black History Fact Of The Day
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Quote Of The Day
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“The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart.” -William Hazlitt
Black History Fact Of The Day
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Prolific inventor George Washington Carver reportedly invented 300 derivative peanut products, 118 derivative products from the sweet potato, and 75 derivative products from the pecan.
Quote Of The Day
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“For visions come not to polluted eyes.” -Mary Howitt
Black History Fact Of The Day
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In 1983, Dr. Elmer and Joanne Martin founded the Great Blacks in Wax Museum in Baltimore. According to The National Great Blacks In Wax Musuem’s website, they founded the museum with the following objectives in mind:
1) To stimulate an interest in African American history by revealing the little-known, often-neglected facts of history.
2) To use great leaders as role models to motivate youth to achieve.
3) To improve race relations by dispelling myths of racial inferiority and superiority.
4) To support and work in conjunction with other nonprofit, charitable organizations seeking to improve the social and economic status of African Americans.
Quote Of The Day
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“Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.” -Blaise Pascal
Quote Of The Day
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“Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom. ” -Plato
Book Excerpt Of The Week: “Peace From Broken Pieces” By: Iyanla Vanzant
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“Very often we claim to know something. We get an idea about what to do or not do, yet, for some reason our behavior doesn’t change. At times, we just can’t seem to do what we know. This is known as mental healing. Something has shifted in your thinking, but it has not reached the other levels of your being- the heart and the spirit. Mental healing occurs quite often, and it is not a complete healing. It is not enough to shift or change the long-standing influence of an inherited pathology or way of being. In order to change your response to a pathological form of behavior, healing must take place on three levels of being- intellectual, emotional, and spiritual. Not until this level of healing has occurred will your behavior change.” -From, “Peace From Broken Pieces” By: Iyanla Vanzant
Black History Fact Of The Day
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Lincoln University in Pennsylvania was the first college founded for African-Americans. It was founded in 1854. Alumni of the university include: Thurgood Marshall and Langston Hughes.
