In 1954, Barbara Jordan lead the all-Black Texas Southern University debate team. This team beat Harvard’s team in a debate. 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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“There is a higher law than the law of government. That’s the law of conscience.” -Stokely Carmichael Tweet
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Historically Black college, Xavier University, is known for having one of the highest success rates of getting their students into medical school. Tweet
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“The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart.” -William Hazlitt Tweet
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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. Tweet
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“For visions come not to polluted eyes.” -Mary Howitt Tweet
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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 […]
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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 Tweet
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