My brothers, my heroes!! [SIDEBAR: Why would “authorities” who purportedly want to stop violence prevent people from stopping violence?! This leads one to ask who is really starting the “protester violence”? Think deep!] Tweet
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Black History Fact Of The Day
Prolific inventor Granville T. Woods’s inventions included the trolley streetcar. He also received a patent for his device that combined the telephone and the telegraph. Alexander Graham Bell bought this patent from Mr. Woods. Granville Woods used the profits from this sale to further fund his research and inventions. Tweet
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“History informs us of past mistakes, from which we can learn without repeating them. It also inspires us and gives us confidence, and hope bred of victories already won.” -William Hastie Tweet
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Calamari, shrimp, salmon cakes, crab cakes, and wings. Catfish w/ mac & cheese and yams. Tweet
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“Making choices is the most powerful thing that you do in your life. Choices liberate and they imprison. They create illness and they create health. They shape your life… Each choice creates a future. it brings into being one of many possible futures. That is the future that you will live in… You choose your […]
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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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“It is our very fear of the future that distorts the now that could lead to a different future if we dared to be whole in the present.” -Marion Woodman Tweet
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On Thursday, April 23, 2015, it was confirmed that Laurie A. Cunbo has become the first African-American woman Attorney General in United States history. Tweet
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“When I was in college, I found out that the MVPs and all-league team and all that are hugely political. So I decided that if I win every game, that becomes historical fact, not anyone’s opinion.” -Bill Russell Tweet
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