This past August, an almost $14 billion deal was completed, allowing for Amazon to purchase Whole Foods. Amazon’s ownership of the grocery conglomerate has been marked by new policies that the new owners have implemented. According to Business Insider, the day Amazon completed the aforementioned purchase, prices at Whole Foods immediately dropped. In addition to […]
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Black History Fact Of The Day: The Floppy Disc
John P. Moon invented the floppy disc for computers. Tweet
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“War. It’s all war because it’s just one war, and that’s the war between those who believe in racism and those who don’t . That’s the only war going on on the planet. Everything else is just battles within that war.” -Neely Fuller Jr. Tweet
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William Harwell invented the space shuttle retrieval arm. He also helped to develop methods for solving the problem of what to do when water infiltrates a spacesuit helmet. Tweet
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“Enslaved African Americans used their ingenuity to make inventions for which their masters claimed credit.” -Otha Richard Sullivan 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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“All institutions in a society should be designed to serve the masses, not just a ‘chosen few.’” -The Black Panthers Tweet
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“An enemy discovered is an enemy half whipped.” -Napoleon Hill Tweet
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On March 26, 1845, Joseph Hawkins received a patent for a gridiron that included a trough to catch fats and liquids from meat while it is cooking. This helps to prevent smoke generation while cooking. Tweet
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