Ten Powerful Quotes by Booker T. Washington
“Character, not circumstance, makes the person.” “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by...
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Gordon – “The Scourged Back”
Gordon was an enslaved African-American who became an iconic figure during the Civil War, in exposing the brutality of the Maafa ( Atlantic slavery). A...
Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll...
Ancient Future: An Interview with Wayne B. Chandler
“We’re universal entities. The way our DNA is coded, there’s nothing we don’t know. It’s a matter of locking into that body of information through...
The Prince of Pan-Africanism: An Interview with Dr. Umar Johnson
Dr. Umar Johnson is considered a national expert on learning disabilities and their effect on Black children, as well as being an expert on helping...
PowerNomics: Interview with Dr. Claud Anderson
“I want Black people to engage in, not in searching for rights, but I want them to search for resources. There is a major difference....
Hidden Colors: An Interview with Professor Kaba Kamene (Booker T. Coleman)
“I tell people in most of my presentations don’t believe a word I say. I’m not here to make you believe me, I’m here to...
Pearl Bailey
“No one can figure out your worth but you.” Pearl Bailey was born on March 29, 1918, in Newport News, Virginia. The daughter of a preacher,...
Andrew Jackson Beard
Andrew Jackson Beard was born on March 29, 1849. He was a farmer, carpenter, blacksmith, a railroad worker, a businessman and finally an inventor. He...
Ed Wilson
Born on March 28th in 1925 in Baltimore, Maryland, Ed Wilson became interested in art as a child while recovering from rheumatic fever. When he returned...