Black Power Today
James Reese Europe of Mobile, Alabama is known to be the first African-American musician to record music in the United States. Since he was 10 years old, he studied music with the local Marine Corps band before moving to New York with his family in 1904. Europe would find a leadership role with the well-known […]
It is time for students around the country to go back to school, and everywhere they will be receiving advice on how to have a successful academic year. But what about their parents? http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/life_style/home_family_life_style/20882
most of us, at some point in our lives, have been impacted by a special teacher who went beyond their job requirements to affect us in a lasting way. I have been fortunate to have experienced and been blessed by several such individuals. Two, in particular, have played major roles in challenging me to broaden […]
A 16-year-old girl named Achieng Ajulu-Bushell will be the first black female swimmer to represent Great Britain in the 2012 Olympics. She defected from her home country of Kenya to go for her once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in Britain, though her native country of birth is Manchester, England http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/20835
Matilda Sissieretta Joyner, also known as the Black Patti, was a late 19th century African-American soprano opera singer who was the first black to sing at the Music Hall in New York – before it was Carnegie Hall. Her voice was so melodic, she was compared to the famous Italian opera singer Adelina Patti – […]
Celebrities do a lot of thing for the greater good. Many are involved in philanthropy and have foundations that support good causes, but some celebs have taken things a step further. They’ve actually started their own schools, or have become involved in educational institutions that may shape some young minds for the future. Here are […]
In 1950, a woman named Mary Jean Price had a dream of attending Southwestern Missouri State College. The Springfield, Missouri native had worked hard, becoming salutatorian at Lincoln High School. Going to a school further than SMSC wasn’t an option for Price; her father’s heart was failing, and she couldn’t afford to go to Lincoln […]
The NAACP elected a health care executive as its youngest board chairman Saturday, continuing a youth movement for the nation’s oldest civil rights organization. Roslyn M. Brock, 44, was chosen to succeed Julian Bond. She had been vice chairman since 2001 and a member of the NAACP for 25 years. Brock works for Bon Secours Health Systems in Maryland as vice president […]
VIA:Â ShaniDavis.Com Shani Davis was born on Friday, August 13, 1982, in Chicago, Illinois. Raised by his mother on the city’s south side, he started roller-skating at local rinks at age two. By age three Shani was darting around the roller rink so fast that skate guards would chase him just to ask him to […]
VIA: TYLERPERRY.COM Tyler Perry is by all means, a Renaissance man. Â He’s an actor, director, screenwriter, producer and author. Â He is a true American success story. Tyler Perry’s inspirational journey from the hard streets of New Orleans to the heights of Hollywood’s A-list is the stuff of American legend. Â Born into poverty and raised in […]
VIA: TheGrio.Com The Hysterectomy is one of the most invasive procedures in the medical practice, and Tony Hansberry has invented a device that will do the post surgery stitching with minimal chances of complications or harm. Sounds like something a seasoned physician developed, but it’s actually something a 15-year-old high school student named Tony Hansberry […]
