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Marie Van Brittan Brown
July 9, 2023
MARIE VAN BRITTAN BROWN (1922-1999) POSTED ON APRIL 11, 2016, BY CONTRIBUTED BY: REBECCA HILL Marie Van Brittan Brown was the inventor of the first home security system. She is also credited with the invention of the first closed circuit television. Brown was born in Queens, New York, on October 22, 1922, and resided there until her […]
Marie Van Brittan Brown
George Washington Murray (1853-1926)
July 7, 2023
JUNE 29, 2008, BY CONTRIBUTED BY: NANCY CHO South Carolina Congressman George Washington Murray was born near Rembert, Sumter County, South Carolina, on September 22, 1853, to enslaved parents. He attended public schools, the University of South Carolina, and the State Normal Institute at Columbia, where he graduated in 1876. After graduating, Murray taught school and worked […]
George Washington Murray (1853-1926)
THERESA M. CLAIBORNE (1959- )
July 6, 2023
DECEMBER 8, 2022, BY CONTRIBUTED BY: SONYA MORRIS Captain Theresa Mae Claiborne was the first African American woman to become a U.S. Air Force pilot. Capt. Claiborne referenced the historic Tuskegee Airmen for paving her way to becoming the first Black woman pilot in the Air Force. Theresa Mae Claiborne was born May 25, 1959, to Wayne Morris Sr. […]
THERESA M. CLAIBORNE (1959- )
The Truth Behind ’40 Acres and a Mule’
July 3, 2023
by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | Originally posted on The Root We’ve all heard the story of the “40 acres and a mule” promise to former slaves. It’s a staple of black history lessons, and it’s the name of Spike Lee’s film company. The promise was the first systematic attempt to provide a form of reparations to newly […]
The Truth Behind ’40 Acres and a Mule’
Ellen Smith Craft?
July 2, 2023
Ellen Smith Craft was born in 1826 in the town of Clinton, Georgia. Her mother was an African American slave named Maria; her father was her mother’s white owner, Colonel James Smith. Ellen’s skin was very light, and she was often mistaken for a member of her white family. At age 11 Ellen was given […]
Ellen Smith Craft?
THE FLASH (2023) – My rating: 8.5/10
July 2, 2023
The Flash is a superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Studios, Double Dream, and the Disco Factory, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the 13th installment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The film is directed by Andy Muschietti from a screenplay by Christina Hodson. In the film, Barry travels back in time to prevent his mother’s death, which brings unintended consequences. I’ve been following the TV version of The Flash for years, so of course, I was anxious to see this version on the big screen. I thought it was very well done.
After helping Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton) and Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) stop a robbery from Al Falcone’s (Luke Brandon Field) terrorist group gone wrong, Barry Allen (Ezra Miller) revisits his childhood home and remembers his childhood with his parents Nora (Maribel Verdú)
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ROBERT LEE SATCHER JR. (1965 -)
June 30, 2023
JANUARY 26, 2023, BY CONTRIBUTED BY: OTIS ALEXANDER Robert Lee Satcher Jr., a specialist in child and adult bone cancer, a chemical engineer, and astronaut was born on September 22, 1965, in Hampton, Virginia, to Robert Lee Satcher, from Coffee County, Alabama, and the president of Saint Paul’s College in Lawrenceville, Virginia and Marian Hanna Satcher from […]
ROBERT LEE SATCHER JR. (1965 -)
Dr. EVAN DALE ABEL (1963 -)
June 30, 2023
JANUARY 27, 2023, BY CONTRIBUTED BY: OTIS ALEXANDER Evan Dale Abel, a pioneering endocrinologist, and advocate for more Black men being accepted into medical school, was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on February 4, 1963. His father and mother were educators and parents of five children; three of whom today are doctors, and two are engineers. Abel would […]
Dr. EVAN DALE ABEL (1963 -)
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