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True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man […]

Enjoy the Present

FEBRUARY 2, 2009, BY CONTRIBUTED BY: NICK MANOS Jesse B. Blayton, Sr., was a pioneer African American radio station entrepreneur.  Blayton founded WERD-AM in Atlanta, Georgia on October 3, 1949, making him the first African American to own and operate a radio station in the United States. Jesse Blayton was born in Fallis, Oklahoma, on December 6, 1897. He graduated from the […]

JESSE B. BLAYTON, SR. (1897-1977)

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Thomas L. Jennings was the first black man to receive a patent. The patent was awarded on March 3, 1821 (US Patent 3306x) for his discovery of a process called dry scouring which was the forerunner of today’s modern dry-cleaning.  Jennings was born free in New York City, New York in 1791. In his early […]

THOMAS L. JENNINGS (1791- 1856)

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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

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)

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- )

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 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?