Rising star Misty Copeland makes history as the first African American Female Principal Dancer with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre. When she discovered ballet, however, Misty was living in a shabby motel room, struggling with her five siblings for a place to sleep on the floor. A true prodigy, she was dancing en pointe within […]

Thanks to Jeff Johnson, every week we are filled in with facts about the world around us, that pertains to our community specifically. But what do we know…

Today Rosa Parks would’ve been 103 years old. She was born in 1913 and passed away in 2005. Here are 10 things you may not know about Ms. Parks- 1. Parks was not the first African-American woman to be arrested for refusing to yield her seat on a Montgomery bus. 2. Parks was a civil […]

Day 3 of Black History Facts… As a child one of the first things you learn during Black History Month is that Garrett Morgan invented the street light. He was the first to apply for and to be awarded a U.S. patent for the traffic signal. However, he didn’t stop there. According to the African […]

Day 2 of the 28 days of Black History Facts…. On February 12, 2009, the NAACP marked its 100th anniversary. Spurred by growing racial violence in the early twentieth century, and particularly by race riots in Springfield Illinois in 1908, a group of African American leaders joined together to form a new permanent civil rights […]

For the month of February, we will give you a Black History fact a day. Some you may be familiar with and some you may not. DAY 1… FACT 1: Black History Month began as “Negro History Week,” which was created in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, a noted African American historian, scholar, educator, and […]

Memorial Day is here finally! But do you know the history of Memorial Day? Here are a couple of facts that you might have known…

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