A Salute to Black History
Understanding Wisdom And FOREVER Appreciating The Past
Since December 2003:
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Below, right, and left are links that will enrich your knowledge of the past and present selfless contributions made by just a FEW of our MANY great African Americans. As you read the wealth of information on the pages, think about how our world would be today without the selfless contributions and what we have learned from the good and the bad. Also, recognize the unbending focus and intensity of their efforts despite repeated rejections and unfulfilled expectations.
We must continue to remember
and respect our heritage (even though one might not agree with the
actions of some--it is still history) by never saying good-bye to
yesterday, for we are still standing on their shoulders—yesterday made
our present possible. Appreciate OUR Past . . .
Religion, Culture, and History
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James Healy - Elijah Muhammad - Clara Muhammad - Yosef Ben-Jochannon |
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Hiram R. Revels - John Jasper - Richard Allen - Desmond Tutu |
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Eddie Long - Creflo Dollar - Lemuel Haynes - Daniel Payne |
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The first African American ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church
Slavery: A Historical Timeline
Compliments of:
Defense Manpower Data Center Black History Month Committee -- Department of Defense
The Rosewood Massacre
Remembering Rosewood - Part I
Remembering Rosewood - Part II
John Hanson, Actually the First
President of the United States
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Other Presidents of the United States Considered to be Black or Mullatto
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Thomas Jefferson
3rd President of the U.S.
Andrew Jackson
7th President of the U.S.
Abraham Lincoln
16th President of the U.S.
Warren Harding
29th President of the U.S.
Calvin Coolidge
30th President of the U.S.
Dwight David Eisenhower
34th President of the U.S.
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Emiliano Zapata Vicente Guerrero Trans-Atlantic Slave Ports
Autobiographies of African Americans
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On January 12, 2010, the worst earthquake in 200 years - 7.0 in magnitude - struck less than ten miles from the Caribbean city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The initial quake was later followed by twelve aftershocks greater than magnitude 5.0. Structures of all kinds were damaged or collapsed, from shantytown homes to national landmarks. At the present (February 1, 2010), the Haitian earthquake caused an estimated 250,000 fatalities—and disease, starvation and lack of medical care could push the death toll higher.
Some of The Richest African Americans
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The Richest Deceased African Americans That Are On the Forbes List
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| Ray Charles - $10 Million | ||
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| Jimi Hendrix - 6 Million | ||
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The Murder of Emmitt Louis Till - Place: Money, Mississippi
Martin Luther King's Letter From Birmingham, Alabama Jail
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The Sixteenth Street Bombing - Place: Birmingham, Alabama
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Remembering the people important to our lives.
African Americans Being Honored on Postage Stamps
The first African American to be honored on a postage stamp was Booker T. Washington in 1940. Booker T. Washington was born a slave and later became one of our noted great educators . . .
Verizon Foundation - Free Black History Lesson Plans and Other Educational Resources
The Myths, The Facts, The Stereotypes--The Realities
Click On The Picture Below
African American Musical Theater (Link 1) Link 2 Link 3
Lincoln Motion Picture Company - Nebraska
According to a 1970 report from the President's Commission on Campus Unrest, police fired more than 150 rounds. And an FBI investigation revealed that about 400 bullets or pieces of buckshot had been fired into Alexander Hall. The shooters claimed that there was a sniper in the dorm, but investigators found "insufficient evidence" of that claim.
Orangeburg Massacre - 1968 - Article 1
Orangeburg Massacre - 1968 - Article 2
Over four days in early February, 1968, this scenario played out in Orangeburg, South Carolina. On the final day, three black students were killed and 27 others wounded when the lawmen sprayed deadly buckshot onto the campus of South Carolina State College . . .
The World's First Richest African American Male During Slavery
Madame C. J. Walker gave a lot of her money to Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association
Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association
The Black Wall Street District
First African American Student at Auburn University
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History
World's Longest Marriage -- 86 Years
Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher of North Carolina
Zelmyra is 101 years old and Herbert is 104 (2010)
Questions From Marriage Wisdom . . .
1. What made you realize that you could spend the rest of your lives together? Were you scared at all?
H & Z: With each day that passed, our relationship was more solid and secure. Divorce was NEVER an option or even a thought.2. How did you know your spouse was the right one for you?
We grew up together & were best friends before we married. A friend is for life--our marriage has lasted a lifetime3, Is there anything you would do differently after more than 80 years of marriage?
We wouldn’t change a thing. There’s no secret to our marriage, we just did what was needed for each other & our family.4. What is your advice to someone who is trying to keep the faith that Mr. Right is really out there?
Zelmyra: Mine was just around the corner! He is never too far away, so keep the faith - when you meet him, you’ll know.5. What was the best piece of marriage advice you ever received?
Respect, support & communicate with each other; Be faithful, honest and true; and Love each other with ALL of your heart.
6. What are the most important attributes of a good spouse?
Zelmyra: A hard worker and good provider. The 1920s were hard, but Herbert wanted to and provided the best for us. I married a good man!
7. What is your best Valentine’s Day memory?
Zelmyra: I cook dinner EVERY day. Herbert left work early and surprised me--he cooked dinner for me! He is a VERY good cook!
8. Herbert: I said that I was going to cook dinner for her and she could relax. The look on her face and clean plate made my day!
9. You got married very young--how did you both manage to grow as individuals yet not grow apart as a couple?
“Everyone who plants a seed and harvests the crop celebrates together.” We are individuals, but accomplish more together.
10. What is your fondest memory of your 85-year marriage?
Our legacy: 5 children, 10 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great grandchild.
11. Does communicating get easier with time? How do you keep your patience?
The children are grown, so we talk more now. We can enjoy our time on the porch or our rocking chairs--together.
12. How did you cope when you had to be physically separated for long periods of time?
Herbert: We were apart for 2 months when "Z" was hospitalized with our 5th child . It was the most difficult time of my life. Zelmyra’s mother helped me with the house and the other children; otherwise, I would have lost my mind.13. At the end of bad relationship day, what is the most important thing to remind yourselves?
Remember marriage is not a contest--never keep a score. God has put the two of you together on the same team to win!
14. Is fighting important?
NEVER physically! Agree that it’s okay to disagree, and fight for what really matters. Learn to bend--not break!
15. What’s the one thing you have in common that transcends everything else?
We are both Christians and believe in God. Marriage is a commitment to the Lord. We pray with and for each other every day.
December 18, 1865, Secretary of State William Seward verified
the ratification of the 13th Amendment, outlawing slavery in the United States.
71 Year Old Diva - Ernestine Shepherd!
Photos: Ericka Blount Danois | Special to The Sun
Honors and Awards
George Washington Carver was bestowed an honorary doctorate from Simpson College in 1928. He was an honorary member of the Royal Society of Arts in London, England. In 1923, he received the Spingarn Medal given every year by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. In 1939, he received the Roosevelt Medal for restoring southern agriculture. On July 14, 1943, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt honored Carver with a national monument dedicated to his accomplishments. The area of Carver's childhood near Diamond Grove, Missouri preserved as a park, this park was the first designated national monument to an African American in the United States.
How many African Americans won the Roosevelt Medal?
George Washington Carver - 1939
Martha Berry - 1929
The First African Baptist Church - Part I
Read More . . . - Part II
First All Black, All Female Flight Crew in U.S. History
How To Develop and Protect Your Inventions
Hebni Nutrition Consultants, Inc.
"Soul food is part of our tradition, our makeup and our lifestyle;
and it's not going to go away. It just needed a face lift."
Anthony D. Allen
In 1810 or 1811, Anthony D. Allen, a former slave of the Dougal family, came to the island of O`ahu from Schenectady, New York where he was born in 1774. He became a free man at the age of 24 in 1798 and spent the next twelve years at sea. Allen is on record as owning property in Waikiki in 1811.
The African American on the Titantic
Read More . . .There was a Haitian on the Titantic: Joseph Phillippe Lemercier Laroche was the only black man to perish on the Titanic--that's after he saved his wife and kids. Laroche was born in Cap Haitian, Haiti, on May 26, 1889. The silence about the stranger-than-fiction life story of the Titanic's only Black passenger astonishes everyone, noted Titanic historian Judith Geller, author of Titanic: Women and Children First, who said, "It is strange that nowhere in the copious 1912 press descriptions of the ship and the interviews with the survivors was the presence of a Black family among the passengers ever mentioned."
The story of this interracial family was not known until 2000, three years after the movie's release, when the Chicago Museum of Science & Industry and the Titanic Historical Society revealed the information as part of a Titanic exhibit. Joseph Laroche was born into a powerful family. His uncle, Dessalines M. Cincinnatus Leconte, was the president of Haiti . When Joseph Phillippe Lemercier was fifteen, he left Haiti to study engineering in Beauvais, France. Several years later, he met Juliette Lafargue, the 22-year-old daughter of a local wine seller. The two eventually married.
Despite having an engineering degree, Joseph's skin color left him unable to find employment in France. The Laroches decided to return to Haiti and booked second-class reservations on the Titanic. After the ship struck an iceberg, Joseph loaded his wife and children onto a lifeboat and he went down with the ship. His body was never recovered. Shortly before Christmas of that year, Juliette Laroche gave birth to their son, Joseph Laroche, Jr. Juliette never remarried.Sweet BlackBerry
Karen Parsons -- Well Known for Role of "Hilary Banks" -- Fresh Prince
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
First Black Bank - Capital Savings Bank of Washington D.C.
African American Holidays
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Tennessee Historic State Parks
T. O. Fuller State Park - Fort Pillow State Park - Booker T. Washington State Park
CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUMS
International Civil Rights Museum - Greensboro, North Carolina
National Civil Rights Museum - Memphis, TennesseeAlabama Civil Rights Museum - Montgomery, Alabama
Birmingham Civil Rights Museum - Birmingham, Alabama
Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum - Savannah, Georgia
Jack and Christine Hadley
Jack Hadley Black History Museum
Compliments of Pine Mountain School District in California - 5th Graders
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Was Beethoven Black? - Click Here
A Pencil Drawing of Beethoven
Wolfgang Mozart
This is what Mozart actually looks like. The image was found in a radio station in Belgium. The Moors
(Black people) brought Classical Music to Europe. Not only that but when you read the REAL bios
of him, he’s described as having brown skin, “negroid features” (broad, wide nose, etc) and wiry hair.
The First Statue Of Liberty Was Black
8 Things the Moors Brought to Europe
Nancy Green - Aunt Jemima Pancakes
Harlem (New York)
African American Hair Styles - Past - Present - 1
The Narrative Behind Black Hair - 2
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Charles Alfred Anderson
The Father of Black Aviation
Slave Breeding in the United States
Article 1
Selma-to-Montgomery (Alabama) March
Article 1 Movie: Selma - 2015 Movie: Selma/Song (Glory)--John Legend & Common
Mary Fields--First African American Female Mail Carrier
From 1938 - 1943 - Separation by Signs
Photo By: Gordon Parks - Sign at a
bus station in Birmingham, Alabama - 1956
Sarah Rector, The Richest Little Black Girl 
Flint Michigan Water Crisis
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Fearless Female Black Warriors
