by admin | Jun 7, 2013 | CULTURE
The New Negro, 1920-1935 by Dr. David Levering Lewis From the Early 1920s until the mid-30s, artistic tremors rolled through Afro-America. Dramatic societies, literary clubs, and poetry groups sprang up in Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Indianapolis, Nashville, and...
by admin | Jun 6, 2013 | SCIENCE, Uncategorized
Elijah “The Real” McCoy Benjamin Banneker invented the striking clock in 1761. Between 1837 and 1900, at least 700 patents were granted to black patentees, according to information compiled by Henry E. Baker, an Assistant Patent Examiner in the U. S....
by admin | May 18, 2013 | HISTORY
THE FATHER OF BLACK HISTORY Black History Is No Mystery is deicated to the memory of Dr. Carter G. Woodson who is known as the Father of Black History. He is the guiding light in the preservation of the records of black people. The need for recording the suffering...
by admin | May 18, 2013 | HISTORY
BY ANN HERRICK With the recent release of the movie Glory, a long neglected chapter of American history is being rediscovered. Glory chronicles the exploits of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Colored Infantry Regiment, one of the earliest Black regiments in the Union...
by admin | May 18, 2013 | HISTORY
THE FIRST AFRICAN LEADER IN THE WEST Born a slave in 1744 on the Breda plantation in St. Dominique (present day Haiti), Toussaint L’Ouverture rose to become the first independent Black leader in the New World. Under his guidance, Haiti became the second...
