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5 People Shot At Site Of Black Lives Matter Protest In Minneapolis
Reading time: 1 minutes5 Black Lives Matter Protesters Shot In Minneapolis, MN. Click the link to learn more.
Bertin Nahum: Robotic Surgical Equipment Inventor
Reading time: 1 minutesBertin Nahum: Inventor of "ROSA", a surgical robot used by doctors to perform brain surgery. Click the link to learn…
Miriam Benjamin: Black Inventor
Reading time: 1 minutesMiriam Benjamin: Black Inventor. Click here to learn more about the "Gong and Signal Chair" she invented.
“Faith Is Taking The First Step Even When You Don’t See The Whole Staircase.” -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Reading time: 1 minutesBlack History: Special Delivery!! "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." - Dr.…
The Book of Negroes: A Record of Enslaved Blacks Who Fought For The British During the American Revolutionary War In Exchange For Freedom
Reading time: 2 minutesThe Book of Negroes: A Record of Enslaved Blacks Who Fought For The British During the American Revolutionary War In…Quote: People Can Cry Much Easier Thank They Can Change. -James Baldwin
Reading time: 1 minutesQuote: People Can Cry Much Easier Thank They Can Change. -James Baldwin- Reading time: 1 minutesBlack History: Special Delivery!!
Trivia Answer
Reading time: 1 minutesEarlier today, we asked our Black Mail Readers Which African American Woman Was First To Author A Non-Fiction Bestseller? The…
Supreme Court Victory and Mysterious Disappearance of Lloyd Gaines
Reading time: 4 minutesLloyd Gaines: 1st African American to be accepted into the University of Missouri Law School. Click the link to learn…Trivia Answer
Reading time: 1 minutesEarlier today, we asked our Black Mail Readers Which African American Woman Was First To Author A Non-Fiction Bestseller? The…
It Always Seems Impossible Until It’s Done. -Nelson Mandela
Reading time: 1 minutesQuote: "It always seems impossible until it's done" - Nelson Mandela