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How The Flawed Focus On Building Prisons According To Reading Scores Is Harming Black Children
February 5, 2024
The focus on using 3rd-grade reading levels to predict future prison needs is based on flawed assumptions and overlooks critical…
Barbershops And Blood Pressure: Celebrating The Legacy Of Dr. Elijah Saunders
February 5, 2024
African American cardiologist Dr. Elijah Saunders' discovered the link between high blood pressure and heart disease. He is also known…
Carter G. Woodson – Quote
February 28, 2023
We are closing out Black History Month with a quote from the Father of Black History Month, Dr. Carter G.…
The Southern Manifesto: Attempt By Southern Politicians To Maintain Jim Crow Segregation
February 26, 2023
In 1956 Southern politicians, determined to keep Jim Crow Segregation in place, released the Southern Manifesto denouncing the Brown v.…
Dasia Taylor: Black Scientist Who Invented Dye For Sutures To Detect Infection
February 25, 2023
In 2019, at age 15, Black scientist and inventor Dasia Taylor invented a suture that changes color to reflect if…
Dennis Weatherby: Developer Of Cascade Dish Detergent Chemical Formula
February 17, 2023
African-American scientist Dennis W. Weatherby created the chemical formula for Cascade dish detergent. Click the link to learn more or…
The Negro Sanhedrin
February 12, 2023
The Negro Sanhedrin was established by Kelly Miller in 1924 to increase collaboration between Black organizations across the United States.…
Winifred Mason Chenet: Pioneering Black American Jewelry Designer
February 5, 2023
Winifred Mason Chenet was a trailblazing jewelry designer; widely recognized as the first black commercial jewelry designer in the U.S..…
Black Inventor William H. Richardson Patents Reversible Baby Carriage in 1889
February 2, 2023
In 1889, black inventor William H. Richardson patented a new and improved reversible “child carriage” (stroller). His innovation was a…
The History Behind “40 Acres & A Mule”
February 29, 2020
In 1865, General George Sherman gave orders that lands confiscated from confederate landowners during the civil war be re-assigned to…
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