Elaine Weddington Steward is a native of New York City and graduated with honors from St. John’s University in 1984 with a B.S. in Athletic Administration. While attending St. John’s she served as an intern in the New York Mets public relations depar ...
Posted Friday, March 1st 2013 at 11:13AM
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Prehistoric Man Had Much Healthier Teeth and Gums than Modern Humans
By Washington's Blog
Global Research, February 28, 2013
Our modern stereotype is that – until recently – people were plagued with rotting teeth, cavities and gum disease.
B ...
Posted Thursday, February 28th 2013 at 11:26AM
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Physician, journalist, and educator Myles Lynk was born in Brownsville on June 3, 1871, the son of former slaves. His father was killed when Lynk was only six years old, and he was running the farm by the time he was eleven. His mother insisted that ...
Posted Thursday, February 28th 2013 at 11:18AM
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Today, 136 years ago, a man was born February 26, 1877. There's a lot of controversy surrounding Master W. Fard Muhammad (the founder of the NOI), but one thing is for certain, he came to America and reached into the bowels of Detroit and initiated t ...
Posted Tuesday, February 26th 2013 at 12:45PM
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Elijah Muhammad was the leader of the Nation of Islam ("Black Muslims") during their period of greatest growth in the mid-twentieth century. He was a major promoter of independent, black-operated businesses, institutions, and religion.
Early life ...
Posted Monday, February 25th 2013 at 12:24PM
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A pioneer in the world of African American music education, Harriet Gibbs Marshall was born in Victoria, British Columbia on February 18, 1868 to Mifflin Wistar Gibbs and Maria Ann (Alexander) Gibbs. In 1869 her family moved to Oberlin, Ohio. Marshal ...
Posted Saturday, February 23rd 2013 at 10:55AM
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Slavery Finally Abolished in Mississippi—Just in Time for Black History Month
It only took 148 years, but black people in Mississippi are officially free. Like officially officially. They probably thought they were, since this is 2013 and all, an ...
Posted Thursday, February 21st 2013 at 10:29AM
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Woman nearly taken in by check scam, warns others to be wary
AMITE, La.-- It came via overnight priority from FedEx -- a check purportedly worth a couple of thousand dollars, about the same amount Jessica Perkins expected in her income tax refund. ...
Posted Wednesday, February 20th 2013 at 4:29PM
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In 1943, Euphemia Lofton Haynes earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics at The Catholic University in Washington, D.C., thus becoming the first African American Woman Ph. D. in Mathematics.
Born Martha Euphemia Lofton, Euphremia (she rarely used Martha) w ...
Posted Tuesday, February 19th 2013 at 7:12PM
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