“The First Slave Owner Was Black” Not really, so let’s give it some context that always gets left out. In 1619 a group of 20-30 Africans are brought to Jamestown Virginia. Not as slaves, but as indentured servants who would work for 7-14 years to cover the cost of their travel to America, AND 50 […]
As of 2022 just over 56% of players in the NFL were Black. CFL, XFL, and even USFL don’t publish their numbers, but I doubt they’re much different. That’s a lot of Black professional football players, but it wasn’t always that way. Charles Follis was the 3rd of 7 children born to his parents in
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Cardiss Collins serves for 25 years from 1972 until 1997, most of which she was the only Black woman in Congress.
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Black people can all agree on the flavor. We just have to choose between Pecan, Peekin, Peeecan.
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Luckily Harriet Tubman wasn’t alone out there, many men and women were as dedicated to the cause as she was. Let’s talk about Aunt Polly Jackson for a moment.
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Aretha Franklin is a powerhouse in R&B, but she’s got a list of beef as long as her list of hits.
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The music was rock music for sure, but at the time nobody really had a description for what it was. Today, we would call it punk rock.
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They changed the name. Funky Four Plus One. Together they went on a tear. They became the first hip hop group on TV.
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Then he starts rhyming on the break. Simple “are you ready, rock steady,” but folks go crazy and that’s how Kool Herc invented hip hop.
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