Via: Today.com A magnitude 8.9 earthquake — the biggest in modern Japanese history — slammed Japan’s northeastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland and prompting a “nuclear emergency.” At least 60 people were killed and there were reports of several injuries in Tokyo, hundreds […]
Claude Albert Barnett founded the Associated Negro Press on March 2,1919. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Claude Albert Barnett, entrepreneur and founder of the Associated Negro Press (1919-1967), was born in Sanford, Florida to William Barnett and Celena Anderson. At nine months he was brought to Mattoon, Illinois to live with his maternal grandmother. Barnett grew up in Illinois, […]
Via: NewsOne Watoto From the Nile, the young sisters from Baltimore who created the “Open Letter to Lil Wayne” video that went viral on the Internet last week, have finally given their first on-camera interview. In this NewsOne exclusive, meet 10-year-old Nia, 9-year-old Nya, and their father Jabari Natur, who reveal how they conceived the […]
Josiah Thomas Wallls, a winner in a at large election became the first Black Congressman to represent an entire stat (Florida) on March 4,1871.Walls served in the 42nd Congress. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First elected to the Congress in 1870, Josiah T. Walls became Florida’s first elected African American Congressman. Walls was born a slave in Winchester, Virginia […]
Tennis sensations, Venus and Serena Williams both won tournaments on this date in 1999, marking the first time in Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) history that sisters won a championship final on the same date. Venus won in Oklahoma City, OK, and Serena won in Paris. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL […]
Theodore “Tiger” Flowers, defeated Harry Greb and became the first Black World Middleweight Boxing Champion on February 26, 1926. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
Ali after converting to Islam on February 25,1964 immediately after winning his first heavyweight title (KO of Sonny Liston, round seven). TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
Edward Perkins, the first Black Ambassador to South Africa (1986), was nominated UN Ambassador by President George Bush on February 24,1992. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Works: Served with Army and Air Force Exchange Service in Taiwan and Japan, 1958-66; Agency for International Development (AID), U.S. Department of State, Far East Bureau official, 1967-70; assistant director management, U.S. Mission to […]
Frank E. Petersen, Jr. became the first Black Brigadier General in the U.S. Marine Corps February 23,1979. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
Julius “Dr. J.” Erving, basketball legend, was born in Roosevelt, NY, on February 22,1950. During Erving’s illustrious career in the ABA and NBA, he revolutionized the game with his high-flying antics, the “finger-roll,” and the “slam-dunk.” Career NBA Statistics G FG% 3PFG% FT% Rebs RPG Asts APG Stls Blks Pts PPG 836 .507 .261 .777 5,601 […]