Dr. George Washington Carver, scientist and discoverer of over 300 products from the peanut, was successful in getting a Branch Agricultural Experiment Station and Agricultural School at Tuskegee Normal School on this date in 1897. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
The powerful gospel duo Mary Mary is at it again. They are currently in the studio finishing up their upcoming project Something Big which is scheduled to hit store shelves March 29. This long-awaited follow-up to The Sound was produced by Warryn Campbell and written by Mary Mary. Mary Mary have made it their life’s […]
Mammie Smith became the first Black woman to make a record on Februay 14,1920,Smith recored “You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down” and “This Thing Called Love.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mamie Smith, 1883 – 1946, was a versatile performer best remembered for being the first African American to make a blues recording. Born Mamie Robinson in Cincinatti, […]
Barbara C. Harris was ordained the first woman Bishop in the Episcopal Church on February 11,1989. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A native of Philadelphia, Barbara Clementine Harris graduated from the Charles Morris Price School of Advertising and Journalism. She joined Joseph V. Baker Associates Inc., a national public relations firm headquartered in Philadelphia, in 1949. She was president […]
JOHN D. JEFFERIES When : February 11,2011 Where : New Shiloh Baptist Church 2100 North Monroe Street Baltimore,Md.21217 (410) 523-5306 Time : Wake – 10:30am – 11:30am Service – 11-30am ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JOHN D. JEFFERIES Democrat, District 44, Baltimore City Member of Senate, 1998-99, representing District 44 (Baltimore City). Member, Judicial Proceedings Committee, 1998-99. Member, House […]
Alex P. Haley, author of Roots and the Autobiography of Malcolm X, died in Seattle, WA, on this date in 1992. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alexander Murphy Palmer Haley was born on August 11, 1921 in Ithaca, New York. He was the oldest child of Simon Alexander and Bertha Palmer Haley. At the time of his birth, his […]
Alice Walker, winner of the Pulitzer and author of The Color Purple, was born in Eatonton, GA, on February 9,1944. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
Marcus Garvey, Black Nationalist, Pan Africanist, and founder of the United Negro Improvement Association and the “Back to Africa” movement, entered federal prison in Atlanta, GA, on February 8, 1925. The Supreme Court refused to review his mail fraud conviction. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON YOU CAN VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.