Crystal Bird Fauset, the first African-American female state legislator in the United States, was born on June 27, 1894 in Princess Anne, Maryland. She grew up in Boston but she spent most of her adult and political life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Between 1914 and 1918 Fauset worked as a public school teacher in Philadelphia. In […]
Drama on the field as B’More beats Miami 10-26 at M&T Bank Stadium with Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder accusing Ravens fullback Le’Ron McClain of spitting in his face during the third quarter of Sunday’s. “I just got told not to talk about it, so I can’t talk about it,” Crowder replied when first asked about his wild skirmish with […]
via: Mymajicdc.com One of the prominent leading ladies of Tyler Perry’s dark new movie “For Colored Girls” spoke with John Monds about her thoughts on Perry’s attempt to turn the celebrated play about multiple Black women’s growing pains into a feature film. Phylicia Rashad was in town to attend the Washington, DC premiere of the film at […]
Known as “Wilt the Stilt” and the “Big Dipper,” Wilt Chamberlain was one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He scored more than 30,000 points during his professional career.Professional basketball player, businessman, author. He was born August 21, 1936, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Chamberlain was a standout player at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia. […]
Haile Selassie became Emperor of Ethiopia in 1930. Many Jamaicans and followers of Marcus Garvey viewed his rise to power as prophetic. ****************************************** 1892 – He was born on the 23rd day of July this year in Ejersa Goro, Harar. He inherited his imperial blood through his paternal grandmother, Princess Tenagnework Sahle Selassie, who was […]
Elected to the House of Representatives in 1954 at age 31, Charles C. Diggs, Jr., was the first African American to represent Michigan in Congress. Despite his reserved demeanor, Diggs served as an ardent supporter of civil rights and an impassioned advocate of increased American aid to Africa. As a principal architect of home rule […]
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Al Sharpton was in Cleveland recently for the ‘Get Out The Vote’ rally. He addresses the community about how important this midterm election is to the black community.
Samuel Ringgold Ward, was one of the most prominent of the anti-slavery speakers in the nation by the 1850s. Born into slavery in Maryland, he escaped with his mother to New Jersey. In 1834 when he was 17 Ward was attacked by a pro-slavery mob in New York and […]
Via: WBALTV.com Voters will be able to cast ballots at 47 locations that will be open from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. every day through Thursday of next week. Early voting made its debut last month, in a six-day period in advance of the primary election. There are five early voting centers in Baltimore City, […]