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Charles Edmund Nash, the first Black Congressman from Louisiana, was born on May 23,1844. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
Robert Russa Moton, principal of Tuskegee Institute, received the 18th NAACP Springarn Medal on May 20,1932 for his struggle for the education of Blacks, here and Haiti, and for his expression of ideals in his book, What the Negro Thinks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
The 2nd annual event was held at the Forest Park Golf Center which was the perfect backdrop for this classy event. Guest was treated to delicacy from the South, the Caribbean’s and Vegetarian dishes that would make you swear off meats. Not only where their ample amount of food for all guest […]
Willy T.Ribbs became the first Black driver to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 on May 19,1991. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
James Milton Tuner,educator,diplomat, and Black spokesperson,was born a slave in St.Louis,MO,on May 16,1840. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
Oliver Lewis,a Black jockey,won the first Kentucky Derby on May 17,1875.Lewis rode a horse named “Aristides,” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Riding the colt Aristides, Oliver Lewis won the inaugural Kentucky Derby on May 17, 1875. His time of two minutes 37.75 seconds also set an American record over the mile and a half distance (the Kentucky Derby […]
On May 13,2011 on The Larry Young Morning Show,Dr Larry S.Perry stopped in to talk to Larry Young about his 30 years as a doctor and how he has come to help all of his patients in the community. He is a private practice physician and administrator of thriving cardiology and internal medicine facility.He is also a practicing private […]
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Photos by @robinrazzi On Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 8:00am – 10:00am on The Larry Young Morning Show there was a discussion, Civil Rights vs. Hip Hop: Chasm of Disrespect Separates 2 Generations. This was a discussion which included the older and younger generation and there is a gap currently. One of the questions that the panel touched […]
On April 29,2011 on The Larry Young Morning Show, Michael Harrison ,Editor & Publisher of Talkers Magazine stopped in to talk to Larry Young to discuss Is Radio Experience a Renaissance ? Michael Harrison also congraulated Larry Young on his being selected by the 2011 Gala Honoree Selection Committee,Associated Black Charities as the […]