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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 […]

Via: CBS Seventeen Baltimore City police officers and two brothers who own a car repair shop have been charged with conspiring to commit extortion in connection with a scheme in which the repair shop owners paid police officers to arrange for their company, rather than a city-authorized company, to tow vehicles from accident scenes and […]

Angel Laws is the creator and founder of Concrete Loop which is one of the leading black entertainment blogs on the net. She also a graphic designer, trendsetter and author of the Book “Angel Laws of Blogging: What you need to know to have a Successful and Profitable Blog.

School Closings Tuesday, February 22, 2011  Updated   2/22/2011  9:45 am SCHOOL SYSTEM  ANNOUNCEMENT  ALLEGANY COUNTY  NO REPORT  ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY  Closed. Code Blue. Liberal Leave for employees  BALTIMORE CITY  SCHOOLS CLOSED, ADMINSITRATIVE OFFICES OPENING ON TIME  BALTIMORE COUNTY  Closed  CALVERT COUNTY  NO REPORT  CAROLINE COUNTY  CLOSED  CARROLL COUNTY  SCHOOLS CLOSED, LIBERAL LEAVE FOR EMPLOYEES IN EFFECT, 12-MONTH […]

Barbara Jordan, lawyer, educator, Congresswoman, and the first Black person to give the keynote address at a national political convention, was born in Houston, TX, February 21,1936.   TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.

Sistar MyRah is an oracle, that uses a host of spiritual tools to open up your spiritual conscience to a higher understanding.

Via: talkers.com We are proud to announce that Larry Young has been named by TALKERS Magazine as one of the 250 Most Important Radio Talk Show Hosts in America – A popular annual feature that includes what has come to be known as the “Heavy Hundred.” Larry Young is #63 out of 100 MOST IMPORTANT […]