Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is a founded in 1837 as the Institute for Colored Youth, it is the oldest of all historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States.
Read more "Cheney University of Pennsylvania"Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis(c. 1841 – July 1935), born Oluale Kossola, and also known as Cudjo Lewis, was the third-to-last adult survivor of the Atlantic slave trade between Africa and the United States. Together with 115 other African captives, he was brought to the United States on board the ship Clotilda in 1860.
Read more "Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis"What is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance?Currently I have no middle name. My full name is Akilah Monifa. My name at birth was Elizabeth Ann Thompson. I was named after my maternal grandmother Elizabeth Ann Perry.
Read more "Middle Name"Jomo Kenyatta 1897-1978. First President of Kenya from 1964-1978.
Read more "Jomo Kenyatta"What is the last thing you learned? Self-compassion.
Read more "The Last Thing I Learned"in October 2024, the UK celebrated Black History Month with a focus on “reclaiming narratives” to correct historical inaccuracies and highlight the contributions of Black Britons. Events included the unveiling of a blue plaque in West Kensington, London, honoring influential Black figures such as Jomo Kenyatta and Malcolm X.
Read more "Black History Month in the UK"What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain. “How’s your day going?” It’s a learned perfunctory question that really is rhetorical. Folks asking aren’t really interested or listening for a true response other than the perfunctory “good, and yours?” And I don’t know how to give an honest meaningful answer to a stranger.
Read more "Question I hate to be asked"In December 2024, the United Nations proclaimed the Second International Decade for People of African Descent, commencing on January 1, 2025. This initiative aims to confront the enduring legacies of enslavement and colonialism, deliver reparatory justice, and secure the full human rights and freedoms of people of African descent worldwide.
Read more "International Decade for People of African descent"How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? My car was repossessed. For about a minute I thought of myself as a failure, not responsible, not taking care of of business, not a good financial steward. Then I realized the gift: I was relived of the financial drain of the […]
Read more "Failure?"Cappie Pondexter born in 1983 in 2009 became the first player in WNBA history to win three consecutive Western Conference Player of the week awards.
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