Join the coversation, Tell us something positive about Black People
Ask Mae Jamison the first Black Woman in space in 1992. Always had the dream of being an astronaut and accomplished that goal. Wikipedia has her answers to the above question and well worth reading about.
Another great source is youtube.com and google.
This is just a reminder for the next generation that having a goal in life, is the first step in achieving a dream , she said, ” wake up and do it”!!!!!
The Atlanta Twenty-Five!!!!
Michael Harriot of Theroot.com
The 25 students from 16 Atlanta high schools were excited to complete a residency at one of the globe’s most distinguished academic institutions and to compete against 400 students from around the world including Asia, Europe and Russia. The residency and competition also included some of America’s most exclusive and expensive preparatory schools, whose students, I would safely assume, also suffered humiliating defeats at the hands of the Atlanta contingent in the dormitory Spades contests.
But after the program kicked off its heralded single-elimination debate tournament, people began to notice that the Atlanta students were dominating the competition. Ten of the 12 Atlanta teams advanced to the round of 16, six progressed to the quarter-finals and two continued to the semi-finals.
In the end, Jordan Thomas, a rising senior at Atlanta’s Grady High School won the entire competition.
“I was determined to represent my city and my story,” Thomas said in a press release. “I wanted people to see where I came from and how I could keep up with them.”
“To bring the championship back to Atlanta was the most satisfying
They won an international debate tournament at Harvard University
“A mind is a terrible thing to waste” rings true again for the struggle for education in all our Black Communities,but remember also,”Yes we can”.
Soul to the Black community is a feeling from deep with in you. Aretha was blessed with the gift of expressing it in song. You could feel the words she sang. We will not miss her because she left her works behind for the future to enjoy. She is eternal.
Bill Pickett
When you hear the term bull dogging, it is usually associated with Rodeo Cowboys, jumping from horses and grabbing a bull by the horns and wrestling it to the ground. This feat was invented by a Black cowboy by the name of Bill Pickett from Texas, in the 1890’s to catch run away steers. It later became an event in rodeo competition. He was known on the Rodeo Circuit as the Dusky Demon and was inducted into the Rodeo Hall of fame in 1971 and placed on USPS stamp in December of 1993. To learn more of this outstanding Black American, google or go to Wikipedia.
It is another day that a sports figure from the Black community has done something to better the lives of people in general, with the “I Promise School in Akron Ohio!!!! I hope it is alright to say thankyou to LeBron James from the Black community and we are proud of you for what you do on and off the basketball court.