Month: April 2019

Author and illustrator, Dwayne Lester, and his book cover

Posted Blacknews.com   3/29/2019

Nationwide — Dwayne Lester is an award-winning artist, illustrator and designer who has just released a new book entitled Through My Eyes With a Pencil: An Illustrated History of the 100 Greatest African American Athletes of the 20th Century (available on Amazon). It is not, however, just a book of illustrations. It is also a historical and educational book for anyone interested in how Blacks have been treated in the US and continue to be treated, even in the sports arena where they excel. The book is especially for young Black athletes and children who need to grow up and know and learn about what they will have to contend with even today.

17-Year Old Student Awarded $1.6 Million in Scholarships and Accepted into 39 Colleges!

The Jordon Nixon  story is told in an article of the March, 11, 2019  Black News.com site.   A Student of Douglas County High School in Atlanta Georgia.

www.blacknews.com/news/jordan-nixon-student-awarded-millions-in-scholarships-accepted-39-colleges/

I know you will be as surprised as I was unless you saw this video on youtube.

Who was the first Black player allowed to play in The National Hockey League?

Black News      April 2, 2019

       Nationwide — Orrin “Checkmate” Hudson, noted mentor and anti-violence and peace activist, is inviting the community to celebrate “Good Deeds Day” on Thursday, April 11, from 6pm to 8:30pm, at the Stone Ridge Events Center, 1750 Stone Ridge Drive, Stone Mountain. Also invited is Tanitoluwa Adewumi, the 8-year old refugee from Nigeria who just recently won the New York state chess championship.

This again shows the crucial age for the young mind to be pointed in the right direction.  When anyone says that our children can’t learn, look at another example of what can happen if time is taken to show them what is possible.

 

Professor Booker T Coleman gives an in lighting explanation in his lectures on the Moore’s and what they brought to the European continent.

 

“Why we should know the Crusades”