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Posted by Cosandra Calloway on Thursday, February 24, 2011
The Little Rock Nine were a group of African-American students who were enrolled in Little Rock Central High School
in 1957. The ensuing Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were
initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, and then attended after the intervention
of President Eisenhower, is considered to be one of the most important
events in the African-American Civil Rights... Continue reading...
Posted by Cosandra Calloway on Tuesday, February 22, 2011
The Children’s Dream Award is a tremendous honor for any child. For one night
the future stars of
Hollywood donate their time and honor unsung heroes with a powerful
dedication to select
children who have gone above and beyond to help other children. Children
selected from around
the world will receive this prestigious honor with a handmade Peace
Angel award.
This 2-hour video streaming event tailored for the whole family will
begin with a full red carpet
celebration, followed by a din... Continue reading...
Posted by Cosandra Calloway on Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Johnson's boxing style was
very distinctive. He developed a more patient approach than was
customary in that day: playing defensively, waiting for a mistake, and
then capitalizing on it. Johnson always began a bout cautiously, slowly
building up over the rounds into a more aggressive fighter. He often
fought to punish his opponents rather than knock them out, endlessly
avoiding their blows and striking with swift counters. He always gave
the impression of having much more to offer ... Continue reading...
Posted by Cosandra Calloway on Tuesday, February 22, 2011
The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws in the United States enacted
between 1876 and 1965. They mandated de jure racial segregation in all
public facilities, with a supposedly "separate but equal" status for black Americans. In reality,
this led to treatment and accommodations that were usually inferior to
those provided for white Americans, systematizing a number of economic,
educational and social disadvantages.
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Posted by Cosandra Calloway on Tuesday, February 22, 2011
African-American firsts First mayors · US state firsts
Landmark African-American legislation
African-American-related topics
Topics related to Black and African people.
African-American history is the portion of American history that
specifically discusses the African American or Black American ethnic
group in the United States. Most African Americans are the descendants
of captive Africans held in the United States from 1619 to 1865. Blacks
from the Caribbean whose ancestors immigrated... Continue reading...
Posted by Cosandra Calloway on Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Elliott Lydell (Dale) Davis (born March 25, 1969 in Toccoa, Georgia) is
an former American professional basketball player who played center and
power forward. He is 6'11" and weighs 252 pounds.
Davis was drafted by the Indiana Pacers with the 13th
pick of the 1991 NBA Draft, and spent the first nine years of his career
with them. He quickly established himself as the team's starting power
forward, and was the workhorse of the Pacers' outstanding teams in the
mid-1990s. He routinely ave... Continue reading...
Posted by Cosandra Calloway on Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Kenneth (Kenny) "The Jet" Smith (born March 8, 1965) is a retired
National Basketball Association player and current TV basketball analyst,
primarily for Inside the NBA on TNT.Smith was selected by the Sacramento
Kings with the sixth pick of the 1987 NBA Draft. He played in the NBA
from 1987 to 1997 as a member of the Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks,
Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, and Denver
Nuggets. In his professional career, Smith scored 9,397 points and
recorded ... Continue reading...
Posted by Cosandra Calloway on Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Evidence of slavery predates written records, and has
existed in many cultures. Slavery is rare among hunter–gatherer
populations, as slavery is a system of social stratification. Mass
slavery also requires economic surpluses and
a high population density to be viable. Due to these factors, the
practice of slavery would have only proliferated after the invention of
agriculture during the Neolithic revolution about 11,000 years ago. The
earliest records of slavery can be traced to the... Continue reading...
Posted by Cosandra Calloway on Tuesday, February 22, 2011
An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program
to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. While
generally reserved for professional space travelers, the term is
sometimes applied to anyone who travels into space, including
scientists, politicians, journalists, and tourists.[1][2]
Until 2003, astronauts were sponsored and trained exclusively by
governments, either by the military, or by civilian space agencies. With
the sub-orbital fl... Continue reading...
Posted by Cosandra Calloway on Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Malcolm X (pronounced /'mælk?m '?ks/; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965),
born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz was an African-American Muslim minister, public speaker,
and human rights activist. To his admirers, he was a courageous
advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America
in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans.[6] His
detractors accused him of preaching racism, black supremacy,
antisemitism, and vio... Continue reading...
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