Black History Month

Hank Aaron

Black History Month – February 5, 1934 Boxing legend Muhammad Ali once called Hank Aaron “The only man I idolize more than myself ” and in 1970, Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle said “As far […]

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That’s Not Me

Well I ‘ll be a blue bellied, green polka dotted, Alabama porch monkey. Second thought I think I’ll just go in blackface and get my boy to dress as the Klan. Maybe I’ll dress as […]

Black History Month

Rosa Lee Ingram

Black History Month – February 3, 1948 Rosa Lee Ingram, a sharecropper and widowed mother of four boys, was the center of one of the most sensational capital punishment cases in history. On this day […]

Black History Month

The End Of Apartheid

Black History Month -February 2, 2019 On February 2nd 1990, F.W de Klerk gave a speech to the South African Parliament after winning the general election on September 6, 1989. The speech effectively ended apartheid […]

Black History Month

George Washington Johnson

Black History Month -February 1, 2019 Being the first to do something is not always a good thing. Take the story of George Washington Johnson. He was the first African-American recording star of the phonograph. He was […]