Black History Month – February 6, 1820 In 1815, Paul Cuffee, an African-American Quaker, led a small group of freed slaves to Sierra Leone, where they were able to establish a colony. The American Colonization Society, […]
Black History Month – February 5, 1933 James Herman Banning was an American aviation pioneer. In 1932, James Banning, accompanied by Thomas C. Allen, became America’s first black aviator to fly coast-to-coast. Dreaming from boyhood of being a pilot, […]
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 […]
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 – 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 -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 -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 […]
Today is the first day of Black History Month. As I think about what this time represents to million of blacks in this country, I know the fight is no where near over. There are […]
At the end of this report I am going to show you a most disturbing and brutal video. I want you to be prepared. On June 4th 2017, four black inmates were brutally attacked by […]
Pet Peeve – noun Something that a particular person finds especially annoying. Everyone has a pet peeve. Some people have multiple pet peeves. One to four pet peeves is about normal. Five to ten pet peeves […]
Copyright © 2017 Hill1News Corp.