Battle Creek’s Proverbial “Little Drummer Boy” --- Bruce Richardson Bruce Richardson began playing the drums more than sixty years ago. He was nine years old when he began drumming. Initially he tried play...
Georgia Gilmore Kept the Montgomery Bus Boycotters Fed! Georgia Gilmore Kept the Montgomery Bus Fed According to Maria Godoy a National Public Radio correspondent, in December 1955, while Rosa ...
HBCU SPOTLIGHT-WARD BEARD ATTENDED ALABAMA A&M Courtesy Photo-Ward Beard Ward “Skillz” Beard is a graduate of the Historically Black College, Alabama A & M University, located in Norma...
BLACK HISTORY-JANEECE FREEMAN JANEECE FREEMAN, a young lady who was able to follow her dream, became an actor, educator, mentor, and director who grew up in Lansing, M...
HBCU FEATURE-YANICE (CARTER) JACKSON-LONG ATTENDED CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY Courtesy Photo-Yanice Jackson-Long Yanice always had a desire to attend an HBCU even as an undergraduate student at Eastern Michigan Univ...
HBCU FEATURE-JAN HENDERSON ATTENDED WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY Courtesy Photo-Jan Henderson When Jan Henderson attended West Virginia State University in Norfolk, Virginia, everyone was required to li...
HBCU FEATURE-RANDA DARWOOD ATTENDED VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY Courtesy Photo-Randa Darwood I am a proud alumna of The Virginia State University, a university that has been building a better world sin...
HBCU FEATURE-DEANA NEWMAN ATTENDED KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY Courtesy Photo-Deana Newman Deana’s college career initially began at Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and although she enjoy...
HBCU FEATURE-RALPH RIDDLE JR. ATTENDED FISK UNIVERSITY, TENNESSEE Ralph Riddle Jr. chose Fisk University because of its rich history that boasted of many great African Americans attendees. “I readily ide...
HBCU FEATURE-DR. CARRIE BAPTISTE JACKSON ATTENDED SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, LOUISIANA Dr. Carrie Baptiste grew up in Baldwin, Louisiana, just southwest of New Orleans, in a home of strict but loving religious parents. She ...
HBCU FEATURE-ATTORNEY BRIAN JACKSON ATTENDED HOWARD UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL-WASHINGTON D.C. Courtesy Photo-Brian T. Jackson and daughter Brielle Jackson All three of Brian’s early educational experiences were predominately white....
Lansing Community College celebrates Black History Month Lansing Community College is set to kick-off an exciting month of activities in recognition of Black History Month with a Jazz, Hip-Hop a...
DR MAXINE HANKINS CAIN’S NEW PASSION For more than forty years, the mid-Michigan area has benefited from the educational leadership of Dr. Maxine Hankins Cain who started her...
Lansing chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. to hold historic founder’s day program LANSING, Mich. – The Epsilon Tau Sigma chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity will host its annual founder’s day with the Theta Rho Zeta ch...
HOW HBCU’S BEGAN Prior to the Civil War, there were few institutions of higher education for African Americans in the United States. By the time the War e...
They Call Him Babakubwa Kwefu: We Know Him as Dr. Willie Davis The moniker fits Dr. Davis well. Babakubwa Kwefu means “Big Daddy” and although not hefty in size, he’s huge in heart, spirit and knowled...
A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste I believe it was radio personality Tom Joyner who coined the phrase “Black History is 24:7”, meaning it should be celebrated every day of...
Robert L. Johnson Biography Robert L. Johnson is the founder, chairman and CEO of Black Entertainment Television (BET). He is also the majority owner of the Charlott...
Condoleezza Rice Biography Condoleezza Rice was U.S. Secretary of State from 2005 until 2009 under President George W. Bush, after serving four years as National Se...
Thurgood Marshall Judge, Civil Rights Activist, Supreme Court Justice, Lawyer (1908–1993) Thurgood Marshall was instrumental in ending legal segregation and became the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court. Synops...
