Chaotic Convergence. This web blog lists the number of lynchings and related states throughout the the nation during the twentieth century. Read more. … [Continue reading]
Chuck Stone – Short Bio – Former Tuskegee Airman
January 14, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Back when we worked together at the Philadelphia Daily News, I usually could hear and smell Chuck Stone before I saw him. Read more … [Continue reading]
Famous Quote
January 14, 2007 By Leave a Comment
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these. -- George Washington … [Continue reading]
Long Island New York vet erects memorial for black servicemen
January 14, 2007 By Leave a Comment
William Thomas is a proud man, an Army vet, a former New York City housing cop. So when he would visit Veterans Plaza in East Meadow's Eisenhower Park, he always noticed that with all the memorials, there were none to African-American vets. Read … [Continue reading]
Tuskegee Airmen Dies – Dr. William Morgan, 85
January 14, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Dr. William Morgan, one of the last Tuskegee Institute airmen living in Minnesota, died Dec. 30 in Minneapolis. The retired dentist from Fergus Falls, Minn., was 85. Read more … [Continue reading]
Historians Question Records of Tuskegee Airmen
January 14, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Two historians are disputing the claim that America’s first Black fighter pilots never lost a bomber to enemy fire during World War II. U.S. Air Force records show that at least a few bombers escorted by the red-tailed fighters of the Tuskegee … [Continue reading]
Tuskegee University – National Historical Site
December 26, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site is nestled on the campus of historic Tuskegee University. The site includes the George W. Carver Museum and The Oaks, home of Booker T. Washington...Read more … [Continue reading]
President’s bumpy rides leads to funding for Tuskegee road work
October 7, 2006 By Leave a Comment
The next time President Bush visits Tuskegee he may have a much smoother ride than he experienced on his last visit in April, thanks partly to a quip the president made about the city's potholes. Gov. Bob Riley announced Tuesday that Tuskegee was … [Continue reading]
African American Billionaire Leads Huge Investment Team to Liberia
October 6, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Over 20 years ago, Billionaire Robert Johnson started the Black Entertainment Television network after taking a $15,000 bank loan; in 2001, Johnson sold the network to Viacom for $3 billion. With a little bit of luck, one of the richest men in the … [Continue reading]
Notasulga medical clinic fills void in care
September 23, 2006 By Leave a Comment
NOTASULGA, Ala. - Notasulga residents will avoid a long drive for health care when a medical clinic run by Tallassee Community Hospital opens its doors Monday. "It's very important to us because a lot of people are not able to get to Opelika or … [Continue reading]
Cosby Appeals to Americans – Give $8 each for Slavery Museum
September 22, 2006 By Leave a Comment
RICHMOND, Va. -- If every American contributes $8, the U.S. National Slavery Museum could open exhibits as early as next year, Bill Cosby, a key contributor to the project, said Friday. Cosby joined Richmond Mayor L. Douglas Wilder in launching a … [Continue reading]
Tuskegee Airman Dies, Milton Henry, 87
September 18, 2006 By Leave a Comment
The Reverend Milton Henry, a civil rights lawyer and black separatist who sought to create a provisional government of former slave states, including Mississippi, died September 9 of natural causes. He was 87. Read more … [Continue reading]
