black history fun fact friday
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Free Frank
This is a man who was free in more ways than one. Welcome back to Black History Fun Fact Friday. Meet, Free Frank. The first African American to found his own town in the United States, Free Frank was born Frank McWorter on September 7, 1777 as a slave in South Carolina to a West… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Originally Published February 27, 2015 Today is a special Friday because we’re going to be talking about a special woman in history. She’s a unique study because there is not a lot of information on her. While technology has blessed us with the internet so that we no longer have to sit through 500-page books… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Jan Matzeliger
Growing up, my brother was a collector of the latest Nikes. He was the Air Force One version of the Air Jordan lover. He’ll collect all kinds of pairs of “Air Ones” and stack them in his room or in the basement. It was truly a work of art and since he actually is an… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Sarah Rector
Welcome Back to Black History Fun Fact Friday! I introduce to you Sarah Rector who was just eleven when she received international attention for being a millionaire. In 1913, The Kansas City Star publicized the headline, “Millions to a Negro Girl.” Sarah Rector was born on March 3, 1902, in Twine, Oklahoma, on Muscogee Creek,… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – The Fultz Sisters
As a twin, I could not help but be attracted to this story, and as I studied their life in preparation for writing this article, it wouldn’t take long for me to see the red flags. From the media perspective, you’d think the quads and their families were wealthy, with a house on 150-acres of… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Medical Apartheid
This Week’s episode of Black History Fun Fact Friday is the recommendation of Harriet Washington’s Groundbreaking book Medical Apartheid. Medical Apartheid is about the deliberate infection of people with deadly or debilitating diseases, exposure of people to biological and chemical weapons, human radiation experiments, injection of people with toxic and radioactive chemicals, surgical experiments, interrogation… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Timbuktu
Timbuktu is a city in the West African nation of Mali, situated north of the River Niger on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert. Founded by nomads, it is most known as “The City of Gold.” While some scholars and proposed travelers attempt to debunk the “myth” (claiming to have reached the city where… Continue reading
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