Archive for February, 2010

Thurgood Marshall

February 11, 2010
Thurgood Marshall

Attorney Thurgood Marshall led the civil rights case of Brown v. Board of Education of [...]

Marcus Mosiah Garvey

February 10, 2010

Marcus Mosiah Garvey
(1887-1940) leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, first African-American leader in American [...]

Book Sale…

February 10, 2010
Book Sale…

If you haven’t had the money to buy any books thus far this year and [...]

Note to the lady who flipped me off…

Note to the lady who flipped me off…
Tell me this. Why are there so many [...]

Rosa Parks

February 9, 2010
Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks was a modest seamstress on her way home from work when she refused [...]

How will you celebrate Valentine’s Day?

Some ladies, and gentlemen as well, are looking for something different to do around Atlanta [...]

Jackie Robinson

February 8, 2010
Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson became the first African-American of the 20th century to join Major League baseball [...]

Music Monday…

February 8, 2010

Kandi Burruss,  Candi Redd and Rasheeda on a new song, “Independent”. Please let me know [...]

They won…

February 7, 2010

They won… The end… 31-17

National Black HIV/AIDS Day

February 7, 2010

Today marks the 10th annual National HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, “a national HIV testing and treatment [...]

Hattie McDaniel

February 5, 2010
Hattie McDaniel

Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1895 – October 26, 1952) was an American actress and the [...]

Another Reality…

February 4, 2010

Ray J recently said on Twitter that this season of For the Love of Ray [...]

Jackie “Moms ” Mabley

February 4, 2010
Jackie “Moms ” Mabley

Moms Mabley, born in 1897. She was an African-American vaudeville performer and comedian, the [...]

Mike Vick Project

February 3, 2010
Mike Vick Project

Mike Vick really comes clean, engages us in all the details and the thought process [...]

We are the world 2

February 3, 2010
We are the world 2

Various media outlets are reporting that there were about 100 celebrities hit Jim Henson studios [...]

Medgar Evers

February 3, 2010
Medgar Evers

Medgar Wiley Evers was born July 2, 1925, near Decatur, Mississippi, and attended school there [...]

SWV…

February 2, 2010

SWV was on the Monique Show filmed here in Atlanta. They discussed the demise of [...]

I’m Just Saying…

February 2, 2010

You know that we are in a time of recession when a Walgreens Store feels [...]

Who Did Ray J Choose? (This time)

Last night was the Finale of For the Love of Ray J’s Second season. The [...]

Educating Ourselves…

February 2, 2010

My goal this month is to post an important person from our history. I think [...]

Frederick Douglass

February 2, 2010
Frederick Douglass

Famous in his own time for his eloquent oratory abilities and publications, Frederick Douglass went [...]

Emmett Till

February 1, 2010

Emmett Louis “Bobo” Till
In the summer of 1955, Mamie Till gave in to her son’s [...]

Diana: A Celebration

February 1, 2010
Diana: A Celebration

All photos by Hudgons Photography
Diana: A Celebration now on exhibit at the Atlanta Civic [...]