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BLACK HISTORY MONTH

BY MINISTER SHERRELL M. JORDAN

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

“WE COME THIS FAR BY FAITH” IS A HYMN WRITTEN BY ALBERT A GOODSON IN 1963, TO COMMERATE THE MILESTONE OF ONE’S LIFE JOURNEY. I BELIEVE THAT THIS HYMN SOLIDIFIES ALL…

An impresario in the broadest and most creative sense of the word, Quincy Jones’ career has encompassed the roles of composer, record producer, artist, film producer, arranger, conductor, instrumentalist, TV producer, record company executive, magazine founder and multi-media entrepreneur. As a master inventor of…

NASA EXPERIENCE: Dr. Jemison was selected for the astronaut program in June 1987. Her technical assignments since then have included: launch support activities at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida; verification of Shuttle computer software in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory…

James A. Bland was an entertainer and a prolific composer who wrote sentimental songs about the American South for use in minstrel shows. Bland was born in Flushing, New York on October 22, 1854 to educated, free parents. He briefly studied at Howard University in Washington,…

Michael Jackson, one of the most widely beloved entertainers and profoundly influential artists of all-time, leaves an indelible imprint on popular music and culture.

During his extraordinary career, he sold an estimated 750 million records worldwide, released 13 No.1 singles and became one of a handful of…

Producer, director, actor. Born Shelton Jackson Lee on March 20, 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia. Growing up in a relatively well-off African-American family, Lee was making amateur films by age 20. His first student film, Last Hustle in Brooklyn, was completed when he was an undergraduate at Morehouse…

He's still the most recognizable man on earth. And over forty years after he burst onto the scene as a gold-medal winner at the 1960 Rome Olympics, Muhammad Ali remains a magical figure, known and loved throughout the world.



His…

Red is Christie Brinkley’s color.

The veteran supermodel returned to the runway Wednesday night for the Red Dress Collection fashion show, an annual New York Fashion Week kickoff event that aims to draw attention to women’s heart health by putting celebrity catwalkers in a parade of gowns by some of the…

Actor, director. Born February 20, 1927, in Miami, Florida. Born prematurely on the high seas en route to Miami, Poitier grew up in The Bahamas. His youth was filled with delinquency, and his parents eventually sent him to live with his brother in Florida in 1941. Poitier served a short stint in the United…

(February 1, 1902 - May 22, 1967)

Born in Joplin, Missouri, James Langston Hughes was a member of an abolitionist family. He was the great-great-grandson of Charles Henry Langston, brother of John Mercer Langston, who was the first Black American to be elected to public office, in…

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free.  Psychological freedom - a firm sense of self-esteem - is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery,'' expressed Revernd Martin…

Happy New Year, job seekers.

Employers added 200,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate ticked down to 8.5%, a signal that the U.S. job market is continuing its slow improvement, the Department of Labor announced Friday morning.

The unemployment rate is the lowest its been since…