Remember The Heroes

March 24th…Happy birthday to Dorothy Height, a civil rights and women’s rights activist focused on improving the circumstances of and opportunities for African-American women including unemployment, illiteracy, and voter awareness. She was a leader in addressing the rights of both women and African Americans as the president of the National Council of Negro Women  for forty […]

Memorial Day is probably one of my favorite holidays because it’s where we celebrate the legacy of those service members who put their life on the line for our freedom. And did you that the holiday was first celebrated by black soldiers? According to  Yale University history professor David Blight, he says that blacks in […]