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When racists bombed home of Percy Julian, the trailblazing chemist who saved lives
The obstacles put in the path of Percy Lavon Julian could disjoint a saint but he persevered and achieved excellence. Julian, born in Montgomery, Alabama on April 11, 1899, to a railway mail clerk, came...
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How Elizabeth N. Anionwua braved the odds to become UK’s first sickle cell nurse specialist
Elizabeth Mary Furlong, also known as Elizabeth Nneka Anionwua, is a celebrated British nurse, health care administrator, lecturer, and Emeritus Professor of Nursing at the University of West London. But...
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Despite his wartime heroics, Staff Sgt. Edward A. Carter Jr. was denied the Medal of Honor due to racism
Staff Sgt. Edward Allen Carter Jr. was born on May 26, 1916, in Los Angeles, California to missionary parents. Their evangelism work took them to Calcutta, India, and Shanghai, China where young Carter...
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Race riot alert as Trump accepts presidential nomination on 60th anniversary of ‘Ax Handle Saturday’
On Aug. 27, 1960, The Youth Council of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) engaged in a peaceful protest, sitting at a whites only lunch counter until they were spit...
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How Mississippi Fred McDowell shocked the music world as a farmer with mad guitar skills
Mississippi Fred McDowell was an interesting man as an American hill country blues singer and guitar player. Born in Rossville, Tennessee to farming parents who both died while he was young, he soon learned...
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How a freak accident on stage left the symbol for black pride and capitalism Curtis Mayfield paralyzed
A series of avoidable blunders obstructed the forward march of one of Soul’s most skilled and socially conscious artists. Curtis Mayfield could do dance music and love songs as well as the others,...
