DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH I WILL BE SPOTLIGHTING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN THAT WERE THE PIONEERS IN THEIR FIELDS. TODAY’S FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT: HATTIE McDANIEL HATTIE MC DANIEL ACADEMY AWARD “BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS” ACCEPTANCE SPEECH HATTIE MCDANIEL  “GONE WITH THE WIND” (click the photo to view clip) FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT: MAGGIE LENA WALKER FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT: […]

DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH I WILL BE SPOTLIGHTING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN THAT WERE THE PIONEERS IN THEIR FIELDS. TODAY’S FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT:MAGGIE LENA WALKER BE FRIENDS WITH FIRST LADY ON FACEBOOK OR FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT: DELLA REESE FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT: NAOMI SIMS FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT: VANESSA WILLIAMS FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT: HAZEL […]

DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH I WILL BE SPOTLIGHTING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN THAT WERE THE PIONEERS IN THEIR FIELDS. TODAY’S FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT: DELLA REESE DELLA REESE DELLA REESE “EVERYTHING MUST CHANGE” (LIVE) BE FRIENDS WITH FIRST LADY ON FACEBOOK OR FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT: NAOMI SIMS FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT: VANESSA WILLIAMS FIRST […]

President’s Day falling in the middle of Black History Month gives us reason to ask for definitive answers to some questions that may get swept under the rug. While it is wonderful to acknowledge the greatness of our Presidents, we cannot pretend that slavery wasn’t a part of our past in America. It’s hard to […]

In honor of Black History Month, we’ve highlighted some of the first Black women who were honored for their achievements. BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Rosa Parks…

DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH I WILL BE SPOTLIGHTING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN THAT WERE THE PIONEERS IN THEIR FIELDS. TODAY’S FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT: JANE M. BOLIN JANE M. BOLIN CLICK HERE TO LIKE FIRST LADY ON FACEBOOK OR FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER First Lady Spotlight: Jill Brown First Lady Spotlight: Vanessa Williams

DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH I WILL BE SPOTLIGHTING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN THAT WERE THE PIONEERS IN THEIR FIELDS. TODAY’S FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT:  NAOMI SIMS NAOMI SIMS NAOMI SIMS BE FRIENDS WITH FIRST LADY ON FACEBOOK OR FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER

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Maya Angelou is, without a doubt, one of the nation’s most revered authors. Her poems, memoirs and other creative projects over her six-decade career have cemented her place as the preeminent woman of letters still living. In 1993, she read her poem, “On the Pulse of Morning,” at the Clinton inauguration, the first poet to […]

Oh, this is RICH! In August of 1865, Colonel P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee wrote his former slave, Jourdon Anderson, requesting that he come back to his farm to work. Jourdon Anderson had already been emancipated and was gainfully employed and providing for his family in Ohio at this point. His response to the […]

DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH I WILL BE SPOTLIGHTING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN THAT WERE THE PIONEERS IN THEIR FIELDS. TODAY’S FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT:  RUTH CAROL TAYLOR CLICK HERE TO LIKE FIRST LADY ON FACEBOOK OR FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT: HAZEL W. JOHNSON FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT: VANESSA L. WILLIAMS

BE FRIENDS WITH FIRST LADY ON FACEBOOK OR FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER If you are a fan of the Real Housewives of Atlanta (RHOA), you are in for a treat with this spoof of the show.  The Real Housewives of Civil Rights parallels the different events of RHOA from Cynthia’s “friendship contract” with NeNe and […]

BE FRIENDS WITH FIRST LADY ON FACEBOOK OR FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH I WILL BE SPOTLIGHTING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN THAT WERE THE PIONEERS IN THEIR FIELDS. TODAY’S FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT:  NAOMI SIMS NAOMI SIMS NAOMI SIMS