Lesson Of The Day: More Black Facts & Tidbits...

Keeping It Real: In 1897, African-American inventor Alfred Cralle patented the first ice cream scoop. His original design remains in wide use, even today. 

George T. Sampson invented a clothes dryer that used heat from a stove in 1892. 

Nathaniel Alexander was the first to patent the folding chair. His invention was designed to be used in schools, churches and at large social gatherings. 

George Carruthers invented the far ultraviolet electrographic camera, used in the 1972 Apollo 16 mission. This invention revealed new features in Earth's far-outer atmosphere and deep-space objects from the perspective of the lunar surface. Carruthers was inducted into the National Inventor's Hall of Fame in 2003. 

African-American inventor Garrett Augustus Morgan created the gas mask—then became renowned for using his mask to save workers trapped in a toxic fume-filled tunnel. He also invented, among many other things, a three-way automatic stop sign, which he sold to General Electric. It was used in the U.S. until the three-light traffic sign was developed.

Lesson Of The Day: More Black Facts & Tidbits..

Keeping It Real: Alice Walker, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of The Color Purple, was born in Eatonton, GA, on Feb. 9th in 1944.

Architect Paul Williams mastered the art of drawing upside down so that he could sit across from — not next to — white clients who didn’t want to sit side-by-side with a black person. 

Nelson R. Mandela, South Africa's Black nationalist leader, was released from prison after 27 years on Feb. 11th in 1990. Four years after his release, he was elected President of South Africa.

The NAACP was founded Feb. 12th in 1909 after riots in Springfield, IL. With W.E.B Du Bois as one of its chief organizers, the group originally fought to abolish forced segregation and enforce the 14th and 15th Amendments.

Lawyer Macon Bolling Allen was the first black American Justice of the Peace and the first African-American licensed to practice law in the U.S. 

Frederick Augustus Douglass, orator, activist and abolitionist , was born a slave in Tuckahoe, MD, on Feb. 14th in 1817. Douglass was commemorated on a US postage stamp issued on his birthday 150 years later.


and the list goes on and on and on....Ya Dig?..

Lesson Of The Day: Black History Month Is...

Keeping It Real: Black history month is
A time we celebrate
Retaliate
Recuperate
Cooperate
Let's get this straight
Not all whites were bad
Not all blacks were sad
Some were free
Some fulfilled their dreams
Some racism still goes on in the streets
But it's not as bad as it use to be
Some people choose to unite
Some choose to fight
Fathers tell the stories to their sons
The troubled ones won't put down their guns
Is there anyone who can save this world
Maybe the little ones, the boys and the girls
Mothers tell their daughters about her ancestors
And how some of their masters were violaters
How would you feel
If you disobeyed your master
And he didn't feed you your meal
To read, write, and teach
Was hard to do without the correct grammar or speech
Not to mention that knowledge for a negro was against the law
If you did learn the master beat you until your skin looked raw
On a more happier note
You all know this famous quote
'I have a dream'
Everyone should have a dream
No matter how weird it seems
Believe in yourself, slavery is no more
Because we won the Civil War
YOU can stride for your score..Ya Dig?...

Lesson Of The Day: Black Man Cake

THERE WERE SPECIAL INGREDIENTS GOD USED IN MAKING A “GOOD BLACK MAN”.

I'm making a Black man cake, because I'm hungry as hell and the sweet tooth I have only a brotha’ can break the spell. Let me reach into my cupboard to see what I can find, to make a mix that will stick to my stomach and blow a brotha’s mind.

2 cups of Respect me as your woman, wife, lover and friend

1 cup of molasses brown, because he's got to be sweet, mental, deep, chocolate and feet firmly planted on the ground.

Nutmeg is always good to bring a smile to his face

A few cups of The Bible, so he knows about God’s Good Grace.

I won't bite into anything that's not spiritually found, I want him to know the Lord, he can’t be hellbound.

I am adding 2 sticks of butter, because he must have flavor

2 tablespoons of vanilla, something we women savor

I must add eggs so he can do his man thing, that is number one. Can't leave him hanging cause I know he wants his pretty princess and a strong son.

I think I'll add a little hard liquor, cause I want a manly man

Just for the record, you ain’t a MANLY MAN, until you had some black woman tan.

For a responsible man, I'll throw in some big tasty coconuts, so when she busts that outer shell, the savory juice will fill her gut!!

I'll add 3 cups of bravery, 3 cups of honesty & 3 cups of courage and into the oven to bake

Turn it to 425 degrees, set the timer and wait for my REAL BLACK MAN CAKE!!

Now when it's done sistas, I won't share his wealth, but I'm sharing the recipe as I'm consuming this black man cake, ALL BY MYSELF.  Ya Dig?.....

Lesson Of The Day: Black History Month

Keeping It Real:  February is the month for Black History. Where Blacks have come a long way with Less losses and More victories.


Quoting the Great Dr. Martin Luther King, we shall overcome and free at last, Black History means to me Great Black makers and Great Black makings of the past.  

We shall and have overcome many obstacles blocking our stride, Martin Luther King dreamed it, Obama achieved it and he did it with dignity and much pride!   

Say it loud, I am Black and Proud. Say it again, I'm proud of my Black Heritage, my Black Skin and Proud to be a Black American!! Ya Dig?...