Marie Maynard Daly (1921 – 2003) was born in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New Your,. Daly was an avid… Read more »
Monthly Archives: February 2017
Spotlight on Kevin Hall
Black History month traditionally focuses on the past and how the future has been shaped by the past. Kevin Hall… Read more »
Visibility
I would be remiss if I did not take some time to wish everyone a happy Presidents’ Day, especially in… Read more »
Who is Medgar Evers?
Civil rights activists Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the former spokesman for the Nation of Islam, Malcom X, are… Read more »
The Harlem Rattlers—A Little Known Chapter from the World War I History
When people tend to think about African-Americans and the military, they tend to think of the Tuskegee Airmen, who flew… Read more »
A Tidbit on Dorothy Vaughan
Some of you may be aware that there is a movie out right now about three black women who had… Read more »
To Post, Or Not To Post?
Let me first start off with a belated “Happy New Year”! This being my first blog and all for 2017,… Read more »