LUCY DIGGS SLOWE

STRONG IN MIND AS WELL AS BODY LUCY DIGGS SLOWE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO HOLD A MAJOR SPORTS TITLE. IN 1917 SHE WON THE NATIONAL TITLE OF THE AMERICAN TENNIS ASSOCIATION. TWO YEARS LATER SHE CREATED THE FIRST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF ALPHA KAP...PA ALPHA SORORITY WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN DEAN OF WOMEN AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY IN 1922.

CATHAY WILLIAMS

IN 1866 CATHAY WILLIAMS WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY. AT THE AGE OF 17 SHE KNEW THE ONLY WAY TO BE FREE WAS TO ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY NOT AS A WOMAN BUT AS WILLIAM CATHAY. DESPITE HER CONTACT WITH SMALL POXS & MANY ILLNESS CATHAY'S GENDER WAS NEVER DISCOVERED IN 1868 HER GENDER WAS FINALLY DISCOVERED AND SHE WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

HEALTHCARE REFORM

I ASK THE RESIDENTS OF ALABAMA, FLORIDA, NEBRASKA, NORTH DAKOTA, PENNSYLVANIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH DAKOTA, TEXAS, UTAH & WASHINGTON TO GIVE THE "UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE" A CHANCE! MAYBE IT WON'T WORK? MAYBE IT WILL? IN BETWEEN THOSE MAYBES ARE LIVES THAT DESERVE NOT JUST HEALTHCARE BUT UN-BIAS HEALTHCARE! IN ORDER FOR ANYTHING TO FAIL IT HAS TO HAVE A STARTING POINT GIVE "UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE" A STARTING POINT.

I ASK THAT EVERYONE SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE WITH THE UNITED STATES FIRST ATTEMPT AT OFFERING "UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE." AT TIME WHEN EVERY PENNY COUNTS PLEASE REALIZE SO DOES HUMAN LIFE! IF WE STAND AS A GREAT NATION THEN WE MUST STAND TOGETHER AS A NATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO TRULY BELIEVES EVERYONE DESERVES A QUALITY OF LIFE THAT BEGINS WITH HEALTHCARE.

THE CENSUS

THE UNITED STATES CENSUS IS A DECENNIAL CENSUS MANDATED BY THE CONSTITUTION THE FIRST CENSUS WAS ON AUGUST 2ND, 1790. THE POPULATION IS COUNTED EVERY 10 YEARS THIS COUNTS CREATES FUNDING & PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE POPULATION. THE FIRST CENSUS 5 STATES WERE NOT INCLUDED DELAWARE, GEORGIA, KENTUCKY, NEW JERSEY & VIRGINIA. THE CENSUS DETERMINES THE NUMBER OF SOCIAL & EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR EACH STATE.

JOAN OF ARC

"I AM NOT AFRAID I WAS BORN TO DO THIS!" A PEASANT GIRL FROM EUROPE KNEW HER LIFE WAS TO FIGHT FOR HER RELIGION. JOAN OF ARC JOINED THE FRENCH ARMY DURING THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR IN THE 14TH CENTURY. SHE LED THE FRENCH ARMY TO IMPORTANT VICTORIES & THE CORONATION OF CHARLES VII. AT THE AGE OF 19 JOAN OF ARC WAS BURNED AT THE STAKE FOR DECLARING HER VISIONS WERE FROM GOD. IN 1920 JOAN OF ARC WAS DECLARED A SAINT.

THE GOOD FIGHT!

PARENTS STOP DEFENDING YOUR CHILD'S BEHAVIOR WHEN THE QUALITY OF THEIR EDUCATION IS THE TRUE FIGHT! PARENTS FIGHT FOR QUALITY SCHOOLS, TEACHERS AND ADMISTRATION FOR YOUR CHILDREN. WE CAN NO LONGER AS PARENTS DEFEND OUR CHILDRENS BEHAVIOR IF THAT BEHAVIOR COMPROMISES THEIR EDUCATION.

THE "N" WORD!

THE WORD NIGGA IS THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE EVEN IF IT'S USED AS A TERM OF ENDEARMENT. BUT WHEN WE CALL A YOUNG GIRL A "HOT ASS" NO ONE IS UPSET. THE WORD "HOT ASS" IS USED TO DESCRIBE A YOUNG GIRL WHOSE BEHAVIOR IS HIGHLY SEXUAL FOR HER AGE. MOST YOUNG GIRLS WHO ARE HIGHLY SEXUAL IN NATURE WE...RE MOST LIKELY VIOLATED. IF YOU EVER USED THE TERM "HOT ASS" KNOW IT HAS NO TERM OF ENDEARMENT!

BEVERLY JOHNSON

IN 1892 VOGUE MAGAZINE MADE ITS DEBUT AS A WEEKLY PUBLICATION THAT TOLD STORIES OF THE TIME & CULTURE. IN 1974 BEVERLY JOHNSON WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO GRACE THE COVER. AS A MODEL SHE PAVED THE WAY FOR FUTURE AFRICAN AMERICAN MODELS & CHANGED THE IDEA OF BEAUTY & FASHION FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN. THROUGH YEARS OF LIVING INSIDE THE WORLD OF FASHION SHE LAUNCHED HER OWN COSMETIC & HAIR EXTENSIONS LINE.

SHIRLEY ANN JACKSON

AIM FOR THE STARS SO THAT YOU CAN REACH THE TREETOPS & AT LEAST YOU'LL GET OFF THE GROUND" IS WHAT SHIRLEY ANN JACKSON'S FATHER TOLD HER. IN 1964 SHE WAS VALEDICTORIAN OF THEN SEGREGATED ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. SHE WAS AMONG THE FIRST WAVE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS TO ATTEND M.I.T. IN 1973 SHE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO EARN A DOCTORATE DEGREE FOR PHYSICS FROM M.I.T. IN 1995 SHE WAS APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON AS THE CHAIRMAN FOR THE NRC (NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISION) BECOMING THE FIRST WOMAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN TO HOLD THAT POSITION. IN 1988 DR. SHIRLEY ANN JACKSON WAS INDUCTED INTO THE NATIONAL WOMAN'S HALL OF FAME.

IDA GRAY

"HER BLUSHING WINNING WAYS MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE FINDING AN EXTRA TOOTH TO ALLOW HER TO PULL." IDA GRAY WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES TO EARN A DEGREE IN DENTAL SURGERY IN 1890. IDA GRAY OPENED HER OWN PRIVATE PRACTICE IN CINCINNATI FROM 1890 TO 1895. HER NEXT PRIVATE PRACTICE WAS IN CHICAGO. SHE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE TO PRACTICE DENISTRY IN THAT CITY IN 1895.

"THE PAST MOVES ME & WITH ME ALTHOUGH I REMOVE MYSELF FROM IT. IT'S LIGHT OFTEN SHINES ON THIS NIGHT TRAVELER & WHEN IT DOES I SCRIBBLE IT DOWN. WHATEVER PLEASURE IS IN IT I NEED PASS ON. THAT'S HAPPINESS." VIRGINIA HAMILTON WROTE OVER 35 CHILDREN BOOKS THE MAIN CHARACTERS WERE AFRICAN AMERICANS. IN 1974 SHE WON THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR HER NOVEL, "M.C. HIGGINS THE GREAT."

I KNOW MY POSTS ARE VERY LONG IN DETAIL & MY PICTURES ARE NEVER OF ME. I CHOOSE THINGS THAT ARE MORE INTERESTING THAN ME. IT'S SO MUCH OF THE PAST THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT CAN SHAPE MY FUTURE. BY ME LEARNING & POSTING THEM I CREATE MORE INTEREST FOR MY OWN LIFE. FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL I AM POSTING HISTORIAL FACTS ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN WHO CHANGE HISTORY & CREATED A NEW HISTORY FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS.

JAN ERNST MATZELIGER

"THESE BOOTS WERE MADE FOR WALKING!" JAN ERNST MATZELIGER IS THE REASON WHY. IN 1882 HE CREATED A SHOE LASTING MACHINE THAT ATTACHED A SOLE TO A SHOE IN ONE MINUTE. THIS REVOLUTIONIZED THE PROCESS OF SHOE MAKING WHICH WAS DONE ALL BY HAND. HIS MACHINE PRODUCED FROM 150 TO 700 PAIRS OF SHOES IN ONE DAY VERSUS ONLY 50 SH...OES A DAY BY HAND. IN 1883 JAN ERNST MATZELIGER RECEIVED HIS US PATENT FOR HIS INVENTION.

BLANCHE KELSO BRUCE

BORN ENSLAVE BLANCHE KELSO BRUCE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN SENATOR TO SERVE A FULL TERM IN THE US SENATE FOR MISSISSIPPI. AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN 1880 HE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO WIN ANY VOTES AT A MAJOR PARTY'S NOMINATING CONVENTION FOR VICE PRESIDENT. THAT SAME YEAR HE WAS APPOINTED REGISTER OF THE TREASURY HIS SIGNATURE WAS THE FIRST OF ANY AFRICAN AMERICAN TO APPEAR ON US PAPER CURRENCY.

JUPITER HAMMON

"IF WE SHOULD EVER GET TO HEAVEN WE SHALL FIND NOBODY TO REPROACH US FOR BEING BLACK OR FOR BEING SLAVES." JUPITER HAMMON WAS ENSLAVED HIS ENTIRE LIFE HIS POEM, "AN EVENING THOUGHT" WAS PUBLISHED IN AMERICA IN 1760 THE FIRST FOR A AFRICAN AMERICAN. AT AGE 78 HE DELIVERED HIS SPEECH, "ADDRESS TO THE NEGROES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK," THAT SPOKE ABOUT HIS LIFE AS A SLAVE & HIS DEVOTION TO CHRISTIANITY.

BAC IN THE DAY..

I was just curious about a few things regarding how people raise they kids now and days. I was just wondering on a few things on how the parents today are raising their children. For example, when I was younger I had a damn bed time and believe me, my mom enforced it every damn night. Now there were times when I use to try and stay up past that time. You know, when you use to be real quiet watching tv hoping your parent didn't realize it was past your bedtime. LOL. But shit, now and days these parents let they kids stay up at all times of the night. My kids bedtime is 9pm. They have a cell phone and I make them turn it off when they go to bed. So why is it that when I turn it on in the morning (being nosey) alerts are going off for text messages? So this means somebody else's kid is up past 9pm and texting my damn kid like they ain't got school the next day. I mean to me, I think 9pm is a good time for an 11 and 9 year old.

I also noticed how parents today don't really teach they kids manners or at least enforce them if they do teach them manners. Do you remember when you were little and you cut into a grown folks conversation what happened? If your mom was like mine, she back slapped yo ass. You didn't even need an explanation as to why she hit you because at that point you already knew why. Not these parents today. You can be talking and they cut right the fuck in and don't say excuse me or anything. The sad thing is, the parent won't even correct them, hell they start conversating with the kid on what they had to say. You be sitting there thinking, Wasn't I just talking?

Another thing was how todays parents don't make they kid eat all they food. Shittttttt, when we was little our parents made us sit there all god damn night with that plate until we got done. What was they famous words, If you don't eat then you not getting any dessert. (lol) Hell, if ya mom was my mom, she'd put that plate in the frig and make ya ass eat it for dinner the next day. These parents today will side with the kid, don't make them eat the shit and even reward them with a snack after they didn't even eat. Like what type of shit is that? Times were hard back in the day and you were lucky to even get 3 meals a day. Shit with niccas, lunch wasn't even a priority back then. It was breakfast and dinner, that's it. You might get dessert here and there. Now kids seem to think they need a damn snack every day after dinner. And the parent be right there to give it to them.

Are the kids that are being raised today lacking the responsibility that we were given when we were younger? Like these kids today come home from school and head right back out the door to play. Hell not me. When I was little I had to do my homework first, then any chores I had before I was allowed to go anywhere. Parents today don't seem to give they kids any chores. They don't know how to wash a dish, vacuum, dust, wash clothes, cook, clean the bath room, just nothing. Hell every Saturday me and my sisters were cleaning the bathroom and washing clothes and what not. Ask a kid today what chores do they have to do. 1st thing they might say is, What's a chore? Please, I have boys and I'll be damned if they are raised as not knowing how to do things for themselves. I don't want them to be the type who has a girlfriend and has to depend on her to do everything for him. I want him to be able to cook when she's not feeling up to it or be able to handle the house while she's away. I know when we were younger our parents use to tell us chores were a way of helping us learn how to be mature. And you know us kids, always thought we knew it all. Was probably thinking, what does cleaning the bathroom every Saturday have to do with teaching us to be mature. But it's not until later on in life that we see that these things did make us mature and it helped us when were sent out into the world. But parents today don't seem to see that and they raising these kids to always rely on mommy or daddy and then them same parents will be wondering why when they child gets to be an adult they can't do anything on they own. The females will be the needy ones who cling on to men that can take care of them (financially) and the boys turn into the men that always need the female to do things for them. .Updated about 10 months ago · Comment ·LikeUnlike
Shiana Williams likes this...Chera Gallagher Yeah your right!! My kids are far better then me n the morning hell im grown and I still can't get up n the AM. I sware ii get up yelln at them 2 get up I look at the clock its like 10 30 they are gone for school already and guess what none of them have been late for school

JUDGE PENNY

I don't know if people watch this show but it's something like a court show but it's mainly like Family Court. It's not about suing anybody it's about families having problems and coming to court to try and solve them. Well a single black female parent came on with a set of twin boys (17). Only 1 was in question though. Apparently the boy had been kicked out and he came to the home and stole from the mom while she wasn't there. Later he had taken nude pics and posted them on the mom's page on the internet and was chatting with guys as if he was the mom and giving the strangers her number, address etc. Men were coming to the house and calling the mom's cell phone. But the entire time the young boy is answering the judge's questions he's smiling. Not laughing but he just got a smile on his face. He was on probation for hitting his mom and just a bunch of other shit. But it was sad because while the mom is telling all the shit he's done he ain't cry, he ain't show any type of emotion other then the smile on his face. And when he would talk it was just a smooth talk, no anger, no yelling, just reg talking. I wrote this as a note because hell it scared me and the judge. The mom would call him the bad twin or a demon. The judge was saying how that may have led to why he feels the way he does about his mother. But she also stated that if they didn't get this boy some help that he would go out killing people and not having any remorse about it. She herself even stated how he hasn't shown any emotion the entire time in court or even acted like he was sorry for all the things he did to his mom. To me this was worst then the chicks that be on Maury. I must be an emotional chick because tears did come to my eyes because the case was rather sad. I guess seeing it would be better then reading it from me. It's a you had to see type thing. I don't know it's one of them cases where maybe this would make it better or that would have helped. Obviously his dad wasn't around so maybe that may have helped him in life. It's like guys don't realize how much a child needs them and how valuable their presence is to their child. But for this kid, I think he has alot of work that needs to be done to help him.

FRIENDSHIP

Love is Blind. Friendship is Clairvoyant!

People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime.

When you figure out which it is, you know exactly what to do.

When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed outwardly or inwardly. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend, and they are. They are there for a reason you need them to be.



Then, without any wrong doing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up or out and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled; their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and it is now time to move on.



When people come into your life for a SEASON, it is because your turn has come to share, grow, or learn. They may bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it! It is real! But, only for a season.



LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons; those things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person; and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant. Someone also said that the best way to keep friendships from breaking is not to drop them.

SLAP!!

Police say a 61-year-old man annoyed with a crying 2-year-old girl at a Wal-Mart slapped the child several times after warning the toddler's mother to keep her quiet.

A police report says after the stranger hit the girl at least four times, he said: "See, I told you I would shut her up."

Roger Stephens of Stone Mountain is charged with felony cruelty to children. It was unclear if he had an attorney and a telehpone call to his home Wednesday was unanswered.

Authorities say the girl and her mother were shopping Monday when the toddler began crying. The police report says Stephens approached the mother and said, "If you don't shut that baby up, I will shut her up for you."

Authorities say after Stephens slapped the girl, she began screaming.

AFTER READING THIS I IMMEDIATELY LAUGHED. NOT AT THE SITUATION ITSELF BECAUSE THAT WASN'T FUNNY. BUT BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN IN MY HEAD A MILLION TIMES WHEN I'M IN THE STORE SOMEWHERE. I'M SURE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS BEEN SOME WHERE AND HEARD A KID CRYING OVER PROB NOT GETTING HIS/HER WAY AND YOU THINK TO YOURSELF "I WISH THAT KID SHUTS THE HELL UP" OR "SHE/HE NEEDS TO WHIP THAT KIDS ASS" OR BETTER YET "I FEEL LIKE SLAPPING THAT KID". READING THIS ARTICLE WAS LIKE WOW, SOMEBODY ACTUALLY DID IT FOR REAL. LOL

LIFE

IN LIFE PEOPLE GO THROUGH THINGS NOBODY WOULD EVER KNOW OR UNDERSTAND

MANY YEARS LATER WE STILL SURVIVE W/O A HELPING HAND


LIFE WASN'T PERFECT BUT WHAT IT WAS AS WE GREW OLDER


IT JUST TAUGHT US STRENGTH AND TO BE A LITTLE BOLDER


WE TRY OUR HARDEST BUT FOR SOME THAT JUST ISN'T ENOUGH


BUT WE ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO HAVE HAD IT ROUGH


LIFE MOVES ON, LIVING IN THE PAST IS A WASTE OF TIME


STOP HOLDING ON TO PEOPLE'S PAST CRIME

SOMETIMES HELPING THOSE WHO DON'T WANT TO HELP THEMSELVES IS POINTLESS


BECAUSE WE TRY AND TRY BUT END UP GETTING LEFT CLEANING UP THE MESS