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Excluding the Bible and the works of Willliam Shakespeare, who are the world’s best-selling authors of all time? Hint, women dominate the top ten. Coming in at number 1, The…
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UncategorizedBlack Women Creating Their Own Financial Success
According to a GoDaddy’s Venture Forward research initiative, Black women remain the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs, more than doubling since August 2019. Black women total 10% of total entrepreneurs surveyed…
UncategorizedBlack Literary Giants: Phillis Wheatley and Maya Angelou
Centuries apart, two Black women poets, Phillis Wheatley and Maya Angelou, upended US literature. Maya Angelou Addresses the Nation On January 20, 1993, Maya Angelou rose in front of the…
UncategorizedThe Black Pioneers of Opera
On January 24, renowned mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves stepped onto the Metropolitan Opera Company stage to perform the role of Maria in Porgy and Bess, a farewell appearance that capped a…
UncategorizedThe Iconic Black Athletes Who Changed the MLB and NBA
As the first Black MLB player, Jackie Robinson, who started at first base for the National League’s Brooklyn Dodgers in April of 1947, is practically a household name. But we…
UncategorizedThe Salty Flavor You Crave Can Be a Killer
There’s one in every family. At every meal at home or restaurant outing, that person who will reach for the salt-shaker and start sprinkling before tasting their food. Hiring sites…
UncategorizedThe Benefits of Regular Physical Activity
Want to reduce your risk of heart disease? Exercise. The Mayo Clinic tells us that we all can benefit from exercise, no matter our age, size, sex or physical ability….
UncategorizedReduce Your Risk of Heart Disease
The centers for Disease Control have some hard, cold facts for us. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the US. Someone will die…
UncategorizedThe Life-Saving Power of CPR
It was just after breakfast on a cold February Saturday when Donald and his partner Joey retired to their living room to enjoy the fire and catch up on their…
UncategorizedThe Battle of Moores Creek Bridge
In Curie, North Carolina, just outside Wilmington, you’ll find a highway marker that reads, ‘First battle of American Revolution fought in N.C. on Feb. 27, 1776. Was a Patriot victory.’…
UncategorizedOur First Flag
Think that the first patriots of the American Revolution carried a striped flag with five-point stars on a field of blue? No, that famous flag sewn by Betsy Ross wasn’t…
UncategorizedThe Legacy of Alexander Hamilton
You know him as the face on the $10 bill, and the subject of the celebrated musical Hamilton, but how much do you really know about Alexander Hamilton? Born this…
Uncategorized‘Common Sense’ by Thomas Paine
In January of 1776, citizens of the Thirteen Colonies were roused by the publication of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, a 47-page book of moral and political arguments intended to inspire…
