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Sir James Douglas Led the Powerful Hudson’ Bay Company

March 30, 2025

By Dannie Gore, Sr. Sir James Douglas had a scotch father, Caribbean mother, and became one of the great makers of modern Canada. Starting as an apprentice, he rose to be head of the rich and powerful Hudson’s Bay Company. Douglas was chief pioneer of the Canadian Northwest, the First Governor of British Columbia […]

Fay M. Jackson: An African American journalist, publisher, publicist

March 30, 2025

Fay M. Jackson (1902-1979) By Dannie Gore, Sr. Fay M. Jackson was a pioneering African American journalist, publisher, publicist, and newspaper correspondent. At sixteen she left Dallas for Los Angeles where she attended L. A. Polytechnic High School. In 1922, she entered the University of Southern California where she majored in journalism and philosophy. During […]

Egyptian Pharaoh Ahmosis

March 30, 2025

By Dannie Gore Egyptian Pharaoh of about 1500 B.C.E. Founder of the “New Empire,” he defeated and drove out the Hyksos, or Shepard Kings, who had invaded Egypt, supposedly from Asia. Invading Southern Palestine, he captured the fortress of Sharuhen after a siege of three years. He immediately proceeded the Pharaohs of the 18th, most […]