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Neurologist and Pioneer in Biology Charles Henry Turner Broke Barriers

September 23, 2022

By Dannie Gore, Sr. Charles Henry Turner was a neurologist and a pioneer in the field of biology. He served as professor of Biology at Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta from 1892 to 1905, and in his later years was a teacher at the Sumner High School in St. Louis. He made numerous contributions to […]

You’re More Than Enough

May 19, 2022

By Blake Ansari | Class of 2021 Sen. Cory Booker (D. – N.J.) words speak volumes about mothers and women in America My mother always greets me when I come from school, except this one day. She was sitting at her desk wiping tears and listening to Senator Cory Booker tell U.S. Supreme Court Justice […]

Victoria Earle Matthews, Journalist, Author, and Social Worker

March 14, 2022

By Dan Gore Victoria Earle Matthews was a journalist, author, clubwoman, and social worker. She was born a slave in Fort Valley Georgia. Her mother Caroline Smith was said to have been a Virginian. Her white father was so cruel that her mother fled to New York, leaving her nine children with an old nurse. […]