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The Civil Rights Hero Who Defied Racial Segregation

October 14, 2020

By Dannie D. Gore, Sr. |||| Vivian Juanita Malone was one of the first two African American students to enroll at the University ofAlabama in 1963 and the University’s first African American graduate. She was made famous by defyingAlabama Governor George Wallace’s infamous “stand in the schoolhouse door” to block her and JamesHood from enrolling […]

Sarah Spencer Washington

March 22, 2020

By Dannie Gore ||| Sarah Spencer Washington, a graduate of Columbia University, was a self-made millionaire who rose from humble roots to found an empire under the name Apex.

The Black Emperor of the World

November 24, 2019

Lucius Septimius Severus (145-211 A.D.) The Black Emperor of the World (193-211 A.D.) One of the first Black men to rule the world was Lucius Septimius Severus. The world, as the ancients knew it, was divided into three geographical areas: Roman Britain, Roman Asia, and Roman Africa. Septimius Severus, an African, was born in Leptis […]