A Taste of the Champions...

Featuring a Handful of History Makers.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals (1959–1975).

09 Nov

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals (1959–1975).

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals (1959–1975). Nicknamed “Gibby” and “Hoot” (after actor Hoot Gibson), Gibson tallied 251 wins, 3,117 strikeouts, and a 2.91 earned run average (ERA) during his career. A nine-time All-Star…

February 28 1964- Thelonious Monk

28 Feb

February 28 1964- Thelonious Monk

GM – FBF – I say, play your own way. Don’t play what the public want ? you play what you want and let the public pick up on what you doing ? even if it does take them fifteen, twenty years. – Thelonious Monk Remember – I don’t conside myself a musician who has…

January 13 1913- Delta Sigma Theta

13 Jan

January 13 1913- Delta Sigma Theta

GM – FBF – Sororities symbolize all that we wish to accomplish in our lives. They represent the struggles we all face as we grow. Why we cling to them no one can explain, but in the end, we are all stronger for it. Remember – ” Devastating, & Impacting, & Victorious, & Astonishing. Since…

February 24, 1818 – Elizabeth Keckley

22 Feb

February 24, 1818 – Elizabeth Keckley

GM – FBF – I was born a slave-was the child of slave parents-therefore I came upon the earth free in God-like thought, but fettered in action. – Elizabeth Keckley Remember – When I heard the words, I felt as if the blood had been frozen in my veins, and that my lungs must collapse…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion event went on despite the growing opposition to slavery by some whites during the early 1800s, communities, such as Huston Hollow, illustrate the prejudice that existed in Ohio during the years before the American Civil War.

21 Jan

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion event went on despite the growing opposition to slavery by some whites during the early 1800s, communities, such as Huston Hollow, illustrate the prejudice that existed in Ohio during the years before the American Civil War.

November 21 2007- Frances Louise Murphy

21 Nov

November 21 2007- Frances Louise Murphy

GM – FBF – Today’s Story is about a black female who was blessed to be around family that understood the Importance of the spoken word. Her mother was one of the founders of a sorority and a teacher. Her mother was a graduate of my famed University of Wisconsin, so naturally journalism and education…

January 24 1938- The Jack And Jill of America Foundation

24 Jan

January 24 1938- The Jack And Jill of America Foundation

GM – FBF – Nobody said Jack and Jill doesn’t do good things. But don’t try to lie like Jack and Jill has nothing to do with elitism. Remember – Our chrildren need a safe posative invirement to learn, grow, play and network with others who have the same intrests. – Marion Stubbs Thomas Today…

September 17 1970- Flip Wilson

17 Sep

September 17 1970- Flip Wilson

GM – FBF – Today, I want to share with you a story of the first successful Black television variety show, Nat “King” Cole tried in the ‘50’s but they were not ready to sponsor his show. Bill Cosby showed that the 60’s were better to be a co-star in a hour show. While Black…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was the second son born to William H. Furniss and Mary Elizabeth J. Williams, in Jackson, Mississippi, on January 30, 1874.

18 Jan

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was the second son born to William H. Furniss and Mary Elizabeth J. Williams, in Jackson, Mississippi, on January 30, 1874.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was the second son born to William H. Furniss and Mary Elizabeth J. Williams, in Jackson, Mississippi, on January 30, 1874. His family moved to Indianapolis when he was young, and his father became the superintendent of the Special Delivery Department of the Indianapolis Post Office.Today in our…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American religious leader and the founder of the Five-Percent Nation.

22 Feb

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American religious leader and the founder of the Five-Percent Nation.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American religious leader and the founder of the Five-Percent Nation. He was born in Virginia and moved to New York City as a young man, before serving in the United States Army during the Korean War. After returning to New York, he learned that his wife…

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GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was a prominent American author and educator.

22 Apr

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was a prominent American author and educator.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was a prominent American author and educator. Several of his books were considered standard college texts, including The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States (1918) and New Survey of English Literature (1925). Today in our History – April 22, 1882 – Benjamin Griffith Brawley (April…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 until her death in 2007, representing California’s 37th congressional district, which includes most of South Central Los Angeles and the city of Long Beach, California.

21 Apr

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 until her death in 2007, representing California’s 37th congressional district, which includes most of South Central Los Angeles and the city of Long Beach, California.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was a Tuskegee Airman, he was born on April 20, 1920 in Lovelady, Texas to parents Johnnie C. Morris Wooten and Howard L. Wooten.

20 Apr

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was a Tuskegee Airman, he was born on April 20, 1920 in Lovelady, Texas to parents Johnnie C. Morris Wooten and Howard L. Wooten.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was a Tuskegee Airman, he was born on April 20, 1920 in Lovelady, Texas to parents Johnnie C. Morris Wooten and Howard L. Wooten. His father was the principal of the “colored school” in Lovelady, a town 100 miles north of Houston, and his mother also was a…

19 Apr

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American broadcast journalist, most notably serving as co-anchor on ABC World News Tonight alongside Frank Reynolds and Peter Jennings from 1978 until 1983.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American broadcast journalist, most notably serving as co-anchor on ABC World News Tonight alongside Frank Reynolds and Peter Jennings from 1978 until 1983. Robinson is noted as the first African-American broadcast network news anchor in the United States. Robinson was a founder of the National Association…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion event was in 1931, twelve-year-old Thomas J.

18 Apr

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion event was in 1931, twelve-year-old Thomas J.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion event was in 1931, twelve-year-old Thomas J. Pressly witnessed the lynching of George Smith in Union City, the county seat of Obion County, Tennessee. He was a University of Washington historian and Professor Emeritus, Dr. Pressley describes that lynching in the article below. Professor Pressly passed away on…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion signed a bill Abolition in the District of Columbia

17 Apr

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion signed a bill Abolition in the District of Columbia

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion signed a bill Abolition in the District of ColumbiaOn April 16, 1862, President Lincoln signed an act abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia, an important step in the long road toward full emancipation and enfranchisement for African Americans.Today in our History – April 16, 1862 – President…

16 Apr

GM – Today’s American Champion is an American former professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers.

GM – Today’s American Champion is an American former professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. During his career as a center, Abdul-Jabbar was a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), a record 19-time NBA All-Star, a 15-time All-NBA…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was the first Black professional American football player.

15 Apr

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was the first Black professional American football player.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was the first Black professional American football player. He played for the Shelby Blues of the “Ohio League” from 1902 to 1906. On September 16, 1904, he signed a contract with Shelby making him the first Black man contracted to play professional football on an integrated team. He…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American professional baseball player.

14 Apr

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American professional baseball player.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American professional baseball player.Howard on the field was a catcher, left fielder and coach. During a 14-year baseball career, he played in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball from 1948 through 1968, primarily for the New York Yankees. He also played for the Kansas City…

13 Apr

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion is a pastor emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, a congregation he led for 36 years, during which its membership grew to over 8,000 parishioners.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion is a pastor emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, a congregation he led for 36 years, during which its membership grew to over 8,000 parishioners. Following retirement, his beliefs and preaching were scrutinized when segments of his sermons about terrorist attacks on the United States…