A Taste of the Champions...

Featuring a Handful of History Makers.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was in the news for speaking his mind.

17 Feb

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was in the news for speaking his mind.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was in the news for speaking his mind. Whenever he came to New Jersey to speak he would ask me to be a part of it by giving a History lesson of unknown Black History facts.I was teaching at Red Bank Regional High School at the time and…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American athlete who won gold at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich in the 110m hurdles.

19 May

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American athlete who won gold at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich in the 110m hurdles.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American athlete who won gold at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich in the 110m hurdles.Today in our History – May 19, 1950 – Rodney “Rod” Milburn Jr. (May 18, 1950 – November 11, 1997) was born.During the early 1970s, Milburn dominated the 110m hurdles, tying…

August 14 1894- Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria

14 Aug

August 14 1894- Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria

GM – FBF – Today, I have a story that I know you have not heard of. This lady was a diva long before any woman singer/dancer or artist that you can think of. She was strong willed and lived a long life. Enjoy the story of “Bricktop”! Remember – ” As I get older…

December 30 1928- Elias ” Bo Diddley” McDaniel

30 Dec

December 30 1928- Elias ” Bo Diddley” McDaniel

GM – FBF – Today’s Story is about an artist who broke new ground in rock and roll’s formative years with his unique guitar work, indelible African rhythms, inventive songwriting and larger-than-life persona. He will forever be known for popularizing one of the foundational rhythms of rock and roll. This African-based 4/4 rhythm pattern (which…

09 Jun

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American businessman, lawyer, politician, and civil rights leader from Nashville, Tennessee, who served as Register of the Treasury from 1911 to 1913.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American businessman, lawyer, politician, and civil rights leader from Nashville, Tennessee, who served as Register of the Treasury from 1911 to 1913.He is one of only five African Americans to have their signatures on American currency. He was one of four African-American politicians appointed to high…

July 17 1915- Jass Person

17 Jul

July 17 1915- Jass Person

GM – FBF – Today , I would like to share with you, a black female who was one of the most influential jazz singers of all time. She had a thriving career for many years before she lost her battle with addiction. She is considered one of best Enjoy! Remember – “In this country,…

April 24, 1919- David Harold Blackwell

24 Apr

April 24, 1919- David Harold Blackwell

GM – FBF- Day tow of executive meetings, I am too busy to respond to any posts today. I thank you for your stopping by and I hope that you like toda’sy story about a mathematician. Make it a champion day! Remember – “Mathematicians didn’t invent infinity until 1877. So they thought it was impossible…

Today’s American Champion was a former slave and the first president of Huntsville Normal School, which is today Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University in Normal, Alabama.

28 Nov

Today’s American Champion was a former slave and the first president of Huntsville Normal School, which is today Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University in Normal, Alabama.

Today’s American Champion was a former slave and the first president of Huntsville Normal School, which is today Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University in Normal, Alabama. Today in our History – November 28, 1887 – William Hooper Councill (July 12, 1848 – 1909) was named President of Huntsville Normal School.He was born a slave in…

August 2 1887- Joseph H. Rainy

02 Aug

August 2 1887- Joseph H. Rainy

GM – FBF – Today, I would like to share with you the story of the first African American to be elected and seated as a United States House of Represenatives member from South Carolina. Still today, you may be elected by the people of your home district but if not seated in Washington, D.C….

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion.

07 May

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was the most prominent black scientist of the early 20th century.While a professor at Tuskegee Institute, Carver developed techniques to improve soils depleted by repeated plantings of cotton….

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GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion event is not talked about that much because not many records are kept about it but today we will gain some knowledge of this.

16 Jun

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion event is not talked about that much because not many records are kept about it but today we will gain some knowledge of this.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion event is not talked about that much because not many records are kept about it but today we will gain some knowledge of this.For USS Constitution, which carried approximately 450 men, seven to 15 percent of the crew translates to approximately 32 to 68 black or multiracial sailors…

GM –FBF – Today’s American Champion was an author, abolitionist, and minister.

15 Jun

GM –FBF – Today’s American Champion was an author, abolitionist, and minister.

GM –FBF – Today’s American Champion was an author, abolitionist, and minister. Born into slavery, in Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland, he escaped to Upper Canada (now Ontario) in 1830, and founded a settlement and laborer’s school for other fugitive slaves at Dawn, near Dresden, in Kent County, Upper Canada, of Ontario. Henson’s autobiography, The…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American abolitionist and author.

14 Jun

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American abolitionist and author.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American abolitionist and author. She came from the Beecher family, a famous religious family, and is best known for her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions for enslaved African Americans. The book reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was one of three African Americans who served as a Republican Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana during the era of Reconstruction.

13 Jun

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was one of three African Americans who served as a Republican Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana during the era of Reconstruction.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was one of three African Americans who served as a Republican Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana during the era of Reconstruction.In 1868, he became the first elected black lieutenant governor of a U.S. state. He ran on the ticket headed by Henry Clay Warmoth, formerly of Illinois. After he…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion organization was organized by the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, largely on the initiative of the English Quaker Joseph Sturge.

12 Jun

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion organization was organized by the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, largely on the initiative of the English Quaker Joseph Sturge.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion organization was organized by the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, largely on the initiative of the English Quaker Joseph Sturge. The exclusion of women from the convention gave a great impetus to the women’s suffrage movement in the United States.Today in our History – The World Anti-Slavery Convention…

11 Jun

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was a Bi-racial socialite in Georgia who became known as one of the wealthiest African American women of the 19th century after inheriting a large estate from her white planter father.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was a Bi-racial socialite in Georgia who became known as one of the wealthiest African American women of the 19th century after inheriting a large estate from her white planter father.Born into slavery, she was the child of David Dickson, a white planter, and Julia Frances Lewis Dickson,…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American boxer who, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion (1908–1915).

10 Jun

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American boxer who, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion (1908–1915).

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American boxer who, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion (1908–1915). Widely regarded as one of the most influential boxers of all time, one of the period’s most dominant champions, and as a boxing legend, his…

09 Jun

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American businessman, lawyer, politician, and civil rights leader from Nashville, Tennessee, who served as Register of the Treasury from 1911 to 1913.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB).

08 Jun

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB).

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB). His career spanned five decades and culminated with his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.A right-handed pitcher, he first played for the semi-professional Mobile Tigers from 1924 to 1926….

GM – FBF- Today’s American Champion was an American poet, author, and teacher.

07 Jun

GM – FBF- Today’s American Champion was an American poet, author, and teacher.

GM – FBF- Today’s American Champion was an American poet, author, and teacher. Her work often dealt with the personal celebrations and struggles of ordinary people in her community. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on May 1, 1950, for Annie Allen, making her the first African American to receive a Pulitzer Prize.Throughout her…