A Taste of the Champions...

Featuring a Handful of History Makers.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion event was according to a letter by the tobacco planter John Rolfe, the widower of Pocahontas, a ship landed in England’s 12-year-old Jamestown settlement and “brought not anything but 20, and odd, Negroes, which the Governor and the Cape Merchant bought for victuals – provisions.

03 Jan

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion event was according to a letter by the tobacco planter John Rolfe, the widower of Pocahontas, a ship landed in England’s 12-year-old Jamestown settlement and “brought not anything but 20, and odd, Negroes, which the Governor and the Cape Merchant bought for victuals – provisions.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American pianist, lyricist, and composer of ragtime, jazz, and popular music

07 Feb

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American pianist, lyricist, and composer of ragtime, jazz, and popular music

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American pianist, lyricist, and composer of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. In 1921, he and his long-time collaborator Noble Sissle wrote Shuffle Along, one of the first Broadway musicals to be written and directed by African Americans.Blake’s compositions included such hits as “Bandana Days”, “Charleston Rag”,…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American pianist and singer-songwriter.

24 Oct

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American pianist and singer-songwriter.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American pianist and singer-songwriter. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records. Between 1955 and 1960, he had eleven Top 10 US pop hits. By 1955 five of his records had sold more than a million copies, being…

March 7, 1961- The Selma To Montgomery March

07 Mar

March 7, 1961- The Selma To Montgomery March

GM – FBF – “How long? Not long, because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.: – Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. Remember – ” Like an idea whose time has come, not even the marching of mighty armies can halt us. We are moving to the land of…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for Ohio’s 11th congressional district from 1999 until her death in 2008.

10 Sep

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for Ohio’s 11th congressional district from 1999 until her death in 2008.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for Ohio’s 11th congressional district from 1999 until her death in 2008. A member of the Democratic Party, her district encompassed most of Downtown and Eastern Cleveland and many of the eastern suburbs in Cuyahoga County, including Euclid,…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American economist, academic, and political administrator; he served as the first United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (H.U.D.) from 1966 to 1968, when the department was newly established by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

29 Dec

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American economist, academic, and political administrator; he served as the first United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (H.U.D.) from 1966 to 1968, when the department was newly established by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American-Canadian lawyer, judge, diplomat, and banker.

01 Dec

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American-Canadian lawyer, judge, diplomat, and banker.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American-Canadian lawyer, judge, diplomat, and banker.Today in our History – December 1, 1873 – Mifflin Wister Gibb elected city judge in Little Rock and became the first Black to hold such a position.Mifflin Wistar Gibbs was a Little Rock (Pulaski County) businessman, a politician, and the…

February 15, 1781

15 Feb

February 15, 1781

GM – FBF – Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. Remember – “You get what you set out to do.” – President John Hanson Today in our History – February 15,…

March 2, 1971 – The Riot at Zion Baptist Church

02 Mar

March 2, 1971 – The Riot at Zion Baptist Church

GM – FBF – “The markers are going to bring to bear some of the feelings that need to be brought to bear, and it really puts our city back on the map on really being a forward and progressive city.” Remember – “I think the magnitude of what happened here is just beginning to…

April 8, 1936- The Negro Motorist Green book

08 Apr

April 8, 1936- The Negro Motorist Green book

GM – FBF – I enjoyed seeing my Father’s side of the family but travel from Trenton, NJ to Perry, GA. still in the late 50’s was tough driving straight through. My Father before he took sick in Dec. ’61 and died in April ’63 only used the Green Book for emergencies. Remember – ““There…

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GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was a physician and author noted for his efforts to create opportunities for African Americans in science, specifically for medical doctors.

31 Dec

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was a physician and author noted for his efforts to create opportunities for African Americans in science, specifically for medical doctors.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was a physician and author noted for his efforts to create opportunities for African Americans in science, specifically for medical doctors. He was known both as the founder, editor and publisher of Medical and Surgical Observer (the first medical journal issued by an African American), as well as…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American economist, academic, and political administrator who served as the first United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (H.U.D.) from 1966 to 1968, when the department was newly established by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

29 Dec

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an American economist, academic, and political administrator who served as the first United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (H.U.D.) from 1966 to 1968, when the department was newly established by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion is best known as “Sugar”, he is an American former professional boxer, motivational speaker, and occasional actor.

28 Dec

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion is best known as “Sugar”, he is an American former professional boxer, motivational speaker, and occasional actor.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion is best known as “Sugar”, he is an American former professional boxer, motivational speaker, and occasional actor. Often regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time, he competed from 1977 to 1997, winning world titles in five weight divisions; the lineal championship in three weight divisions;…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion event is The Legacy of Historically Black College and Universities on the Gridiron.

27 Dec

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion event is The Legacy of Historically Black College and Universities on the Gridiron.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion event is The Legacy of Historically Black College and Universities on the Gridiron.Today in our History – December 27, 1892 – Biddle College (now Johnson C. Smith University) played Livingstone College.With a few exceptions, Historic Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) were established in southern states after the Civil…

GM – FBF – Toda’s American Champion were often; greatness is determined by the times in which one finds oneself.

26 Dec

GM – FBF – Toda’s American Champion were often; greatness is determined by the times in which one finds oneself.

GM – FBF – Toda’s American Champion were often; greatness is determined by the times in which one finds oneself. For our champion, growing up in the earliest stages of the space race, he like most other boys was fascinated with space travel. Unlike most of those boys, he would ultimately go on to make…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion organization were perhaps the most influential African-American journals of the late 1850s and the Civil War era.

24 Dec

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion organization were perhaps the most influential African-American journals of the late 1850s and the Civil War era.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion organization were perhaps the most influential African-American journals of the late 1850s and the Civil War era. They were unique in that they served as forums for debate rather than simply reflecting the views of the publisher.December 24,1865 – The Weekly Anglo-African newspaper and the Anglo-African magazine folded….

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an African American inventor known for her patent for a gas furnace.

23 Dec

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an African American inventor known for her patent for a gas furnace.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was an African American inventor known for her patent for a gas furnace.Today in our History – December 23, 1919 – Alice H. Parker patented a system of central heating using natural gas.Alice H. Parker was an African American inventor famous for her patented system of central heating…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was the first African American to obtain a Ph.D. degree in chemistry in the United States.

22 Dec

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was the first African American to obtain a Ph.D. degree in chemistry in the United States.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was the first African American to obtain a Ph.D. degree in chemistry in the United States. He received his doctorate at the University of Illinois in 1916.Today in our History – December 22, 1884 Saint Elmo Brady was born.State Elmo Brady was born on December 22, 1884 in…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Campion is an American actor and producer.

21 Dec

GM – FBF – Today’s American Campion is an American actor and producer.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Campion is an American actor and producer. Widely regarded as one of the most popular actors of his generation, the films in which he has appeared have collectively grossed over $27 billion worldwide, making him the highest-grossing actor of all time (when cameo appearances are excluded). He rose to…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion event, shook the world and sent the Union in a tailspin with this treason’s act.

20 Dec

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion event, shook the world and sent the Union in a tailspin with this treason’s act.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion event, shook the world and sent the Union in a tailspin with this treason’s act.Today in our History – December 20, 1860 – South Carolina became the first Southern state to secede from the Union. The convention, which gathered in Charleston, concluded: “The union now subsisting between South…