A Taste of the Champions...

Featuring a Handful of History Makers.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Tragedy is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish.

27 Aug

GM – FBF – Today’s American Tragedy is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Tragedy is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. The screenplay is adapted from Thomas Dixon Jr.’s 1905 novel and play The Clansman. Griffith co-wrote the screenplay with Frank E. Woods and produced the film with Harry Aitken.The Birth of a…

July 12 1967- “BURN BABY BURN”

12 Jul

July 12 1967- “BURN BABY BURN”

GM – FBF – Today, I would like to share with you a story about New Jersey’s largest City. The Riots during that summer of 1967 not only hit Newark but from Jersey City down to New Brunswick. I f you lived in Trenton, our city had a few people around town but thank God…

May 11 1933- Louis Eugene Wolcott

11 May

May 11 1933- Louis Eugene Wolcott

GM – FBF – I was young boy when I went to Washington, D.C. and heard the words of Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. and the “I have a Dream” speach with over 250,000 people. I was grown man when I went to Washington, D.C. to hear Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Million Man March….

August 25 1956- Centralized Operations under COINTELPRO

25 Aug

August 25 1956- Centralized Operations under COINTELPRO

GM – FBF – Today I would like to share with you a story about our government spying, paying off, infiltrating and disbanding individuals or groups that they deemed as a threat to the American cause. This group operated unchecked by the media or congress for decades. If you never heard of this ask one…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion in 1982, he was a black engineer, was convicted for the armed robbery of a fast-food restaurant near Dallas, Texas, and sentenced to life imprisonment.

02 Apr

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion in 1982, he was a black engineer, was convicted for the armed robbery of a fast-food restaurant near Dallas, Texas, and sentenced to life imprisonment.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion in 1982, he was a black engineer, was convicted for the armed robbery of a fast-food restaurant near Dallas, Texas, and sentenced to life imprisonment. This occurred despite conflicts in eyewitness testimony, co-workers’ claims that he was at work at the time of the robbery, and his lack…

May 20 1851- Francis Ellen

20 May

May 20 1851- Francis Ellen

GM – FBF- Today, I give you the history of the woman who was called – ” The mother of woman’s activisim” Enjoy! Remember – “Political life in our country has plowed in muddy channels, and needs the infusion of clearer and cleaner waters.” – Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Today in our History – May…

January 1 1863- Abraham Lincoln

17 Mar

January 1 1863- Abraham Lincoln

GM – FBF – Happy New Year – Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men’s skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact. Remember – Still, to use a coarse, but an expressive figure, broken eggs can not be…

January 23 1977- Alex Roots

23 Jan

January 23 1977- Alex Roots

GM – FBF – Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. Remember – “Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.” – Alex Haley Today in our History – January 23, 1977 – Roots is…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was taken by his parents at the age of two years to Albany, Ohio, where unusual school facilities were offered African-American children.

10 Dec

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was taken by his parents at the age of two years to Albany, Ohio, where unusual school facilities were offered African-American children.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was taken by his parents at the age of two years to Albany, Ohio, where unusual school facilities were offered African-American children. When he was old enough, he was sent to the Albany public schools, and when the Albany Enterprise Academy, a school for African-American children, was erected,…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was a historian, writer, and activist.

24 Jan

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was a historian, writer, and activist.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was a historian, writer, and activist. He was a Puerto Rican of African and German descent who moved to the United States and researched and raised awareness of the great contributions that Afro-Latin Americans and Afro-Americans have made to society. He was an important intellectual figure in the…

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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…