A Taste of the Champions...

Featuring a Handful of History Makers.

March 28, 1990- Shirley Chisholm

28 Mar

March 28, 1990- Shirley Chisholm

GM – FBF – First Black Woman to run for U.S. President Remember – “You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.” Shirley Chisholm Today in our History – March 28, 1990 – Shirley Chisholm starts the African-American Women for Reproductive Freedom. Shirley Anita Chisholm…

July 26 1848- Douglas M’Clintock

26 Jul

July 26 1848- Douglas M’Clintock

GM – FBF – Today I would like to share with you a man who also spoke in behalf of women. He was one of the best speakers of truth during his time. Enjoy! Remember – “There are to many great women speaking out for rights for women, Let me show them the way” –…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion organization is a historically African American Greek-lettered sorority.

13 Jan

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion organization is a historically African American Greek-lettered sorority.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion organization is a historically African American Greek-lettered sorority. The organization was founded by college-educated women dedicated to public service with an emphasis on programs that assist the African American community. Delta Sigma Theta was founded on January 13, 1913, by twenty-two women at Howard University in Washington, D.C….

September 4 1781- MEXICANS OF AFRICAN DECENT FOUND THE CITY OF LOS ANGLES

04 Sep

September 4 1781- MEXICANS OF AFRICAN DECENT FOUND THE CITY OF LOS ANGLES

GM – FBF – Today, I want to share with you a story that many do not know about or you may have taken for granted. I checked the history books of middle school and high school students of not only the state in question but surrounding states. The closest that I found was in…

28 Dec

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was Waiting in line to register at her first Continental Congress, she crew stares from some in the throng – “They do when you’re different,” she says.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion was Waiting in line to register at her first Continental Congress, she crew stares from some in the throng – “They do when you’re different,” she says. Others came right up and introduced themselves in a gesture of cordiality.”I would think,” says Karen Batchelor Farmer, 26, of Detroit,…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion is an American librarian and the 14th Librarian of Congress.

14 Sep

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion is an American librarian and the 14th Librarian of Congress.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion is an American librarian and the 14th Librarian of Congress. She is the first woman and the first African American to hold the post. She is the first professional librarian appointed to the post in over 60 years. Born in Tallahassee, Florida, she began her career at the…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion event took place to honor, the Rev.

28 Mar

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion event took place to honor, the Rev.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion event took place to honor, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the work that he had done while here on earth. Sports fans may remember and most people who are not sports fans never knew about this huge event.Today in our History – March 28, 1970 –…

March 20, 1887- Anne Julia Cooper and George C. Cooper

20 Mar

March 20, 1887- Anne Julia Cooper and George C. Cooper

GM – FBF – It is not the intelligent woman v. the ignorant woman; nor the white woman v. the black, the brown, and the red, it is not even the cause of woman v. man. Nay, tis woman’s strongest vindication for speaking that the world needs to hear her voice. – Anna Julia Cooper…

December 12 1940- Dionne Warwick

12 Dec

December 12 1940- Dionne Warwick

GM – FBF – Today’s story sends us back to New Jersey, this artist has produced and sung a lot of hits over her career and we still hear them being played today. Her sister sung and her niece sung and we all know her niece. Enjoy! Remember – “All my friends and peers keep…

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion event happened On a chilly Louisiana afternoon in October 1868, Louis Wilson left the courthouse, where he’d testified in an ongoing case.

26 Oct

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion event happened On a chilly Louisiana afternoon in October 1868, Louis Wilson left the courthouse, where he’d testified in an ongoing case.

GM – FBF – Today’s American Champion event happened On a chilly Louisiana afternoon in October 1868, Louis Wilson left the courthouse, where he’d testified in an ongoing case. Wilson was a freedman living in St. Bernard Parish, a rural community outside the city of New Orleans. The Civil War had been over for three…

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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…