Dr. Helen Nash, a Meharry Medical School graduate and Spelman College alumna, became the first black pediatrician at St. Louis Children’s Hospital in 1949. In her childhood days, Dr. Nash became interested in science. Nash followed her dads lead; as he was a general practitioner in the ATL. Her father was against her interest to go to medical school, … [Read more…]
First Black Town in North America: (The Root) — Amazing Fact About the Negro No. 8: What was the first black town in North America? As I mentioned in my column about Juan Garrido, the first documented African to land in what is now the United States, in 1513, as a student I was … [Read more…]
Many people were upset at the movie Django because of its’ comical and gross depiction of slavery and the loose use of the N-word by white actors in the movie. I personally feel that anytime the depiction of such gruesome acts that were done in the past can be publicly displayed, I believe it does … [Read more…]
The Birth of a Chaotic World The world that we live is very negative and hyper active for much negativity. A lot of what is going on makes us have to pull our chairs away from the table and consider this matter deeply. When the children of Israel, the ancestors to today’s black American, decided … [Read more…]