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FREDERICK AUGUSTUS WASHINGTON BAILEY

Approximately, two hundred and two years ago Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born into slavery in the state of Maryland. In turn— as a slave, he didn’t know the exact month, day, and year of birth— due to the fact, people of color were considered property. Simply put, he spent his entire life not knowing his actual birthday. So—he chose February 14th, 1818. At the same time laws prevented those born into slavery, from learning how to read or write....

The wisdom of Chinese Proverbs

  • February 16, 2020
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The wisdom of Chinese Proverbs —-is my place to go; because they are implemental in supplying me with the mental fuel, which prompts me to keep moving, and thinking with positivity. Not to mention slowing down the tornado spinning around in the negativity just waiting to smash everything. A little Soul stirring inspiration  “If your mind is strong, all difficult things will become easy; if your mind is weak, all easy things will become difficult.” Chinese Proverb “He who asks a...

The Case that Changed Illegal Marriages

Ban on interracial marriages—During the seventeenth and early eighteenth century, the growing number of interracial marriages (also known as miscegenation) between Blacks and whites led to the passage of this new law. The first anti-miscegenation law enacted was in the colony of Maryland in 1664 and additional colonies quickly followed suit. These marriages were prohibited and penalties included the enslavement, exile or imprisonment of the white perpetrators. These laws grew and evolved over the years and attempts were even made...

Rose in black and white

First Black Woman Aviator in America

In 1915, at 23 years old, Coleman moved to Chicago, where she lived with her brothers and worked as a manicurist. Not long after her move to Chicago, she began listening to and reading stories of World War I pilots, which sparked her interest in aviation. First Black Woman Aviator—Bessie Coleman In 1922, a time of both gender and racial discrimination, Coleman broke barriers and became the world’s first black woman to earn a pilot’s license. Because flying schools in...

African American History Facts

  • February 2, 2020
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February is African American history month; and to honor some of the lesser known history makers— whose names are not as well-known as many others or not known at all. For instance, Martin Luther King, Jr, George Washington Carver, Sojourner Truth, and Rosa Parks. First —Ida B. Wells  (Oct. 26, 1892) Ida B. Wells was an African American journalist, abolitionist and feminist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. She went on to found and become...