Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African American civil rights activist, whom the U.S. Congress later called “the first lady of civil rights”, and “the mother of the freedom movement”. On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks, age 42, refused to obey bus driver James Blake’s order that she give up he ...
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Harper Lee to publish new novel, 55 years after To Kill a Mockingbird
Go Set a Watchman, completed in the mid-50s but lost for more than half a century, was written before To Kill A Mockingbird and features Scout as an adult
Tuesday ...
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When you look back at the times people have treated you mean
doesn't it make you feel tired?
Those same mean people are the ones who bite your style, technique,
and actions. Yet their insecurity causes them to treat you like garbage.
They toss you out.
How hurtful those situations can be.
All you want is to just have some great mome ...
Posted Wednesday, February 4th 2015 at 10:26AM
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Enjoy this free meditation from Expanding Your Happiness!
Oprah & Deepak's 21-Day Meditation Experience
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Posted Wednesday, February 4th 2015 at 9:50AM
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Mary Jane Patterson was born September 12, 1840, in Raleigh, North Carolina. She was the first African American woman to receive a B.A degree. She was the oldest of Henry Irving Patterson and Emeline Eliza (Taylor) Patterson's children. There is conf ...
Posted Monday, February 2nd 2015 at 5:35PM
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January 31st marked the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery.
To commemorate the occasion new photos have been released showing some of the men and women who lived through that era &nda ...
Posted Sunday, February 1st 2015 at 7:33PM
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After dropping his critically lauded Black Messiah, D’Angelo, was the featured guest on a J.K. Simmons-hosted episode of ‘Saturday Night Live.’ The sketch comedy show featured riffs on Obamacare, Microsoft Office, and Seattle Seahaw ...
Posted Sunday, February 1st 2015 at 7:23PM
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Saviours’ Day 2015 marks the 85th year of the Nation of Islam’s existence in North America
Each year, the Nation of Islam commemorates the birth of its founder Master W. Fard Muhammad (February 26, 1877). This year’s Saviours& ...
Posted Sunday, February 1st 2015 at 5:39PM
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The Woolworth sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests which led to the Woolworth's department store chain reversing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States. While not the first sit-ins of the African-American Civil Rights ...
Posted Sunday, February 1st 2015 at 5:31PM
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One out of every 3 adults is trying to lose weight yet nearly 70 percent are still overweight suggesting that popularized weight loss methods aren’t working.Of those folks who are lucky enough to experience weight loss, over 90 percent subseque ...
Posted Saturday, January 31st 2015 at 12:34PM
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In stressful situations, your body responds by releasing a hormone called cortisol. Long-term exposure to cortisol causes your blood sugar levels to rise to the point that insulin (the hormone that lowers blood sugar) is unable to remove it from the ...
Posted Friday, January 30th 2015 at 6:55PM
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There is a popular belief that stretching before exercise is important for injury prevention and muscle recovery, however, there is insufficient scientific evidence to prove this. In fact, current research shows that stretching before exercise impair ...
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