The History: Black Adventist Journey “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. declared during America’s struggle for equality. That same spirit of stepping forward without seeing the whole path is reflected in the mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Founded in the mid-1800s, […]
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We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance, by Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson is one of the most compelling narratives of the Black experience I have read. The fact that she relays it from the perspectives of strong, defiant Black women is even more compelling. Black resistance typically conjures up visions of Denmark Vasey, Nat
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Reporting by Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY Network MASSANGANO, Angola – As the sun beat down on us, we slowly walked down the dirt path, stirring up red dust as we headed toward the centuries-old fort atop a hill here. The chatter hushed. The 21 of us understood the gravity of the moment. We dreaded
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Garrett Augustus Morgan Sr., born on March 4, 1877 in Claysville, Kentucky, is a name that comes up often during each Black History Month. The inventor, businessman, activist, and self-proclaimed “Black Edison†is best remembered today as the inventor of an early version of the three-way traffic light. He was a member of the burgeoning
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Black History Month celebrations often focus on the courage of Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Rosa Parks. Those leaders played important roles in the civil rights movement yet they aren’t the only African-American heroes who shaped the nation’s laws. Black lawmakers have greatly improved the quality of life for racial minorities and humanity
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Currently there are less than 150 professional Black women pilots in the U.S. that hold airline transport pilot, commercial, military or certificated flight instructor certificates. These women make up less than 1% of all professional pilots in the U.S. In this post, I want to honor some of the most amazing women who have been
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Healthy living and healthy eating have always been trending topics in society. Despite this, eating what “tastes good” and doing what “feels good” have still been hard habits for many to break. According to a 2020 Center for American Progress, report, 13.8 percent of African Americans reported having fair or poor health compared with 8.3
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Plus, 3 Great Present-Day Ways We Can Celebrate On Monday, June 19th, a celebration and federal holiday will take place in the United States. It is a holiday that observes the official emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Juneteenth marks a moment in history in which the army announced, after a long-awaited period, that approximately 250,000
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