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Hammering for Freedom - CLICK HERE!

by Rita Lorraine Hubbard

Do you know the story of William Lewis, the enslaved blacksmith who loved his family so much that he spent over 25 years purchasing his family's freedom?

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Thomas Elkins...Keeping it Cold!

RitaLorraine - July 23, 2013 0

Invention: Refrigerating Apparatus Patent No: 221,222 Date: November 4, 1879 Meet Thomas Elkins, Inventor Extraordinaire! In Thomas' day, food was kept cool by packing blocks of...

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Eugene Burkins, Inventor With a Vision

RitaLorraine - July 5, 2013 0

Invention: Automatic Machine Gun PATENT #649,433, May 15, 1900 Meet Eugene Burkins, inventor of the “Burkins Automatic Machine-Gun.” Other than learning to read and write,...

George W. Murray...Spreading Good Seed

July 13, 2013

Joseph Lee...Baking up a Storm!

July 23, 2013

Benjamin Montgomery, Slave Inventor

July 5, 2013

David N. Crosthwait, Giving 'Em Light

July 23, 2013

Entertainers

Brilliant and Black

The Harlem Globetrotters Biography

RitaLorraine - January 26, 2015 0

This entry needs no explanation. In 1999, The Biography Channel hosted a 5-part biography series on The Harlem Globetrotters. Enjoy! Also posted at - www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA8xF_zz1g8

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Bessie is Here!

RitaLorraine - May 16, 2015 0

Hello Everybody! The movie we've all been waiting for -- Bessie, starring Queen Latifah-- is here! That's right, Bessie Smith, Empress of the Blues and native...

Farewell, Quincy Jones!

November 4, 2024

The Amazing Hazel Scott

February 11, 2023

One Less Bell to Answer

February 25, 2025

Moms Mabley Sings "Abraham, Martin and John"

March 1, 2023

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What's Going On?

RitaLorraine - January 30, 2020

Brilliant and Black

Marley Dias, 11-Year Old Activist and Inspiration!

RitaLorraine - February 20, 2016

Grants

Grants are Everywhere

RitaLorraine - September 19, 2013

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Dr. George F. Grant...Teeing it Up!

RitaLorraine - July 23, 2013

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Joseph Lee...Baking up a Storm!

RitaLorraine - July 23, 2013

Children-book

When Daddy Prays

RitaLorraine - August 7, 2015

Children-book

Alice in Wonderland - Re-Mixed

RitaLorraine - January 28, 2023

Children-book

Nighttime Ninja

RitaLorraine - June 29, 2013

Entertainment

I Was Made to Love Her!

RitaLorraine - April 8, 2015

Adult-Book

Lullaby (For a Black Mother)

RitaLorraine - May 8, 2013

Sports!

Brilliant and Black

Norman Malone: Nothing Could Hold Him Down

RitaLorraine - July 14, 2016

Free Inventors

Update: Jack Johnson and The Wrench

RitaLorraine - July 23, 2013

Sports

Muhammad Ali: A Champion is Born

RitaLorraine - January 2, 2017

Brilliant and Black

Mo'ne Davis is All That and More!

RitaLorraine - March 27, 2015

Community

Beloved Globetrotter Meadowlark Lemon Dies

RitaLorraine - December 28, 2015

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Grants and News

Roll Of Thunder Publishing Contest

RitaLorraine - April 30, 2016 0

Hello Writers-of-Color, Penguin Random House LLC is searching for you! That's right, Penguin Random House is launching a debut children’s fiction contest "to find talented,...

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