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107 Jamz Celebrates Black History Month – Today In History February 22nd [VIDEO]

Gina Cook — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:37:28 +0000

In black history, Grafton Tyler Brown was born on this day in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1841. He was an American painter, lithographer and cartographer and the first African American artist to create works depicting the Pacific Northwest and California.

107 Jamz Celebrates Black History Month – Today In Black History February 14th [VIDEO]

Gina Cook — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:51:46 +0000

This Black History month we salute African American who made American history. On this day in 1867 Morehouse College was founded by William Jefferson White, an Atlanta Baptist minister and cabinetmaker, just two years after the American Civil War. White had a lot of help forming the school from Rev. Richard C. Coulter, a former [...]

107 Jamz Celebrates Black History Month – On This Day In Black History February 13th

Gina Cook — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:12:00 +0000

This Black History month we salute African American who made American history. Today in black history: On this day in 1892 the first all African American performers of the World’s Fair Colored Opera Company, appeared at Carnegie Hall featuring soprano Matilda Sissieretta Jones. The opera, including the music composition and lyrics were written by Will [...]

107 Jamz Celebrates Black History Month – Today In Black History February 12th [Video]

Gina Cook — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:12:23 +0000

This Black History month we salute African American who made American history. On this day in 1900, James Weldon Johnson wrote the lyrics for “Lift Every Voice and Sing”. This song would later be referred to as the Negro National Anthem. Believe it or not, the song was written in celebration of President Lincolns birthday. [...]

107 Jamz Celebrates Black History Month – Today In Black History February 7th

Gina Cook — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:42:24 +0000

This Black History month we salute African Americans who made American history. On this day in black history: The legendary Alcorn A&M College opened it’s doors in 1872. The school was founded on the site originally occupied by Oakland College, a whites only school established by the Presbyterian Church. Oakland College closed its doors at [...]

107 Jamz Celebrates Black History Month – Today In Black History February 6th [VIDEO]

Gina Cook — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:30:04 +0000

This Black History month we salute African American who made American history. On this day in black history America lost one of the greatest tennis players to ever play the game. His name….Arthur Ashe. Arthur Ashe died on this day in 1993 from AIDS-related pneumonia at New York Hospital. He was only 49 years old. [...]

Donald Trump Sues Rapper Mac Miller Over Song "Donald Trump" — Tha Wire [VIDEO]

Gina Cook — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:40:02 +0000

The Don is at it again. He’s back on Twitter ranting and raving and this time he’s got his sights on rapper Mac Miller. Ironically, the business tycoon is looking the cash in on the song that bares his name. The now certified-gold Mac Miller single “Donald Trump”. The song is almost three years old [...]

107 Jamz Celebrates Black History Month- Today In History

Gina Cook — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:54:33 +0000

During this time of the year "Mardi Gras", the street sweeper is a God send. It would be one heck of a job if all the trash, bottle, beads, candy, food etc had to be manually swept or picked up. Instead of it taking a couple of hours, with the thousands of parade goers on the loose, it would take weeks.

107 Jamz Celebrates Black History Month- Today In History

Gina Cook — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:08:49 +0000

Have you had eye surgery before? Was it to correct cataract disease? If so, you were treated with another invention by an African American. Today, we salute Dr. Patricia Bath, the first African American woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical invention. Born in the NYC on November 4, 1942, Dr.Bath was the [...]

107 Jamz Celebrates Black History Month- Today In History

Gina Cook — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:55:46 +0000

Today we salute a black inventor who was really ahead of his time. One of his inventions is used by billions of people every minute of the day. In fact, it would be absolute total chaos without it and driving would be near impossible. Today we salute Garrett Morgan the inventor or both the traffic [...]

107 Jamz Celebrates Black History Month- Today In History

Gina Cook — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:39:57 +0000

Hopefully you’ll never need one, but if there ever comes a time that you might have to get a pacemaker, you can thank black inventor Otis Boykin for inventing the control unit that runs it. If you have one, I’m sure your thanking him already. Today we salute Otis Frank , born in 1920 in [...]

107 Jamz Celebrates Black History Month- Today In History

Gina Cook — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:59:33 +0000

Where would we be without the light bulb? Without lights, that’s where. What would the light bulb be without the “carbon filament” in side it? Just a piece of glass. Thanks to black inventor, Lewis Latimer it’s much more than that. Today we salute Lewis Howard Latimer was born a free man in Chelsea, [...]