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Muhammed Abubakar’s inspiring journey proves that with hard work, determination, and faith, dreams really do come true. ...
10/26/2025

Muhammed Abubakar’s inspiring journey proves that with hard work, determination, and faith, dreams really do come true. Starting as an airplane cleaner earning just N200 a day, he spent 24 years working his way up through nearly every role in aviation. From ground staff to flight attendant, Muhammed never gave up on his dream of becoming a pilot. With persistence, savings, and support from his company, he earned his commercial pilot license and is now a captain at Azman Air. His story is a powerful reminder: dreams don’t work unless you do. ✈️👏

Everyone has heard of Black Wall Street.Meet the founder, O.W. Gurley.In 1905 Gurley and his wife sold their property in...
10/26/2025

Everyone has heard of Black Wall Street.Meet the founder, O.W. Gurley.
In 1905 Gurley and his wife sold their property in Noble County and moved 80 miles to the oil boom town of Tulsa. Gurley purchased 40 acres of land in North Tulsa and established his first business, a rooming house on a dusty road that would become Greenwood Avenue. He subdivided his plot into residential and commercial lots and eventually opened a grocery store.
As the community grew around him, Gurley prospered. Between 1910 and 1920, the Black population in the area he had purchased grew from 2,000 to nearly 9,000 in a city with a total population of 72,000. The Black community had a large working-class population as well as doctors, lawyers, and other professionals who provided services to them. Soon the Greenwood section was dubbed “Negro Wall Street” by Tuskegee educator Booker T. Washington.
Greenwood, now called Black Wall Street, was nearly self-sufficient with Black-owned businesses, many initially financed by Gurley, ranging from brickyards and theaters to a chartered airplane company. Gurley built the Gurley Hotel at 112 N. Greenwood and rented out spaces to smaller businesses. His other properties included a two-story building at 119 N. Greenwood, which housed the Masonic Lodge and a Black employment agency. He was also one of the founders of Vernon AME Church.

10/26/2025

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10/26/2025

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10/26/2025

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Tamara Moore made history as the only woman currently serving as head coach of a men's college basketball team in the U....
10/26/2025

Tamara Moore made history as the only woman currently serving as head coach of a men's college basketball team in the U.S. The former WNBA guard now leads the program at Mesabi Range College in Minnesota, becoming the first Black woman to coach a men’s collegiate team. With a strong resume and a bold vision, she’s breaking barriers and pushing for more opportunities for women in coaching. 🏀🔥

10/26/2025

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George Washington Carver had a difficult start in life. Born sometime around 1864, his father died shortly before George...
10/25/2025

George Washington Carver had a difficult start in life. Born sometime around 1864, his father died shortly before George's birth, likely from an accident when he was out hauling wood. And only weeks after birth, slave traders kidnapped George and his mother. Rescued would not be an apt term; recovered is more appropriate. But the group sent out to find him and his mother exchanged a horse for the young boy. His mother, however, was lost to the traders. Less than two months old, and George was already an orphan.Often sick, frail, he was not expected to live. But live he did, and from a young age, he showed much devotion to work and a desire for learning. He was curious, and as he'd roam the woods near the Carver home, exploring flowers, trees, rocks, and birds, he began asking questions about their purpose.
While much of his education early on was self-motivated, he began formal schooling at ten. He learned of a school about eight miles from the Carver home. And without any money or a new home, he left the Carver's to attend this school, living in an old barn while doing odd jobs to earn money to survive. Eventually, he was adopted into a family there.
Education for George would continue through completing a Master's Degree in agriculture from Iowa State University in 1896. After which, he took a job as Head of the Agricultural Department at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
George was also an artist. At the age of 30, Carver gained acceptance to Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, where he was the first Black student. Carver studied piano and art.
As an agricultural scientist and inventor, his goal was to help farmers improve their lives by earning more from their crops. He found hundreds of uses through his research of peanuts in particular and other products such as sweet potatoes and pecans. His work was instrumental and impactful. Between 1915 and 1918, acreage for peanut cultivation grew from half a million to over four million acres.
After George passed away in 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a message that said: "All mankind are the beneficiaries of his discoveries in the field of agricultural chemistry. The things which he achieved in the face of early handicaps will for all time afford an inspiring example to youth everywhere."

The Wayans Family 🖤
10/25/2025

The Wayans Family 🖤

10/25/2025

What REALLY Happened to Black Wall Street

Sam Richardson and family 🥰❤️
10/25/2025

Sam Richardson and family 🥰❤️

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