Black Men You Should Know

Lewis Latimer 

(September 4, 1848- December 11, 1928)

Inventor, and draftsman

Patenting of the light bulb and the telephone

Lloyd Hall

(June 20, 1894- 1971)

Developed new methods of food preservation and 

sterilization which eliminated spoilage and health 

hazards and enhanced efficiency and profitability 

for food suppliers

Charles Drew

(June 3, 1904- April 1, 1950)

Educator, Doctor, and Surgeon

Pioneered methods of storing blood plasma

for transfusion and organized the first large-scale

 blood bank in the U.S.

Bayard Rustin

(March 17, 1912- August 24, 1987)

Spent years in the background of the shadows of the

great civil rights leader of the 1960's, despite being 

the man who taught, organized and led them.

Wendell Scott

(August 29, 1921- December 23, 1990)

First Black full-time driver on the NASCAR circuit

Acting as a driver and his own mechanic he gained the 

admiration of fans and fellow drivers his grit and determination

to be successful in a sport deeply-entrenched in the Jim Crow south.

Matt Baker

(December 10, 1921- August 11, 1959)

The first known successful African American artist

in the comic book industry. 

Bobby Seale

(October 22, 1936)

Political Activist 

Co- founder and National Chairman of the Black Panther Party

Huey P. Newton

(February 17, 1942- August 22, 1989)

Activist

Founded the militant Black Panther Party in 1966

Goal setting for a new year

People are always setting goals for the upcoming year. Most of us know this as a New Year's Resolution.  I've been setting such goals since I was in ninth grade, but I never actually accomplished any of them. Why? My guess is as good as yours. I think I never accomplished any because no one every held me accountable for setting them. You're probably thinking like "Maybe you should hold yourself accountable." Yes, I should, but I need support from others.