To Inspire You

Certain Black leaders would believe that you have to go through their prism: ' If I lay my hand on you, you're ok.' So many people have made a living off of the pimping of race

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Today In History

Black History Month

• In 1990 - Nelson Mandela released from prison after 27 years as South African political prisoner
  
• In 2016 - Dr. Paula Johnson, a Harvard Medical School faculty member, is named as the 14th President of Wellesley College, becoming the first African American to hold the position
  
• In 1996 - Penn's Baccalaureate Speaker was the Right Reverend Barbara Clementine Harris, a Philadelphian who was the first woman ever to become a bishop in the Anglican Communion.
  
• In 1976 - Clifford Alexander, Jr. is confirmed as the first African American Secretary of the Army