To Inspire You

None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstarps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, and Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us pick up our boots.

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Today In History

• In 1780 - African Union Society of Newport, RI was the first attested Black mutual aid society
  
• In 1898 - Eight blacks killed during the race riot in Wilmington, NC
  
• In 1957 - By winning the Long Beach Open, Charlie Sifford became first black person to win a major professional golf tournament