The NPHC of Montgomery County in Maryland recently hosted its inaugural Farming for Humanity event, a powerful community service initiative aimed at highlighting the importance of agriculture in uplifting Black farmers and businesses. This event brought together people from diverse backgrounds to work in partnership with Edgefield Farm, a local farm operated by Black immigrant farmers. Volunteers […]
The man tossed his hat in the air, and the fight began as the trio threw jabs at each other. Several white people started beating the security guard as bystanders yelled in the background. Black people who witnessed the incident from the shore rushed to the scene and helped the security guard. Many hailed 16-year-old Aaren as […]
Black History Month In celebration of Black History Month, personnel from the Montgomery County Police Department explain in one word what this month means to them. Prominent figures from the Black community are recognized in this video for their significant contributions, triumphs, and sacrifices. #BlackHistoryMonth #MCPNews source Related Posts NCAA Double-A Zone Videos: Minority Coaches […]
Montgomery County, Maryland is filled with African American culture and tradition. Today, African Americans make up nearly 20 percent of Montgomery’s population, and play a vital role in the county as small businesses owners, artists, educators, and county leaders. This legacy of leadership and success starts with stories that go back generations, with roots in […]
Martin Luther King Jr. Biography for Social Justice Summer 2013 By: Ben Dial www.myroomrecords.com source Related Posts Martin Luther King, Jr. — Beyond Vietnam In this sermon, delivered in April 1967 at Riverside Church in New York City, Martin Luther King, Jr. lays out Read more L.K. – I like Brass Oh how i love […]
On Jan. 23, 1957, Willie Edwards Jr. was murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan in Montgomery, Alabama. Edwards, 24, at the time was kidnapped from his delivery truck and forced to jump to his death from a bridge. It all started when Edwards was eating dinner with his family, when he got a […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana parole board granted parole on Wednesday to Henry Montgomery, whose Supreme Court case was instrumental in extending the possibility of freedom to hundreds of people sentenced to life in prison without the opportunity for parole when they were juveniles. Montgomery, 75, was convicted in the 1963 killing of East Baton […]
Thousands of parents and educators are turning to the kids’ learning app that makes real learning truly fun. Try Kids Academy with 3-day FREE TRIAL! https://bit.ly/2GuGyL2 Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Montgomery Bus Boycott | Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King American civil rights movement took place mainly during the 1950s and 1960s. It […]
Isaiah Thornton Montgomery was born enslaved on May 21, 1847 on the Hurricane Plantation at Davis Bend, an area along the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Mississippi to Benjamin Thornton and Mary Lewis Montgomery. Hurricane Plantation was owned by Joseph E. Davis, older brother of future Confederate States of America President Jefferson Davis. At the beginning of […]
Delivered at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama, on 17 November 1957. Comprehensive collection can be purchased here… https://amzn.to/2KkYhAJ Visit here for more info… http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/documentsentry/doc_loving_your_enemies/index.html source Related Posts L.K. – I like Brass Oh how i love brass :))) download link for the flp soon available . rate~comment~subscribe also check out my man Read more […]