Samuel (“Sammy”) Leamon Younge Jr. was 21-years-old when he was fatally shot on January 3, 1966 when he tired to use a whites-only restroom at a gas station in Macon County, Alabama. Younge was a navy veteran studying political science at Tuskegee Institute. The civil rights activist was born on November 17, 1944 in Tuskegee, […]
Did you know that former Cubs and Mets infielder Sammy Drake was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi? Drake pledged the Beta Tau Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Samuel Drake was an African American baseball player who played for the Major Leagues. He played second and third baseman for the Chicago Cubs and […]
“…a lot of people in retrospect attack Elvis for stealin` the black music and making it white. I say Elvis Presley had a black soul with a white face…” – Michael Ochs (Rock`n`Roll Historian) www.meenacryle.com source Related Posts Top black actors | Worth Sharing Videos If you look at the history worldwide, Black people have […]