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Roscoe Robinson Jr. (October 11, 1928 – July 22, 1993) was the first African American to become a four-star general in the United States Army. He was born on October 11, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri.

In June I will have been blogging for 8 years, which is a pretty decent run for an original content blog that aims to put out useful, high quality material 48 weeks a year. One of the key success fact

Team NBK present the History of Drum Magazine. Drum was started in 1951, as African Drum by former test cricketer and author Bob Crisp and Jim Bailey an ex-R.A.F. pilot, son of South African financier Sir Abe Bailey. Initially under Crisp's editorship, the magazine had a paternalistic, tribal

Willie and George Muse were black albino brothers born in Roanoke, VA in 1893. In 1899 they were kidnapped by sideshow agents and told there mother had died and they would never see her again. They were showcased as White Ecuadorian cannibals, Eko and Iko. In the mid 1920s the brothers toured with R

“Stagecoach” Mary Fields (c. 1832-1914) was born a slave in Tennessee and following the Civil War, she moved to the pioneer community of Cascade, Montana. In 1895, when she was around 60 years old, Fi

Millie and Christine McCoy (1851-1912) were conjoined twins born into slavery. They and their mother were sold to a showman, Joseph Smith. Smith and his wife educated the girls; they eventually could

Gangster Music and Gangsta Rap are said to have their birth in the 1980s. The truth is..... none of that is true. #NBKLife #GothamGriots SUBSCRIBE: NEW BLACK KNOWLEDGE www.youtube.com/c/NewBla

Samuel "Sam" Sharpe The leader of a Maafa (slavery) rebellion in Jamaica in 1831 which became known as the Christmas Rebellion. The uprising lasted 10 days and spread throughout the entire island,

Katherine Johnson The NASA Mathematician Who Advanced Human Rights with a Slide Rule and Pencil NASA chief Charles Bolden recalls the historic trajectory of the “human computer” who played a key ro

Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones, known as Sissieretta Jones, (b.1868 – d.1933) was an American soprano. She sometimes was called "The Black Patti" in reference to Italian opera singer Adelina Patti.

By Abigail Walker Christopher Lockhart, owner of Capital City Kayaks, says he has always enjoyed being out on the water. The 27-year-old Jackson native grew up kayaking during the summer and contin

A team of scholars are coming in to correct the lies being told about our black history 2018 2019 paradigm shift...real scholarship on the rise !