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I always thought this Brother should be a household name in America. He is crucial to the Black Book Ecosystem. He publishers scholarly work and had to fight to be recognized as such. White folks simply did not want Black people validating scholarship on Black subject matter -- amazing! I first met Kassahun at least 15 years ago which is how old the video I shot below is: I sat down with Kassahun 3 months ago he has been in business almost 37 years. He is also a distributor a business that I use for my book, Voices of the Harlem Renaissance (well it is not "my" book, but I purchased all the inventory for the title from the publisher). I use him as a source for books to resell that really aren't available anywhere else.

This is just a reminder of a VERY FEW Black Greatness inventions having a worldwide life-changing impact! AND this list ONLY goes back to the late 1800s! IKR!!! You're welcome, world!!

I have always been disappointed when it came to Obama. Not because of his performance while in office, but because of the harsh criticism he constantly received from, of all people, other black men! Sullen brothas who attribute their contempt for him by citing what he didn't do for blacks while in office,- in denial about their own naivete for expecting all the things bi-racial Obama was going to do for blacks, never considering that he didn't run on a platform of singling out the black minority to help. Always implicit in his approach was the intent of being POTUS to all the people. Unlike his critics, Obama may have been perceptive enough to correctly surmise that once he was elected, Mitch McConnell and his colleagues would block and thwart any legislation their black president would try to push through, a vow McConnell could and did carry out since, at that time, Republicans were the Senate majority. And it wasn't as if white voters didn't help Obama get elected. No. African Americans would settle for nothing less than getting what they thought they deserved: which was EVERYTHING. No half-steppin'. The Savior who they'd been waiting for all their lives had arrived and would perform miracles. Forget Jesus. Barak would fulfil all their hopes, and racism would divinely vanish. At least, historians give Barack good marks when rating American presidents. Realistically, the only way blacks are gonna live their best lives is to stop blubbering about unifying their checkered race or becoming a carbon copy of Conservative prigs. Instead, they should just get their shit together and merge with the mainstream. Reparations? You'd do better buying a Powerball lottery ticket. (While sitting around patiently waiting to die, I've become an Existentialist. Can you tell?) @nelsYou flatter yourself. Nobody is thinking about you or your IQ. Who cares what you babble about? You're a nonentity.

richardmurray I can't disagree with what you're saying. Time after time since we've been in this hemisphere we've had INDIVUAL Black people who have outshined Caucasians....even in their own institutions. However COLLECTIVELY speaking....... I suppose individual success is better than no success at all.

The Ethiopian Empress Who Defeated Italy: Taytu Betul The Battle of Adwa, Empress Taytu & Menelik II I have been reading about this war and how the Italtians invaded Africa, Ethiopia and Eritrea and I am so amazed that this kind of history is not taught over here in America. I think this conflict that occurred in the late 1800s, is so important to know!

I think this baby says it all! LOL! She made a U-Turn! I think her mind made a connection to the doll that she was pushing in her stroller! This video is so precious. If that dress could be made and put on her doll...

Betty Boop refers to a culture started by black women as jazz dancers , jazz a musical form started by black musicians.