BenBen The Mythical: The Landing Site of The Egyptian God Atum. The Benben stone is a mythological artifact unearthed in ancient Egypt. This imaginary stone is claimed to have been held in a shrine inside the enclosures of Heliopolis’ temple devoted to the divinity Atum. The Benben stone is also an architectural term for the Read More…
Linnentown, Georgia destroyed a Black neighborhood. Now former residents want justice. Many who lived in Linnentown are urging leaders in Athens to pay for destroying their community more than 50 years ago to make way for the University of Georgia. Hattie Thomas Whitehead has fond memories of her childhood in Linnentown, a 22-acre neighborhood in Read More…
2YR Old Child Prodigy ISAIAH GYAMFI, A Genius Who Taught Himself how to speak Japanese: Isaiah Gyamfi, a 2-year old boy from Ghana, is getting international attention as a child prodigy that knows how to count in at least 4 different languages and how to solve complex math problems. Isaiah started showing extraordinary intelligence at Read More…
Black NASCAR Driver Wendell O. Scott Wendell Scott & sons Frank Scott (Left),Wendell Scott Jr. (R) Wendell Scott, the only black driver in NASCAR for virtually all of his career, probably earned more respect than he did money. His career was a constant struggle with low budgets. The Danville, VA native started racing in 1947. Read More…
Wendell Scott was a pioneer in the sport of auto racing as the first Black full-time driver on the NASCAR circuit. Acting as a driver and his own mechanic he gained the admiration of fans and fellow drivers through his grit and determination to be successful in a sport deeply-entrenched in the Jim Crow south. Read More…
Last year, a member of African-American NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace’s team reported that he had happened upon a noose in Wallace’s garage. An FBI investigation determined that the “noose” was a pulldown rope that had been in the garage since 2019. NASCAR released a statement professing to be “thankful to learn that this was not Read More…
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