Post Civil war industry rose like an economic Phoenix from the ashes of the war. The factories built by the North to defeat the rebels were not shut down, but their production tools were turned to peace time goals. From the 1870’s into the 1900’s, that inertia fueled the Gilded Age. Mark Twain’s 1873 book titled “The Gilded Age” was the origin of the name.
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Recently, Representative Lois Frankel (FL-22) hosted a roundtable in honor of Black History Month, where several local artists, educators, and community leaders attended to discuss the impactful intersection of African Americans and the arts—this year’s Black History Month theme—within the Palm Beach County community.
Reading books about African Americans during the month of February, and not only, has become an essential practice for promoting empathy, understanding and appreciation for what Blacks have contributed to American society.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, has added R&B singer, actor, and activist Eric Benét as a headliner for the 19th Annual Florida AIDS Walk & Music Festival, an annual spring break event that attracts more than 2,000 attendees and raises $2 million for 13 local nonprofit organizations providing HIV/AIDS services in the South Florida community.
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Across four hours, “James Brown: Say it Loud” traces the incredible trajectory of Brown’s life and career from a 7th grade drop-out arrested for robbery in the Jim Crow-era South to an entertainment legend whose groundbreaking talent and unique perspective catapulted him to become a cultural force whose words, songs, style and moves inspired musical revolutions and molded a nation’s view of Black Pride and Black masculinity
A basketball game for the NCAA national championship was held on March 19, 1966, at Cole Field House in College Park, Maryland featuring the Kentucky Wildcats, the number one ranked team in men’s college basketball against the Texas Western Miners, who were ranked third in the nation. However, it wasn’t just any ordinary game, championship or not.
Dr. Kingsley Okonkwo, a Nigerian American business owner in Corpus Christi, Texas, spearheads a new sports complex in the area, which will be the first Black-owned one. Said to encourage almost 50,000 additional out-of-town visits to the coastal South Texas city a year and millions in tourist spending, Okonkwo’s complex will be home to the Corpus Christi Football Club, which the businessman and pediatrician started in 2016.
The Florida Senate on Thursday revamped a bill aimed at keeping children under age 16 off social media, as a debate continued about the proposal’s constitutionality and whether it would infringe on parental rights.