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We are launching the Know Thyself Grassroots Movement not as a program, but as a reckoning. A spiritual awakening. A cultural uprising. A return to the power buried beneath generations of distortion. From the sacred walls of the Luxor Temple in ancient Kemet (Egypt) comes the eternal command: “Man, know thyself, and you will know the gods.” This was not poetry, it was instruction. Among ancient Nile Valley people, to know oneself was to unlock the divine force within. And somewhere along the journey of African history… we were taught to forget.
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HBCUs were established to educate Black Americans who were denied access to many predominantly white institutions. Land-grant universities and church-supported colleges across the country created opportunities for higher education, but they also fostered a powerful sense of belonging and cultural expression.
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JayDon “JD” McCrary, a superstar-in-the-making at just 11-years-old, has definitely had his bright future lined up after an album deal with Disney’s Hollywood Records which made him the youngest male solo artist signed.
The film Hidden Figures brought the unsung stories of Black women NASA pioneers to the forefront, and now they are finally receiving the credit and recognition that they long deserved. Katherine Johnson, Dr. Christine Darden and the late Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan have been nominated for Congressional Gold Medals, KTVA reported.
Katherine Johnson, Woman of Color who Calculated the Flight Path for the First American Mission to Space and Had Her Life Chronicled in the Movie “Hidden Figures,” Turns 100 Today!
On Thursday, August 16, 2018, her majesty “The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin left this plane, but the world was blessed to experience and enjoy her talent and genius. Graced with the glimpse of the divine, the world and America stopped and paid its tributes to one of America’s greatest national treasures.
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