Missing Links in History Benjamin Banneker   Benjamin Banneker was born free in November 1731.  He was an essayist, inventor mathematician and lay astronomer, and because of his intellect, he  was called a sable genius.  While still a youth he made a wooden clock that was said to kept accurate time.  This clock is believed [...]

Don’t stop the music By Janice Fralin-Steele     Music has always been and always will be around.  Many faces of music have changed but then so have the sounds.  Music as we’ve known it has changed tremendously.  The music that is created today is a far cry from what most of us have grown [...]

Jefferson Long (1836-1900) U.S. Congressman from Georgia   When Jefferson Long took his seat in Congress in 1870, he became the first Black to be elected to the United States House of Representatives. The day he was elected, it was said that white Georgians killed seven Blacks and chased Long to a courthouse where he [...]

Clarence “Big House” Gaines was a national coaching legend at Winston-Salem State University where he led the Rams to 18 20-win seasons and guided WSSU to eight Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) titles. In 1967 he led WSSU to a 31-1 record and coached the Rams, and future NBA star, Earl “The Pearl” Monroe, to [...]