GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! We hope you're enjoying the weekend! We conclude our series on African-American Bankers with.... RICHARD HENRY BOYD (1843-1922) One-Cent Savings and Trust Company (Citizens Bank) Nashville, TN … [Read more...]
Wedneday Open Thread: Black Judges Appointed by President Obama (Part II)
April 17, 2013 by 129 Comments
Judge Carlton Reeves was nominated by President Barack Obama on April 28, 2010, and was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate on December 19, 2010 to serve as an federal district court judge in the Southern District of Mississippi. … [Read more...]
Sunday Open Thread: West Wing Week
February 17, 2013 by 120 Comments
This week, the President delivered the first State of the Union address of his second term, and then brought his proposals to factories in North Carolina and a school in Georgia, presided over a Medal of Honor ceremony, honored the outgoing Secretary … [Read more...]
Friday Afternoon Thread: Side-Piece Day
February 15, 2013 by 114 Comments
Its the day after Valentine's Day....Feb 15th is the holiday the side-pieces get the 75% off candy and whatever pieces of flowers left over at the grocery store. The other man is getting a look at his pretend woman in the same teddy she wore last … [Read more...]
Friday Open Thread: Black Nobel Prize Winners
January 25, 2013 by 148 Comments
Wangari Muta Maathai (1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan environmental and political activist. In the 1970s, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, … [Read more...]
Thurday Open Thread: Black Nobel Prize Winners
January 24, 2013 by 122 Comments
Toni Morrison is the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. She is best known for her novels focusing on intimate relationships, especially between men and women. These stories are set against the backdrop of African … [Read more...]
Tuesday Open Thread: Black Nobel Laureates
January 22, 2013 by 135 Comments
Ralph Bunche was an American political scientist, academic, and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Palestine. He was the first African American and first person of color to be so honored. For more … [Read more...]
