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Isaac Scott Hathaway Becomes First African American To Design A U.S. Mint Coin 66 Years Ago Today

By goodblacknews on August 7, 2012

Pioneering sculptor Isaac Scott Hathaway (pictured) was chosen as the first African American to design a U.S. Mint coin on this day 66 years ago. Then-President Harry S. Truman authorized a commission for the Mint to jump 
isaac scott hathaway biographystart the design of a new 50-cent piece. Hathaway received the clearance to design the coin, which featured educator and author Booker T. Washington (pictured right) who was chosen as the coin’s face because Truman wanted “to commemorate the life and perpetuate the ideas and teachings of Booker T. Washington.”

GBN Quote Of The Day

By goodblacknews on August 6, 2012

“People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”
–Rosa Parks, seamstress, writer and civil rights activist

Today In History: President Lyndon Johnson Signs The 1965 Voting Rights Act

By goodblacknews on August 6, 2012

 

Today in history: President Lyndon Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act | theGrio.

Serena Williams Wins Olympic Tennis Singles, Gets Golden Slam

By goodblacknews on August 4, 2012

Serena Williams demolished Russia’s Maria Sharapova 6-0 6-1 to grab Olympic tennis singles gold on Saturday, becoming the first player in the sport to win all four grand slams and an Olympic title in both singles and doubles.  Having completed the career “golden slam”, the unstoppable American, who dropped just 17 games in her six Olympics singles matches, is now making plans away from tennis.  “I’ve won everything. Now I can go to Disneyworld,” said the 30-year old, laughing.

Pauli Murray Named A Saint Of The Episcopal Church

By goodblacknews on August 2, 2012

Pauli Murray, the civil right crusader and first African American woman ordained as a priest by the Episcopal Church, was elevated to sainthood in the church’s roster of “Holy Women, Holy Men.”
via Pauli Murray Named a Saint of the Episcopal Church : The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education.

Gabrielle Douglas Takes Gold In Women’s All-Around!

By goodblacknews on August 2, 2012

 

Congratulations to Gabrielle Douglas for becoming the first African-American woman to win the coveted All-Around Olympic Gold Medal in gymnastics!  To read the rest of the story and see video, click below:

Gabby Douglas takes gold in women’s all-around – USATODAY.com.

Gabrielle Douglas Takes Gold In Women's All-Around!

By goodblacknews on August 2, 2012

 

Congratulations to Gabrielle Douglas for becoming the first African-American woman to win the coveted All-Around Olympic Gold Medal in gymnastics!  To read the rest of the story and see video, click below:
Gabby Douglas takes gold in women’s all-around – USATODAY.com.

GBN Quote Of The Day

By goodblacknews on July 31, 2012

“Few are too young, and none too old, to make the attempt to learn.”
–Booker T. Washington, educator, author, orator and first President of the Tuskegee Institute

GBN Quote Of The Day

By goodblacknews on July 27, 2012

“Whether you have a Ph.D., or a D.D. or no D., we’re in this together. Whether you’re from Morehouse or No house, we’re in this bag together.”
–Fannie Lou Hamer, civil and voting rights activist

GBN Quote Of The Day

By goodblacknews on July 26, 2012

 
“You are young, gifted, and black. We must begin to tell our young, there’s a world waiting for you, yours is the quest that’s just begun.”
— James Weldon Johnson, poet, civil rights activist and co-writer of “Lift Every Voice And Sing” (the Negro National Anthem)