Merlene Joyce Ottey OJ CD (born 10 May 1960) is a Jamaican-Slovenian former track and field sprinter. She began her career representing Jamaica in 1978, and continued to do so for 24 years, before representing Slovenia from 2002 to 2012. She is ranke ...
Posted Wednesday, May 10th 2023 at 7:40AM
(more)
Kenan Thompson (Born May 10, 1978) is an American comedian and actor. Thompson has been a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live since 2003, making him the longest-tenured cast member in the show's history. He was also the fi ...
Posted Wednesday, May 10th 2023 at 7:32AM
(more)
For Immediate Release From USDE!
To mark Public Service Recognition Week, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) today announced that, as of the beginning of May 2023, it has approved a total of $42 billion in Public Service Loan Forgiven ...
Posted Tuesday, May 9th 2023 at 3:11PM
(more)
For Immediate Release From NAMI-Georgia!
What is Ending the Silence?
NAMI Ending the Silence is a presentation designed for middle and high school students, school staff, and parents or guardians of middle or high school-aged youth.
Who ca ...
Posted Tuesday, May 9th 2023 at 1:50PM
(more)
On May 9, 2010, Lena Horne died in New York City at age 92 of heart failure.
Groundbreaking singer, dancer and actress Lena Horne, 92, died of heart failure at New York-Presbyterian Hospital on May 9, 2010.
The legendary performer was the firs ...
Posted Tuesday, May 9th 2023 at 8:05AM
(more)
Dennis David Coles (born May 9, 1970), better known by his stage name Ghostface Killah, is an American rapper and a member of the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan. After the group achieved breakthrough success in the aftermath of Enter the Wu-Tang (36 ...
Posted Tuesday, May 9th 2023 at 5:26AM
(more)
This Day in Black History: May 9, 1963
Arthur Wergs Mitchell, the first Black Democrat elected to Congress, died in Petersburg, Virginia, on May 9, 1963.
Arthur Wergs Mitchell, a U.S. representative from Illinois, was the first African-American ...
Posted Tuesday, May 9th 2023 at 5:01AM
(more)
Rudolph John Chauncey Fisher (May 9, 1897 – December 26, 1934) was an American physician, radiologist, novelist, short story writer, dramatist, musician, and orator. His father was John Wesley Fisher, a clergyman, his mother was Glendora Williamson ...
Posted Tuesday, May 9th 2023 at 4:48AM
(more)
For Immediate Release From Kingdom-Levine-Oliver Publisher, Inc.!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
POPE FRANCIS SPECIAL CORONATION GIFT TO KING CHARLESS III
PRESIDENT OBAMA HOSTED PRINCE CHARLES AT WHITE HOUSE MEMORY
PRESIDENT BIDEND CONGRATULATE ...
Posted Saturday, May 6th 2023 at 3:15PM
(more)
Meet M.A Cherry, the African American who invented the tricycle in 1888
Many people would not have owned the bikes and motor vehicles they have today if it had not been for Mathew A. Cherry’s invention of the tricycle.
The African American inve ...
Posted Saturday, May 6th 2023 at 2:05PM
(more)
Willie Howard Mays Jr. (born May 6, 1931), nicknamed "the Say Hey Kid" and "Buck", is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball (MLB). Regarded as one of the greatest players ever, Mays ranks second behind only Babe Ruth on most all-time li ...
Posted Saturday, May 6th 2023 at 1:56PM
(more)
