Bridging the Gap

First, I would like to tell you a little about the OS-HBCU Tour Program. Myself, my wife Mrs. Gina Bell, our two daughters, Mrs. Mikea Jones and Ms. Ebonee Bell, Mr. Phil Simons (Assistant Pri ...more
Damon Bell • 114 Views • July 28th, 2026

Off My Neck is the inspiring and motivational story of a farm boy from Algoma, Mississippi, who decided that a plow and two mules were just not enough. Migrating from Mississip to get the Yoke of seco ...more
Robert Moore • 912 Views • October 8th, 2025

Illinois Auto Dealer Named the 2024 Ally Sees Her Award Winner for Her Leadership in the Auto Industry and Her Commitment to Community Karen Sutton-Ford, dealer principal at Sutton Ford in Matteson ...more
Cindy Kamerad • 1,410 Views • August 27th, 2024

Illinois Auto Dealer Named the 2024 Ally Sees Her Award Winner for Her Leadership in the Auto Industry and Her Commitment to Community Karen Sutton-Ford, dealer principal at Sutton Ford in Matteson ...more
Cindy Kamerad • 930 Views • August 27th, 2024

Illinois Auto Dealer Named the 2024 Ally Sees Her Award Winner for Her Leadership in the Auto Industry and Her Commitment to Community Karen Sutton-Ford, dealer principal at Sutton Ford in Matteson ...more
Cindy Kamerad • 1,408 Views • August 27th, 2024

Mary Ellen Pleasant, referred to as the "mother of civil rights" in 1860s California, is a figure that isn't well-known in modern Black history, but was a famous abolitionist, entrepreneur, and social ...more
Jon C. • 46,538 Views • February 11th, 2008

Born in Columbus, Ohio, in April 23, 1856, Granville T. Woods dedicated his life to developing a variety of inventions relating to the railroad industry. To some he was known as the "Black Edison, bot ...more
Marwan Fateen • 37,053 Views • February 11th, 2008

Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., National Hero of Jamaica, was a publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, Black nationalist, Pan-Africanist, and orator. Marcus Garvey was founder of the Universal Negro Improvem ...more
Reginald Culpepper • 30,213 Views • February 23rd, 2009

Mansa Kankan Musa When Mansa Musa came to power, Mali already had firm control of the trade routes to the southern lands of gold and the northern lands of salt. Now Musa brought the lands of the ...more
Marwan Fateen • 28,253 Views • February 11th, 2008

Charlayne Hunter-Gault is a woman of distinguised “ firsts”. She holds a place in Georgia civil rights history as one of the first two African -American students admitted to the University of Georgi ...more
Jon C. • 14,052 Views • February 1st, 2008