Soul Food Network "history made every day"
Monday, December 23rd, 2024
Alice Parker gets Gas Funance Patent
Alice H. Parker was an African-American inventor who was active in the early 1900s.
She is most widely recognized for her patent filed for a gas furnace, which served as the basis for the development of modern heating systems in use today.
A lot of debate exists about her pictures and life.
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Tuesday, December 24th, 2024
SoulFoodCookingOnline Anniversay
SoulFoodCookingOnline.com was a small site purchased by KDWebServices in 2004. With only 10 members and 20 recipes it was hardly considered a success.
But with hard work and many added features the site now has over38,000 members and over 2,000 recipes.
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Wednesday, December 25th, 2024
Christmas Day
History is made everyday at the SoulFoodNetwork ....
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Wednesday, December 25th, 2024
Operation PUSH organized
Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) organized by Rev Jesse Jackson.
In Chicago 1965 Jesse Jackson helped formally organize Chicago ministers to promote more employment opportunities for local African Americans.
Operation Breadbasket enjoyed early success. Jackson broke with SCLC in 1971 and Operation Breadbasket became Operation PUSH.
In the mid-1990s Jackson directed the merger of PUSH with his National Rainbow Coalition to form the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition.
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Thursday, December 26th, 2024
Dr Clarence Greene
Clarence Sumner Greene, Sr. Born on December 26, 1901 in Washington, D.C., Became the first African-American certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery on October 22, 1953.
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Saturday, December 28th, 2024
Nichelle Nichols
Nichelle Nichols (born Grace Nichols; December 28, 1932) is an American actress, singer and voice artist. She sang with Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton before turning to acting.
Nichols was born in Robbins, Illinois, near Chicago, to Samuel Earl Nichols and his wife was Lishia (Parks) Nichols. Sam was a factory worker who was both the town of Robbins mayor and its chief magistrate.
Her most famous role is that of communications officer Lieutenant Uhura aboard the USS Enterprise in the popular Star Trek television series. In 2006, she added executive producer to her résumé.
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Saturday, December 28th, 2024
John Legend
John Stephens (born December 28, 1978,Springfield, Ohio), better known by his stage name John Legend, is an American recording artist, musician and actor.
He is the recipient of nine Grammy Awards, and in 2007, he received the special Starlight award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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Saturday, December 28th, 2024
Pops Staples
Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000, Winona, Mississippi) was a Mississippi-born Gospel and R&B musician.
He formed legendary gospel group The Staple Singers to sing as a gospel group in local churches, with him singing and playing guitar behind his children.
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Saturday, December 28th, 2024
Denzel Washington
Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor, screenwriter, director and film producer. He first rose to prominence when he joined the cast of the medical drama St. Elsewhere, playing Dr. Philip Chandler for six years. He has received much critical acclaim for his work in film since the 1990s, including for his portrayals of real-life figures, such as Steve Biko, Malcolm X, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, Melvin B. Tolson, Frank Lucas, and Herman Boone.
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Sunday, December 29th, 2024
Remembering Kelly Miller
In 1887 Miller became the first African American student admitted to Johns Hopkins University and the first Black mathematics graduate student.
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