Bridging the Gap

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 • 99 Views • October 8th, 2025

My name is Danielle T. Duncan, proud Benedict College Class of 2008 (Mass Communication). I’m excited to connect here with fellow alumni and professionals. I bring over 5 years of experience in fin ...more
Danielle Duncan • 196 Views • August 29th, 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 • 562 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 • 270 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 • 591 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. • 46,137 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 • 36,345 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 • 29,473 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 • 25,845 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. • 13,690 Views • February 1st, 2008