Sugahill Da Barber

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61st Street, a damn good movie….

This where your GPS comes from. This sister is the reason. R.I.P…

Dr. Gladys West, the Black mathematician whose brilliance made GPS possible, has died at 95. Born on a Dinwiddie County farm during the Great Depression, she overcame segregation to become a scientist and map the world—literally. May we never forget her legacy or the path she paved for generations of mathematicians.

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Willa Beatrice Brown did not just learn to fly. She built the systems that taught others how. Born in 1906, Brown became the first Black woman to earn a pilot’s license in the United States in 1937, at a time when most flight schools refused Black students and military aviation remained closed to Black women. Here’s the loophole she found: while the military controlled who could fly, it did not control who could be licensed as a civilian. Brown realized that civilian pilot licenses were the gateway. So instead of waiting for permission, she focused on civil aviation — where credentials still counted. She co-founded flight schools that trained Black pilots when few opportunities existed, helping create the civilian training pipeline that would later support the Tuskegee Airmen. She understood that aviation power did not begin in the cockpit, but in education, credentials, and infrastructure. Did you know: • She was the first Black woman officer in the Civil Air Patrol • She trained instructors, not just pilots, multiplying her impact • She lobbied Congress and federal agencies to integrate aviation programs • She flew civilian training aircraft such as the Piper Cub, the same planes used to prepare early American pilots Military cockpits were closed to her. So she built the runway anyway. Historical note: Bessie Coleman became the first Black woman to earn a pilot’s license in 1921, training in France because no U.S. flight school would admit her. Brown later became the first licensed within the U.S. system and built the training infrastructure that followed. History isn’t one name. It’s a lineage. Save this post, share her story, and keep the legacy in motion. #WillaBeatriceBrown #BessieColeman #BlackHistory #AviationHistory #BlackWomenInAviation #HiddenFigures #DidYouKnow #Trailblazers #BlackExcellence #WomenWhoBuiltHistory #HistoryMatters

A Damn Shame Florida gots to do better. Just because the “S” on Sunshine was covered up.

They done wrongfully arrested this man ova this nonsense , I already know them lawyers lined up ..

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Facts!!!! A Barber is more than a Barber….

There was a time when walking into a bank wasn’t an option for most Black families. Not because they didn’t have ideas or ambition — but because the doors of traditional institutions were simply closed to them. So the community built its own system. And at the center of that system sat the barbershop. Long before credit scores, loan officers, or small business grants, the barber’s chair doubled as a financial hub. If you needed a little money to open a storefront, buy equipment, or get through a tough season, you didn’t go to a bank — you went to the man with clippers in his hand and a whole neighborhood in his heart. Barbers were often the most stable earners in the community. Their shops brought in daily cash flow, and with that came a quiet responsibility. They loaned money with trust as the collateral. They circulated dollars before the term “circulating the Black dollar” ever became a slogan. They were the ones who believed in you when no institution would even let you fill out an application. These shops were more than places for fades and line-ups. They were the first boardrooms, the first investment meetings, the first small business incubators. Ideas were shaped in those chairs, confidence was restored in those mirrors, and entire communities found a way forward — one conversation, one loan, one favor at a time. When we talk about Black entrepreneurship, we can’t forget the men behind those chairs. They kept businesses alive, kept families afloat, and kept hope circulating long before the financial system ever acknowledged us. The barbershop wasn’t just a place to get fresh. It was a community bank before we had access to banks at all.

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Minister Louis Farrakhan on Chicago's Radio Cliff Kelly Show WVON in 2015. 45.1K followers, 219.9K likes, 8137 comments

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