Category: Historian

BLACK HISTORY

  A Dale Shields Research Collaboration <   My Smilebox Creation [For Educational resources only] BLACK HISTORY The first Africans as slave labor are introduced in America. A Dutch trader exchanges his cargo of 20 Africans for food in Jamestown Virginia, in August of 1619. It is believed that these Africans were sold into conditions …

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General Colin Luther Powell – The Political General

Colin Powell The Political General   By DALE RICARDO SHIELDS  “If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.” – Colin Luther Powell    “Have a vision. Be demanding.” – Colin Luther Powell   The story of Colin Luther …

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Slavery Portal

SLAVERY                                Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work.      Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and …

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100 Greatest Male R&B/Soul Vocalists.

  100 Greatest Male R&B/Soul Vocalists.   1. Jackie Wilson   2. Roy Hamilton   3. Clyde McPhatter   4. Sam Cooke   5. Marvin Gaye   6. Tony Williams (Platters)   7. Solomon Burke   8. Levi Stubbs (Four Tops)   9. Little Willie John 10. Al Green 11. Smokey Robinson 12. Luther Vandross …

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‎100 Greatest “Female” R&B/Soul Vocalists.

‎100 Greatest Female R&B/Soul Vocalists   1. Aretha Franklin  2. Dinah Washington 3. Etta James    4. Ruth Brown 5. Mavis Staples    6. Minnie Riperton    7. Big Maybelle    8. Patti LaBelle    9. Darlene Love 10. LaVern Baker 11. Whitney Houston 12. Doris Duke 13. Roberta Flack 14. Mary Wells 15. Tina …

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