Don P. Hooper

Song features reggae artists Shaggy, Freddie McGregor, Hopeton Lindo, Marcia Griffiths, Courtney John, Peter Gee, Fiona, Sophia Brown and Anthony Cruz.

Not only a great son, but my cousins also show up at about 3:21.

Check it out. My boy, Double-0, released his latest music video “Jukebox” from the duo Kidz in the Hall. It’s the single of the week on iTunes so be sure to grab your copy since iTunes is putting it out for Free!

Ernest Everett Just, an eminent marine biologist, was a leader and authority for his work with cell development.

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Dr. Meredith Gourdine pioneered the research of electrogasdynamics: a way to disperse fog and smoke by applying strong electrical force. He was responsible for the engineering technique called Incineraid which aids in the removal of smoke from buildings.

Patricia Bath became the first African American woman doctor to receive a patent for a method for removing cataract lenses that transformed eye surgery.

In 1896, Lewis Baxter Moore became the first African-American to earn a Doctorate of Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania with a dissertation on “The Stage in Sophocles.”

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African American’s in space technology:

George Carruthers invented the far ultraviolet electrographic camera, used in the 1972 Apollo 16 mission. His iInvention also revealed new features of Earth’s far-outer atmosphere and deep-space objects from the perspective of the lunar surface. He was inducted into the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame in 2003.

What’s going on in Black History today?

Did you know that Lewis Howard Latimer was chief draftsman for both General Electric and Westinghouse. In 1873 he invented a ‘water closet for railroad cars’ and drafted the patent drawings for Alexander Graham Bell’s first telephone.

In 1881, Latimer invented the carbon fillament for light bulbs.

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