Tag: Rusty Potter

By: Rusty Potter Everyday you wake up in the morning is an opportunity for you to improve yourself. Each of us can do amazing things because each of us was created for a purpose. It is not your circumstances that…

By: Rusty Potter Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “ If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse trap than his neighbor, though he builds his house in the woods, the world will…

By: Rusty Potter Madam C.J. Walker (Self-Made Millionaire) is considered one of the 20th century’s most successful entrepreneurs. She built her empire out of nothing. Her parents were former slaves, and she was an orphan at the age of 7.…

By: Rusty Potter Michael Jordan said, “ Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” The doors…

By: Rusty Potter Dr. Carter G. Woodson (December 19, 1875-April 3, 1950) was a historian, author and a journalist. He is know as the father of Black History. The month of February was selected because the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln…

By: Rusty Potter The daughter of former slaves, Mary McLeod Bethune became one of the most important educators in history. Mary Bethune said, “I plunged into the job of creating something from nothing… Though I hadn’t a penny left, I…

By: Rusty Potter Thomas Edison was an American Inventor. He developed many inventions that greatly influenced life around the world. He invented the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb. As an inventor, Edison made over 1,000…