Wellness Check – 5 Ways to Improve Cognitive Health

Just like the muscles in our bodies, cognitive abilities can decline if the brain is not nurtured or stimulated enough. Aging and heredity can be a factor in cognitive deterioration, but for many, there are things that you can do now to improve brain health.Stay...

Little Known Black History Fact – Black America Know Our History: July 31, 1863-President Abraham Lincoln’s “eye-for-an-eye” order, officially known as General Order No. 252, was issued on July 31, 1863

President Lincoln’s order threatened retaliation against Confederate prisoners of war to protect captured Black Union soldiers from being killed or enslaved by the Confederacy. Historians report Mr. Lincoln made a promise that he likely knew he could not fully keep....

Little Known Black History Fact – Black America-Know Our History: July 30, 1956 marks the Birthday of Anita Hill. This young attorney brought national attention to workplace sexual harassment during the 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Clarence Thomas when she publicly testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that she was sexually harassed by her former employer.

Anita Hill was an attorney who earned her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1980. She soon began working for Clarence Thomas at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights and later the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. After Thomas was nominated...