QUOTE of the Day
June 25, 2023
TO HAVE A GOOD LIFE, CHANGE YOURSELF, NOT OTHERS.
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MELANISTIC ANIMALS
Melanistic Animals
The "Black Jaguar" was once thought to be a separate species but is now known to be a melanistic version of the same species.
Melanism, which is also hereditary and is produced by the mutation of different genes, results in excess dark pigmentation in an animal.
Melanism is found in many different species, including amphibians, reptiles, and mammals.
WORD of the Day
WORD of the Day W.O.T.D. June 17, 2023
HAPLOTYPE
A combination of closely linked DNA sequences on one chromosome that are often inherited together.
Today In Black History
TODAY IN BLACK HISTORY JUNE 15
On this day, June 15, in the year 1877, Henry O. Flipper became the first African American to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy - West Point. Flipper was born before emancipation, in Thomasville, Georgia on March 21, 1856. Congressman James C. Freeman recommended Flipper for attendance at West Point, during his freshman year at Atlanta University, (now known as Clark Atlanta University.) Becoming the first to graduate, of the five African American students at the academy, Flipper was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army and was assigned to become the first African American officer to lead buffalo soldiers in the 10th Calvary. After being falsely accused of embezzlement by his Commanding Officer. Although acquitted, Flipper was still dismissed from the army for conduct unbecoming of an officer and gentlemen. Flipper died in Atlanta, Georgia in 1940 at the age of 84. In 1976, twenty-six years after his death, the Army overturned the court martial and granted Flipper an honorable discharge. In 1999, during his term as President of the United States, President Bill Clinton bestowed Flipper a full pardon.
Remembering Henry Ossian Flipper (1856 - 1940) today in Black History
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