His biggest effort was a shipping company to trade goods among black people all over the world.

VOA: special.2011.01.20

"I think the one story that inspired this book was meeting a wonderful man called Don Mertin in New Zealand and he explaining to me how he had saved a species of bird called a Black Robin when there were just seven individuals left in the world of which only two were female and only one of whom was fertile."

VOA: special.2009.11.18

He remembers Jackson because of the message he sent out through songs like "Black and White" and "Heal the World."

VOA: standard.2009.07.01

Sidney Poitier,the first black actor to win an Academy Award, was honored by the president, as was world renowned physicist and author Stephen Hawking.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

And Asamoah Gyan, who has a team-leading three World Cup goals for Ghana in South Africa, says "The Black Stars" are delighted to be representing Africa at this stage.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01