History,is one area of study and knowledge that is so badly needed for them, who do know their history,their family and future generation,in order to be balanced in life.

A man who does not know his history is most commonly described as being condemned to repeat it, a phrase stemming from a famous aphorism by philosopher George Santayana. Specifically descriptions often used to describe someone in this position include The “Condemned” or “Doomed” “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” — George Santayana (1905). A black American who does not care, and want to know his history often repeat same experiences, especially the younger generation called the “Genzy” Culture less, without tradition, thus they are blown around by the winds ,policies and general conducts by those who know their own history and that of others. This is why people who not know their history, when offended by whatever, go about destroying facilities, private and municipal structures built for their own good. They think they are hurting government but in actual fact it is the private business owners that are being punished for no reasons .Government will rebuild the property damaged, and the bill will subsequently recycled in the budget and the community pays for it. People who do not know their history, are the ones doomed to depend on mindless and calous social content creators to help them make decisions which never end well for them. The content creator is after followers on their platforms and do not care for the stability of decisions. Often the content creator has no clues to what they are sprewing out. They think marriage must be transactional, wife dont need to submit to husband or respect him, unless he provides, etc. By this younger ones who do not know their family history carreer off into an unmarriageable trajectory.

It’s been established that a girl child who has a close relationship with her father will grow to be responsible and respectful to her husband, likewise, a man who loved his mother will love his wife. If a child is thought how to go, when he or she grows up, will not depart from the way.

This is where the role of the Grand Daughter to Prof. Blackwell in preserving and helping the legacy of her father, re-enter the chronicles of AI development from time immemorial, as contained in the clip above

DAVID BLACKWELL 1919 – 2010. Department of Mathematics, College of Liberia Arts and Sciences, Illinois

Based on recent historical re-evaluations, David Blackwell is recognized as a pioneering Black mathematician whose work provided foundational, yet previously overlooked, groundwork for modern artificial intelligence. Here are the key details and Significance: Blackwell’s contributions to probability theory, game theory, and decision-making under uncertainty are crucial to how modern AI systems learn and optimize, including Markov decision processes. Overlooked History: Despite his massive impact on mathematics and statistics—such as the Blackwell-Rao theorem—his role as a foundational figure in AI was not widely recognized until recently. Context: He is cited as a “hidden” pioneer whose mathematical framework for decision-making under uncertainty, directly influences modern machine learning and AI.

David Harold Blackwell passed away in Berkeley, CA, on July 8, 2010. Blackwell was born in Centralia, IL, on April 24, 1919. He received all of his degrees from the University of Illinois (B.A. 1938, M.A. 1939, Ph.D. 1941). His dissertation on Markov chains was completed under the direction of Joseph L. Doob. Throughout his academic career he was a most distinguished teacher and researcher. He was on the faculty at Howard University from 1944-1954, serving as Head of the Mathematics Department at Howard from 1947-1954. Blackwell was then hired as a visiting professor by the University of California at Berkeley in 1954 where he became a full professor in the statistics department when it split off from the mathematics department in 1955. He was chairman of the UC Berkeley Statistics Department from 1957-1961 and assistant dean of the College of Letters and Science from 1964-1968. He retired in 1988.Blackwell served as President of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics in 1955, and was Vice President of the American Statistical Association, the International Statistical Institute, and the American Mathematical Society. He was an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1965 he became the first African American named to the National Academy of Sciences. In 1979 Blackwell won the John von Neumann Theory Prize awarded by the Operations Research Society of America and the Institute of Management Sciences.Blackwell was known for his independent invention of dynamic programming, which is used today in finance and in various areas of science, including genome analysis. He also is known for the renewal theorem, used today in areas of engineering, and for developing the Rao-Blackwell Theorem, a fundamental concept in modern statistics. He wrote two books, published more than 80 papers and held 12 honorary degrees from Harvard, Yale, Carnegie Mellon, Howard and other universities.

A black African and American should follow Impacting Black Achievements in the Arts,Sciences,and all fields of human endeavor in pursuit of excellence in his or her chosen area of profession.We all Must contribute to the development, and celebration of Black Success.

Bishop Clement Udegbe writes from Florida USA.