One look at a dirty belly button is all it takesâall it takes for you to shudder, jump in the shower, and start scrubbing. The RIGHT Way to Clean Your Belly Button One look at a dirty belly button is all it takes for you to shudder, jump in the shower, and start scrubbing. âHealth providers have removed âgrowthsâ from belly buttons that turned out to be a mix of bacteria, dirt, sweat, soap, lotions, and lint,â says Alexandria V. Booth, M.D., a board-certified dermatologist with HealthCare Partners medical group.
Ralph Bunche was the first African American to win the Nobel Peace  Prize. He won the award in 1950 for his work of peacemaking efforts  in Palestine.
In 1945 Gwendolyn Brooks' first book entitled A Street In Bronzeville was published. In 1949 Annie Allen (a loosely-connected series of poems related to a black girl's growing up in Chicago) was published and received the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1950, becoming the first African American to receive this prestigious award in poetry.