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.
Even though the Collingsdale, Pa., cemetery contains the bodies of several black luminaries -- including civil rights leader Octavius Valentine Catto and opera singer Marian Anderson -- Williams didn't come for any of these big names. He was there to see John Taylor, the first African American to win Olympic gold. Taylor was a college graduate and a star athlete, recognized for his success even by then president Theodore Roosevelt. But in 1908, the same year he medaled at the Olympic games in London, he died of typhoid pneumonia.