by James Washington | Sep 17, 2016 | Business, Celebrities
Tauheed Epps, famously known as 2Chainz, is one of the best selling rappers in the hip hop market and clearly an astounding business man that never gets his credit. The 38-year old rapper from College park, Georgia has produced several single, albums and...
by James Washington | Sep 17, 2016 | Blog
Natasha Marin, a 37-year old Seattle-based conceptual artist, has launched a website called Reparations aimed at helping to solve social injustice. As Marin said, the site encourages sharing by exploring “white privilege”. People of Color can request for any kind of...
by James Washington | Sep 16, 2016 | Culture, Did You Know
Claudette Colvin is undoubtedly one of the renowned pioneers of civil right activists in the history of African American civil rights movements. On March 2, 1955, she refused to move from her seat on a Montgomery bound segregated bus. Her sentiments were, she had paid...
by James Washington | Sep 16, 2016 | Positivity
It is reported that only about 3% of lawyers in large law firms are African Americans with only 2% of African Americans as partners in these firms. The statistic, however, differs from city to city with some cities having a very large percentage than others. Some of...
by James Washington | Sep 16, 2016 | Celebrities, Culture, Positivity
Ahead of the opening of the new National Museum of African-American History and Culture, former professional basketball player, Micheal Jordan has donated $5 million to the museum, according to a statement released on August 8th. In addition to the monetary gift,...
by James Washington | Sep 14, 2016 | Business, Positivity
Savoy Magazine has recently announced its highly-anticipated list of the 2016 Most Influential Black Corporation Directors which will be published in their 352-page summer issue. Among those who made it into the list are Lloyd Trotter and Joseph Anderson, two...
by James Washington | Sep 14, 2016 | Blog
Three years later and the shooting of Trayvon Martin is still in our minds. What a terrible tragedy! His loss has had a lot of effect to his family, friends and most importantly the black community living in the US. Judging by the now popular slogan, “Black lives...
by James Washington | Sep 14, 2016 | Business, Positivity
The JHP Industrial Supply Company, Inc., a company that is black-owned has recently awarded a $100000 investment to a tech start-up company located in Charlotte, NC. JHP, which is a New York-based company, is a wholesale distributor of heating, plumbing and industrial...
by James Washington | Sep 13, 2016 | Modern History
Emmett Till’s casket is among the most sacred items that are held at the African-American museum. It once held the body of the little Black boy that was brutality murdered during the civil rights era. Lonnie Bunch III, a director and founder of the National Museum of...
by James Washington | Sep 13, 2016 | Did You Know, Modern History
The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples was held this 9th of August. The focus this year is their access to education. It is known that the Indigenous people’s right to education has not been fully recognized and an education gap still exists between...
