by Forest Parks | Nov 3, 2016 | Blog
This Thursday saw a win for Bill Cosby in a Pennsylvania as a federal judge sided with the troubled star and granted Cosby’s motion, his motion was to dismiss a defamation lawsuit. In October Renita Hill, one of 50 women who have accused Cosby of assault, filed...
by Forest Parks | Nov 3, 2016 | News
At a time where police should be trying to mend relations with minority groups things seem to be going so so far in the other way, it makes stories like this all the more infuriating. Maria Daly, the wife of a Massachusetts police officer is facing jail time. This is...
by Forest Parks | Nov 3, 2016 | News
Australia has not always been the best to it’s Native peoples. In fact, the history is abysmal on so many levels leading to repression and dehumanisation, and serious Aboriginal community problems still at large today. However, in recent years things seem to be...
by Forest Parks | Nov 3, 2016 | Celebrities, News
Despite a recent tussle of sorts between the sisters over Serena’s comments about police brutality it appears the amazing sisters are united in trying to help those in the community with their new center in Compton. The Yetunde Price Resource Center in their...
by Forest Parks | Nov 3, 2016 | Celebrities, News
LeBron James is showing what class is after he sent out a video message to his home city of Cleveland and their team after the world series defeat against the Chicago Cubs. The Cleveland Indians lost Game 7 of the World Series to the Chicago Cubs and LeBron said to...
by Forest Parks | Nov 3, 2016 | News
A community is left distraught after a histroically black church in Mississippi was burned down and vandalized. Pro Trump graffiti was scrawled on the side. The incident happened late on Tuesday at Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville, Mississippi, luckily...
by Forest Parks | Nov 3, 2016 | News, Positivity
In Baltimore, there is a place, a place called Tubman House, named after the legendary Harriot Tubman. Tubman took matters into her own hands and made her own life. Tubman House is a community project, a vacant plot of land growing food, community, self respect, self...
by Forest Parks | Nov 3, 2016 | Culture, News
“Onyx McFly is a tough and determined eight-year-old girl, who is as bright as she is brave. With her multi-colored sidekick Boom by her side, Onyx uses her imagination to live out a host of fabulous exploits, stimulated by her surroundings.” The author of the...
by Forest Parks | Nov 3, 2016 | Did You Know, History
Have you ever heard of Esther Jones “Baby Esther”, born Gertrude Saunders? Not many people have, she has fallen into obscurity despite being the inspiration for the Betty Boop, an iconic character known the world over. Cartoonist Max Fleisher unleashed...
by Forest Parks | Nov 3, 2016 | Did You Know, History
During the Revolutionary War American soldiers were given a small dose of small pox to fight off a small pox epidemic. The new practise meant that only 2% of those who requested the “inoculation” ended up dying from the awful illness that killed many. The...
