by Forest Parks | Oct 4, 2016 | Celebrities, News
John Carlos will NEVER be forgotten for his black power fist on the podium at the 1968 Olympic Games. And if any school book, government or media try to erase this hopefully the people will keep the moment alive! Now 71, Carlos has lost NONE of his spirit. He means...
by Forest Parks | Oct 4, 2016 | Celebrities, News
Luke Cage is making serious waves, not only is it one of the most unapologetically shows on the box (on, it’s on Netflix but you get me)! It’s also facing some issues and making less than subtle references. Old school soundtrack, stylised filming,...
by Forest Parks | Oct 4, 2016 | News
Ramsey Orta used his cell phone to record officers using a banned chokehold to kill Eric Garner, who was complaining that “I can’t breathe.”. Eric’s death is very symbolic for the Black Lives Matter movement. The officer was not indicted for...
by Forest Parks | Oct 4, 2016 | Celebrities, Culture, News
Miss Brazil 2016 is black! She is the first in 30 years, the second in history. After being crowned Raissa Santana said “I’m very emotional. This here is a mixture of great emotions. I didn’t expect to win this title, but I am very happy to have won this title and to...
by Forest Parks | Oct 4, 2016 | News
What the hell is “modified duty”, that’s what two officers who killed a homeless black mentally ill guy are placed on after he was fired at 18 times and shot 14 times, killing him at the scene. This is utter madness and it gets worse as dashcam footage seems to...
by Forest Parks | Oct 3, 2016 | Culture, Opinion
I laughed my head off when I saw this post going around, then questioned if it was funny to put the little man through such torment! The graphic below seems to have come from an instagram account belonging to fuckjerry and it shows a boy wearing skeleton pajamas with...
by Forest Parks | Oct 3, 2016 | News
The Ashburn Colored School in Virginia is a historic monument and local students have been working hard to restore it into an edcation museum. However their plans have stalled after it was attacked with racist graffiti, covered in swastikas and white power tags....
by Forest Parks | Oct 3, 2016 | History
Nat Turner may well just be responsible for movements that gave African-Americans inspiration for many many abolitionist movements. It was a bloody rebellion that ended with Nat being skinned and hung, what he and his people did to 60 white folks maybe was wrong but...
by Forest Parks | Oct 3, 2016 | News, Politics News
During the first presidential debate Donald Trump didn’t exactly do himself any favors engaging the black community. He refused to apologize for the birther issue for one! When he was asked about recent police shootings of unarmed black men he called for law and...
by Forest Parks | Oct 3, 2016 | News, Politics News
Supporters of Black Lives Matter have graffitied Donald Trump’s new luxurious Washington hotel with the solgan ‘Black Lives Matter’. The hotel which opened last month and was promoted by Trump on the campaign trail as being a great thing for the...
