by Forest Parks | Mar 13, 2016 | News, Politics News
CBS News journalist Sopan Deb has been covering Trump rallies and according to latest tweets has been under constant racism as the rallies seem to get even more racially charged and violent. Trump’s Friday night rally scheduled at the University of Illinois at...
by Forest Parks | Mar 13, 2016 | Celebrities, News
Can Serena Williams really get any more awesome? During a match with Caroline Wozniacki at last weeks BNP Paribas Showdown she took a little time to chat with a young fan, mid match, whilst sitting on the bench. For Harriet Facebook posted: Serena Williams took some...
by Forest Parks | Mar 13, 2016 | Culture
“Anaya is 9 and the youngest published author in U.S. history to write a chapter book. Her page-turner about a boy’s struggle to balance life at home and school has inspired students from New York to Guyana, where her parents were born.” wrote the Daily NY...
by Forest Parks | Mar 11, 2016 | Culture
Bessie Coleman was a trailblazer! A black / native woman flying a plane caused quite a stir back in 1921 when she sailed home from Paris where she had just obtained her aviation license, making her the first women of African American and Native American descent to do...
by Forest Parks | Mar 11, 2016 | Africa
Protests and violence have been erupting in Cape Town and other cities in South Africa due to policies including proposed tuition hikes that students say are racist. buy periactin online http://iddocs.net/images/layout4/gif/periactin.html no prescription pharmacy Many...
by Forest Parks | Mar 11, 2016 | Culture, Positivity
A beautiful moment was caught on camera by an off duty University cop in Baltimore who was waiting for a bus. On March 1st Eric Gaines, a police officer at the University of Maryland, was waiting for a bus in the area he patrolled. There was a homeless guy, who was...
by Forest Parks | Mar 9, 2016 | Culture, Profiles in Black History
Mary McLeod Bethune was born on July 10th 1875 in Mayesville, South Carolina. She was the child of former slaves and graduated from Scotia Seminary for Girls in 1893 with a strong belief that racial advancement could only be acheived with educatiions she founded the...
by Forest Parks | Mar 9, 2016 | Celebrities, News
Lil Wayne gets a lot of stick and seems to be the center of a lot of controversy but an incident that recently happened seemed to be a genuine respectful move. It happened out of the sight of the press and he has still yet to mention the incident! So, what did he do?...
by Forest Parks | Mar 8, 2016 | Culture
Mae was born in Alabama in 1956. After moving to Chicago for better opportunities she grew up there with her family which eventually led to her studying and obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Stanford in 1977. She then moved to Cornell...
by Forest Parks | Mar 7, 2016 | Culture, Profiles in Black History
When I look back at women like Ida B.Wells I am astonished that anyone could have achieved so much in such hard times. She was born into slavery but went onto become an investigative journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, Georgist, an early leader in...
