by Forest Parks | Dec 10, 2015 | Culture
On the release earlier in the week of espnW’s 25 most influential sports women we got a special treat. The partnership with marvel saw some of these women reimagined as comic book heroines. Two of these women happen to be African America sports stars Misty...
by Forest Parks | Dec 10, 2015 | News, Politics News
The two black women who stood up and showed overwhelming support for Donald Trump at a campaign rally in North Carolina on Friday (Dec. 4) have not exactly become the champions of the black community. Seemingly star struck they didn’t flinch after he called them...
by Forest Parks | Dec 10, 2015 | Blog
If you are looking for a positive black doll for your kids other than a big brand Mattel #AvaBarbie then look no further than Queens of Africa. Back in 2007 43 year-old Taofick Okoya was faced with the issue that he could not find a black doll in the stores as a...
by Forest Parks | Dec 10, 2015 | Culture, Opinion
We all heard that he TSA was under fire for the many reported incidents of it’s agents targeting black women, particularly with natural hair, and patting them down in a humiliating way. The justification has usually been that the large hair styles could contain...
by Forest Parks | Dec 10, 2015 | History, Modern History
I grew up thinking marijuana was bad for health, a drug worse than alcohol, cigarettes, it was like the other illegal substances. Although I am not a smoker myself I now know that factually it’s unhealthiness was grossly over exaggerated and in fact it’s...
by Forest Parks | Dec 9, 2015 | News
Employees at Houston’s Hilcorp Energy Company are probably still in shock after their bosses gave every single one of them a $100,000 bonus! That was for every single of the 1,381 employees, no matter of their position! Holy cow! One of their African American...
by Forest Parks | Dec 9, 2015 | Blog
Billboard rolled out their annual Most Powerful women list for 2015 and honored a bunch of women music executives. Of the 50 women 3 of the most powerful highlighted were black women. The list is based on business impact, audience, market share and chart and/or tour...
by Forest Parks | Dec 9, 2015 | News
Thirty-five-year-old Robert Pickett, of Los Angeles, and Darryl Lewis, 39, of Gardena are in court recalling an ordeal where they claim police shot them without identification or provocation. They then created a fake crime scene, later planting false evidence, and...
by Forest Parks | Dec 9, 2015 | News
The recent events surrounding the release of the Laquan McDonald murder video and accusations of police cover up, aswell as seemingly countless other episodes of law enforcement not being made accountable has led to a necessity for a way to keep the police in check...
by Forest Parks | Dec 9, 2015 | Culture, Positivity
Wendell Pierce is more than an actor. While he is damn good at his craft his role as an outspoken voice of the black community and his help in the community are no lesser roles. The man blossomed in the New Orleans neighborhood of Gentilly Heights. Like much of the...
