by Forest Parks | Oct 26, 2018 | News, Politics News
Over 40 years since he was imprisoned Mike Africa Sr has been released and reunited with his son and wife. He was imprisoned after the death of a policeman in a siege on a Move 9 Black liberation commune in 1978. Mike Africa Sr has become the second member of the...
by Forest Parks | Oct 17, 2018 | History, Profiles in Black History, UI Daily
From 27 years in prison to South Africa’s first Black head of state! Mr Mandela had such an unbelievable life and his legacy will live on forever! South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist. South Africa’s first Black head of...
by Forest Parks | Oct 16, 2018 | History, Profiles in Black History, UI Daily
At 35-years-old he became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize. YES you know the man and YES you will be pleased to know he has finally found his way onto a Black History Flashcard as a special BONUS card! Read on to learn / review a little about his life!...
by Forest Parks | Oct 5, 2018 | History, Profiles in Black History, UI Daily
After the murder of Trayvon Martin, these ladies felt compelled to take action and what they created went National and beyond!? Learn more about below! Organizers, freedom fighters, and justice seekers. Creators of Black Lives Matter; a chapter-based national...
by Forest Parks | Oct 4, 2018 | History, Profiles in Black History, UI Daily
These fearsome warriors represent a gruesome and hard-fought part of our history that was not so long ago! You have to wonder how each of these women would be fighting today? Learn more about these warriors below! An all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of...
by Forest Parks | Feb 25, 2018 | Did You Know, History, Profiles in Black History
Selma’s cousin Lillian Bredell-Williams was kind enough to create this profile for a true American Master that you may have never heard of! And she created an image that you may have in your pocket right now! Read on…. Selma Hortense Burke, An African...
by Forest Parks | Feb 1, 2018 | Did You Know, DYK, History
Less than two months before Bloody Sunday, on Jan. 22, 1965, Mr. Lawrence Huggins, an educator in Selma Alabama participated in & led a march of 105 African American educators to the steps of the Dallas County courthouse in Selma to express their support of voter...
by Forest Parks | Dec 8, 2017 | Business, Culture
When kweliTV launched our first beta in 2015, it was a very exciting time for me. I knew we were doing something special; but deep down I hoped that our core audience-my community—would agree. What we thought would be a few page views during those early days, weeks...
by Forest Parks | Aug 24, 2017 | Celebrities, News
This is BIG news and should we really be suprised that Master P has something to do with it? This guy is constantly throwing himself into ventures and considering he is worth $400million it seems that some things work very well. This particular venture is extremely...
by Forest Parks | Aug 24, 2017 | News
10 days on from the terrible mudslide that happened just outside of Freetown in Sierra Leone, that saw hundreds dead and hundreds still missing, the media coverage is starting to slide off to other things. The thing is, people are still suffering from the aftermath...
