by James Washington | Dec 6, 2017 | Culture, Did You Know, DYK, History
Reginald F. Lewis was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 7, 1942. In the 1980s, he was known as the most prominent African American businessman in America. He was a lawyer, entrepreneur, philanthropist, Chairman, and CEO.[1] His mother was a mail carrier and...
by James Washington | Dec 4, 2017 | Culture, Did You Know, DYK, History
The first African American television station owned and operated solely by African Americans was WGPR-TV. WGPR-TV, based in Detroit, Michigan, was founded by William Venoid Banks, who was a Detroit attorney, leading member of the International Free and Accepted...
by Forest Parks | Aug 4, 2017 | History, News
Maggie L. Walker was a former slave, a Black woman, in the capital of the Confederate. BUT much more than that, she was the first Woman and first Black woman to open a bank in the United States in 1920s Richmond, Virginia. She faced racial oppression, segregation and...
by Forest Parks | Jul 6, 2017 | History
Apparently this footage of Greenwood ‘Black Wall Street’ has not been seen for over 50 years and man, it;s mesmerizing. Just seeing these folks who were building a future for themselves in Greenwood, going about daily business. I could watch this over and...
by Forest Parks | Jul 5, 2017 | History
When Frederick Douglass was asked to give a speech at Rochester, New York on July 5, 1852, related to the fourth of July, he shocked by giving a condemnation and brutally honest account of where he stood. Fact is, really not a lot has changed! Danny Glover...
by Randall Barnes | Jul 4, 2017 | Modern History
In the world you find out that no idea is original. There’s nothing new under the sun. Everything that we’ve seen and thought has been done before. From the nineties to present day, we’ve seen the Williams Sisters (Venus & Serena) completely dominate the tennis...
by Forest Parks | Jul 3, 2017 | History, News, Opinion
While a lot of people feel the whole Jesus thing was an elaborate story one scholar says he has found conclusive evidence of the fact and an ancient confession that Jesus Christ was invented to brainwash and dominate certain volatile parts of the Roman empire....
by Forest Parks | Jun 28, 2017 | History, Modern History, News
Have you ever heard of MOVE? Led by John Africa the movement started in 1972 and was part of the wider Black Power movement. They demonstrated against racism, police brutality, animal rights and other issues. Living in a commune style and rejecting science, medicine,...
by Forest Parks | Jun 27, 2017 | Did You Know, DYK, History
Have you ever heard of Freedman’s Village, a town of freed so-called slaves on the seized estate of Robert E. Lee. Well, it was once a thriving bastion of hope, of around 100 residents, in small wooden homes. Timeline.com wrote: Freedman’s Village, which started...
by Randall Barnes | Jun 21, 2017 | HBCU Pulse, History, News
As we all know, rapper prodigy of the legendary group Mobb Deep passed away yesterday morning from his lifelong battle with sickle cell anemia. We immediately took to honor the hip hop king for his contributions to the culture that we love so dearly. However, after...
