by Forest Parks | Feb 8, 2017 | Did You Know, DYK, History
Have you ever heard the name Octavius Catto? Well, if not you need to know all about him! An unsung hero of the black civil rights movement that fought for his people a century before Martin Luther King, Jr. stepped up to the plate! Catto was born in 1839, under...
by Forest Parks | Feb 6, 2017 | Culture, History
The image of blacks back in Victorian times (1830s to early 1900s) is not always positive but Buzz Feed dug up a bunch of really cool images with a little background about the subjects of the images, below are a few of those images. Eartha Mary Magdalene White was a...
by Forest Parks | Feb 6, 2017 | Celebrities, History, News
The voice of God is hard to dispute and for many that’s exactly who Morgan Freeman is! However he is not just an actor with an amazing voice. He is a thinking, talking man, a man with an opinion about black history month and how ridiculous it is! In 2005 Morgan...
by Forest Parks | Feb 6, 2017 | History, Positivity
Because of them we can posted a sweet but on point video with kids discussing “alternative facts” or as they called them LIES, FIBS! The kids talk about some of the alternative facts and give some black truths! watch below:
by Randall Barnes | Feb 4, 2017 | A List Categories, Black 365, Modern History, News
With the release of the movie Hidden Figures there’s been a renewed interest in math and scientific fields among black youth, especially black women. I can’t even begin to talk about how many times I’ve heard the young black women around me talk about how inspired...
by Candace | Feb 3, 2017 | Black 365
In some of America’s largest cities, black mayors are making the country proud by spearheading good governance and optimism for the people. These amazing men and women of grit are the epitome of good leadership, and are role models especially to the African...
by Forest Parks | Feb 3, 2017 | Did You Know, DYK, History
Ask 10 black people what political party they vote for and it’s very likely between 8 and 9 of them will reply Democrat. Blacks simply just don’t vote and are not Republicans. On many key (and minor) issues the Republican party are seen by many as the...
by Forest Parks | Feb 2, 2017 | Did You Know, DYK, History
The Ku Klux Klan seems to be having somewhat of a modern resurgence, or rather they are stepping back out of the shadows, with the normalisation of White Supremacy in the post-Trump election era. Very much tied to and arguably integrated into the Republican party...
by Forest Parks | Feb 1, 2017 | Did You Know, DYK, History
Hannibal Barca is often described as the greatest military general in history, the enemy of Rome and the one that out thought what was the straongest army of their day. Hannibal lived during a period of great tension in the Mediterranean Basin, when the Roman Republic...
by Forest Parks | Jan 27, 2017 | Black Inventors, History
George Alcorn is mostly known for inventing the imaging X-ray spectrometer, however this was one of at least 20 inventions that the talented man produced during his works alongside the likes of Philco-Ford, Perkin-Elmer, IBM and NASA. He is the holder of eight...
