by James Washington | Sep 13, 2016 | Modern History
Emmett Till’s casket is among the most sacred items that are held at the African-American museum. It once held the body of the little Black boy that was brutality murdered during the civil rights era. Lonnie Bunch III, a director and founder of the National Museum of...
by James Washington | Sep 13, 2016 | Did You Know, Modern History
The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples was held this 9th of August. The focus this year is their access to education. It is known that the Indigenous people’s right to education has not been fully recognized and an education gap still exists between...
by James Washington | Sep 13, 2016 | Celebrities, Culture, Modern History, Positivity
Music and poetry will soon overtake the Langston Hughes domicile again. It is important to know that over eight hundred people have donated to help convert Hughes home into an art collection center. On Friday, money and other supports went to the Langston non-profit...
by James Washington | Sep 13, 2016 | Modern History
He is behind some of the most famous photographs taken during the civil rights era. The one showing Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on board one of the desegregated buses in Montgomery being the most famous. Others include the photo of black sanitation workers...
by Freddie Ra | Sep 13, 2016 | Black 365
The 365 Black History serious is designed to give our community a chance to learn and appreciate the achievement, struggles and experience of our ancestors, inventors, business people, scientific, educators, children and more. On September 13 in Black History 1663...
by James Washington | Sep 11, 2016 | Celebrities, Modern History
Colin Kaepernick’s principled stance, rather kneel, has continues to draw more attention currently, but he isn’t the only athlete that has refused to stand or salute the American national anthem. It can be traced back to Robinson. Robinson remains an activist...
by Freddie Ra | Sep 8, 2016 | Profiles in Black History
World record-holder Jesse Owens had one qualifying jump left at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. He had fouled on four of his first five tries. And he was angry because Nazi ruler Adolf Hitler, with his misguided notions of Aryan supremacy, had just delivered an...
by Forest Parks | Sep 1, 2016 | Culture, History, Modern History
The Equal Justice Project are doing some amazing work and with this latest project they are creating lynching markers by collecting soil from lynching sites. You can see their video below and the explanation of the project, taken from YouTube, below that. RESPECT:...
by Freddie Ra | Aug 26, 2016 | Did You Know, Profiles in Black History
In at least one branch of industry, America owes its supremacy to an African American, Jan Ernest matzeliger. A pioneer in the art of shoemaking, he enriched America and other nations by billions of dollars, made a dozen or more millionaires, created work for hundreds...
by Anthony Thomas | Aug 26, 2016 | Modern History
The full ability of young men and boys of color is unrealized. With the fundamental literacy skills and language, men of color are less likely to attend kindergarten which is required for success. A high percentage of black American male youth participate in the...
