by Forest Parks | Jan 12, 2016 | History
Have you hear of Bass Reeves? Well, if you have heard of the Lone Ranger then you already know parts of Bass Reeves’s storu. It’s clear he was likely the source for the legend of the Lone Ranger, and it seems Tonto was real too! The “All American...
by Candace | Jan 6, 2016 | Modern History, Positivity
Tamir Rice, Laquan McDonald, Sandra Bland, Michael Brown, Oscar Grant, and the list goes on. I don’t have to explain these stories because most of us are familiar with them. Police brutality has been a problem in the black community since its humble beginnings, when...
by Furious | Dec 29, 2015 | History, Modern History
Two medical school colleagues, one an immigrant from India, the other a life-long Mississippian, joined forces to resolve a historical oversight that until this month had never officially been corrected. The oversight was no small one either. Until February 7, 2013,...
by Randall Barnes | Dec 25, 2015 | A List Categories, Black 365, Celebrities, Culture, History, Modern History, News, Positivity
One of the greatest aspects of going to an HBCU is the unpredictability. It’s an experience. There’s truly never a dull moment! Your favorite celebrity could pop up on the campus unnoted, especially around homecoming season. The situation that occurred at Fort Valley...
by Forest Parks | Dec 23, 2015 | History, News
This is quite exciting, in 2016 a Smithsonian Museum Dedicated To African American History And Culture is opening it’s doors. buy spiriva inhaler online https://store.drhagmeyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/png/spiriva-inhaler.html no prescription pharmacy...
by Koba | Dec 21, 2015 | Modern History
New York has a reputation for being a melting pot, but it also has a strong history of slave trading. For her photo series, White Shoes, artist Nona Faustine wanted to call attention to that history and its enduring legacy. “As a time traveler I’m very invested in the...
by Forest Parks | Dec 18, 2015 | History, News
As a city with a confederate past New Orleans has long been having the discussion about it’s past and the monuments and references related to it that can still be seen today. Obviously the links between the monuments and what they stand for is not ok in modern...
by Koba | Dec 17, 2015 | Modern History, Politics News
President Barack Obama has tapped Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo, who served in top roles at the Treasury Department, to succeed Caroline Atkinson as his deputy national security adviser for international economic affairs. Ms. Atkinson has served in her current post since...
by Randall Barnes | Dec 15, 2015 | A List Categories, Culture, History, News, Opinion
(Audio) Listen below to get the latest on the possible sale of Howard University’s public television station WHUT and the dire consequences it brings to the Washington D.C. community, students and especially mass communication majors. Is money or ownership more...
by Forest Parks | Dec 10, 2015 | Business, History
Now you can wear your African Pride everyday with the USA’s first ever African Pride Sneakers! Tariq Edmondson, a black entrepreneur from Atlanta, came up with a unique idea to allow small scale businesses and institutions to produce short run custom sneakers...
