by Forest Parks | Oct 24, 2016 | Culture, News, Opinion
“The next wave of young people running out here, who are complaining and protesting about the murders of young black men and women by the police all over the country, they will protest but they will not rise up in an organized fashion, with an agenda, to create...
by Randall Barnes | Oct 19, 2016 | A List Categories, Blog, Culture, Did You Know, HBCU Pulse, News
It’s no secret that HBCU’s constantly produce successful alumni. However, it seems as if the most successful of those graduates come from the big four HBCUS: Morehouse, Spelman, Howard & North Carolina A & T. All HBCU’s have value and we must...
by Forest Parks | Oct 19, 2016 | Celebrities, Culture, News
2017’s Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame nominations have been announced! And Tupac Shakur has been nominated, in his first eligible year! He better get it, even though he has some strong competition from other first timers. These include Pearl Jam, Journey, Jane’s...
by Forest Parks | Oct 13, 2016 | Celebrities, Culture, News
Tommy Ford, most famous for acting alongside Martin Lawrence in all five seasons of the show Martin has sadly passed away. It’s a real tragic death, at the young age of 52, and all resulting from complications with a knee operation. Tommy went in for a knee...
by Forest Parks | Oct 11, 2016 | Culture
Ken Thompson’s office said that he had passed away due to complications with cancer on Sunday. In 2014 Ken became Brooklyn’s first African American district attorney. The Huffington Post said: As chief prosecutor of New York’s Kings County, which...
by Forest Parks | Oct 6, 2016 | Culture, News
This is unbelievable! 8-year-old Jordin Phipps has become the youngest girl ever to gain admission to The University of North Texas last week. And on top of that she was suprised with a nice sum of $10,000 as a scholarship! I barely remember what I was doing at 8, but...
by Forest Parks | Oct 6, 2016 | Culture
Beyonce has been doing great work regarding the voice of Black people and bringing to light important issues. As big sis dominates the pop world with important naratives it’s clear it’s been impacting on her younger sister Solange. Solange has released her...
by Forest Parks | Oct 5, 2016 | Culture, History
Luke Cage isn’t only the most unapologetically black show on the net, it’s possibly also the most empowering show for black people right now. Luke isn’t only going around taking bullets and struggling with the right life choices, he is reading,...
by Forest Parks | Oct 4, 2016 | Celebrities, Culture, News
Miss Brazil 2016 is black! She is the first in 30 years, the second in history. After being crowned Raissa Santana said “I’m very emotional. This here is a mixture of great emotions. I didn’t expect to win this title, but I am very happy to have won this title and to...
by Forest Parks | Oct 3, 2016 | Culture, Opinion
I laughed my head off when I saw this post going around, then questioned if it was funny to put the little man through such torment! The graphic below seems to have come from an instagram account belonging to fuckjerry and it shows a boy wearing skeleton pajamas with...