by Forest Parks | Feb 27, 2017 | Africa, Culture
This Sabar dance is something else! Expressive, improvised, extremely athletic and strong! It’s an absolute joy and mesmerizing experience to watch! I seriously wish I had this kind of energy! Enjoy the video below and learn more and see more of this Sabar dance...
by Forest Parks | Feb 27, 2017 | Culture
Saul Williams is a many of words, many meaningful words and he had some of those for young MCs, his message was change your diet, your diet isn’t just what you eat, it’s what you read, what you watch! he said “If your diet is strip clubs then of...
by Forest Parks | Feb 24, 2017 | Culture, News
Jordan Peels is known to most of the world as Barack Obama, or at least impersonating him! But it seems this talented man has a dark side and a lot to say! He has penned and directed a new horror film called “Get Out” about a black man going to upstate New...
by Forest Parks | Feb 22, 2017 | Culture, Positivity
Chicago Non-Profit, One Stock One Future, has an awesome goal! It wants to turn a million underprivileged youth into shareholders. This will give them a sense of ownership, pride and of course a higher level of financial literacy! Something that is missing from many...
by Forest Parks | Feb 21, 2017 | Culture, Positivity
The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has a commitment to helping minority students get to and through college! Often, the difference between a minority student graduating and dropping out of college is $1,000-$5,000? In the grand scheme of things this...
by James Washington | Feb 20, 2017 | Business, Culture, Modern History
Next weekend, it will be 70 years from the first and the biggest show of African American beauty. The hair company Bronner Bros. holds the show at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Ga. International Beauty Show, attracts thousands of hair care...
by Forest Parks | Feb 20, 2017 | Culture, News
“These are things we have to attack on every side, because the enemy is attacking on every side” The Black Women’s Defence League are a Dallas-based womanist organization, it must be noted they are pro-gun! The educate on political issues and give...
by Forest Parks | Feb 17, 2017 | Culture
When Omar is coming in one of the most beloved shows ever to his US television every one of us feels something. This powerful character talks to us all. He strikes fear and spits truths. With his overbearing stature and knarly scar right across his face he cuts a...
by Forest Parks | Feb 17, 2017 | Afro-Latinx, Culture, News, Positivity
Let’s Bring a Goddamn Bookstore to the Bronx! An initiative by The Lit. Bar to bring the ONLY bookstore to a borough of over 1.4 million people. That’s what the Indigogo campaign says, Lit. Bar is the brainchild of Afro-Latinx businesswoman and forward...
by Forest Parks | Feb 16, 2017 | Culture
“In the five hundred years of our countries existence, we were able to stand apart and cultivate a thriving populace of health, and innovation. We were the source of economic stability and foreign aid that many nations around the world looked to us for.”...
