by Chum Sejimon | Feb 8, 2017 | Black Economics, Blog, Did You Know, DYK, Thought Talk Speculation
In light of Dr. Ben Carson’s nomination as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the commencement of the Trump Administration, there is no better time than now to discuss the creation of the “black ghetto” and housing discrimination known as redlining....
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 5, 2017 | Did You Know, DYK
Ronald Reagan had a mission to eradicate communism and wasn’t just interested in making sure communists stayed out of the United States. Reagan’s little pet project was trying to eradicate the Cuban-backed Sandinistas in Nicaragua. He did this by...
by Candace | Feb 3, 2017 | DYK
William Still was known as the “The Father of the Underground Railroad.” Although Harriet Tubman was the conductor of the Underground Railroad, Still played a major in reuniting families once they escaped slavery. You can probably imagine it could be difficult...
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 Candace | Jan 28, 2017 | DYK
Emmett Till’s story is such a heart wrenching story known by many in the African American community. During a time when racism was not hidden a black child was tortured to death by two white men with no shame or remorse for their crime. While a town full of white...
