by Forest Parks | Jun 13, 2016 | Africa, Culture, Did You Know
On Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 11am Buckroe Beach in Hampton, VA the Sankofa Projects celebrated their 5th annual International Day of Remembrance honoring African slaves in the Middle Passage. From a 2015 article Chadra Pittman Walke, founder and executive director of...
by Candace | Jun 12, 2016 | Did You Know
Friday, June 10, 2016 Muhammad Ali was laid to rest in Louisville, Kentucky. His pallbearers included family and friends as well as Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, and Will Smith. Muhammad Ali was so much more than just boxer, his legacy will live on for eternity. Most...
by Candace | Jun 1, 2016 | Did You Know
Tera Poole, a native from Ohio rose against all odds to become the first Black Valedictorian at the World’s First School of Dentistry. She was one of the 9 Black Female students who graduated from Maryland School of Dentistry On May 20. Two days later after graduation...
by Freddie Ra | May 26, 2016 | Did You Know, Profiles in Black History
When you turn your lights on, you can thank this man who is responsible for the version of the light bulb we all use today. Thomas Edison developed the concept but this man’s use of carbon filaments in the light bulb made them work. The same process is used today. The...
by Freddie Ra | May 26, 2016 | Africa, Afro-Latinx, Did You Know, History, Profiles in Black History
The Los Angeles Pobladores, or “townspeople,” were a group of 44 settlers and four soldiers from Mexico who established the famed city on this day in 1781 in what is now California. The settlers came from various Spanish castes, with over half of the group being...
by Forest Parks | May 25, 2016 | Culture, Did You Know
Here is a short list of just some of the things she acheived: The first woman to receive the NAACP Chairman’s Civil Rights Leadership Award.Honored for raising the image of blacks through her work on stage, television and in the movies. buy advair rotahaler...
by Candace | May 20, 2016 | Blog, Did You Know, Positivity
Over a century since slavery was abolished, an African-American museum is rising as the last museum to be built on Washington DC’s National Mall. While the leader of the project is David Adjaye a Tanzanian born architect that works out of London and New York City, the...
by Forest Parks | May 19, 2016 | Blog, Did You Know, News, Positivity
What did you do and think about when you was in the eighth grade? Probably not starting a non-profit like these three amazing Cincinatti kids! buy prednisone online http://miamihealth.com/css/css/prednisone.html no prescription pharmacy And their name is awesome too!...
by Candace | May 16, 2016 | Did You Know
Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry made it big as Stepin Fetchit. The African-American actor was one of the few black faces in the American Television. He portrayed himself as a lazy, humorous guy and was later tagged as the “Laziest guy in the world”....
by Freddie Ra | Apr 27, 2016 | Africa, Blog, Did You Know, Profiles in Black History
Mali was the second of the “Great Three” ancient West African kingdoms whose history can be traced back to Paleolithic times through rock paintings, carvings and other finds – all of this goes back before its known record, 600 A.D. – 1,400 A.D....
