by James Washington | Dec 6, 2017 | Culture, Did You Know, DYK, History
Reginald F. Lewis was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 7, 1942. In the 1980s, he was known as the most prominent African American businessman in America. He was a lawyer, entrepreneur, philanthropist, Chairman, and CEO.[1] His mother was a mail carrier and...
by Candace | Dec 5, 2017 | DYK
With the disappointing amount of powerful men being accused of rape sexual assault another rape has resurfaced. A rape which was investigated by Rosa Parks before she became infamous for refusing to give up her seat to white man on the bus. In 1944, Rosa Parks was...
by James Washington | Dec 4, 2017 | Culture, Did You Know, DYK, History
The first African American television station owned and operated solely by African Americans was WGPR-TV. WGPR-TV, based in Detroit, Michigan, was founded by William Venoid Banks, who was a Detroit attorney, leading member of the International Free and Accepted...
by Forest Parks | Jul 21, 2017 | Did You Know, DYK
If you really want to show someone how racist the USA really is to the core you gotta start digging everywhere, you don’t have to dig deep to realize that racist roots are under seemingly innocent things everywhere you look, even the use of the word marijuana!...
by Forest Parks | Jun 27, 2017 | Did You Know, DYK, History
Have you ever heard of Freedman’s Village, a town of freed so-called slaves on the seized estate of Robert E. Lee. Well, it was once a thriving bastion of hope, of around 100 residents, in small wooden homes. Timeline.com wrote: Freedman’s Village, which started...
by Candace | Jun 26, 2017 | Did You Know
The house that Rosa Parks, black civil rights pioneer, lived in is no longer in the United States. Her home is now in Berlin, Germany. The city of Detroit sold Rosa Parks’ home for a measly $500. Rosa Parks’ niece purchased the home to prevent it from...
by Forest Parks | Jun 20, 2017 | Did You Know
Have you ever heard of Nubia, Wonder Woman’s twin sister? Not a nemesis, not inferior (possibly even more powerful than Won herself), but her equal, her twin and molded from melanin, strong, powerful and an unapologetically black queen! And she was brought to...
by Forest Parks | May 17, 2017 | Did You Know, DYK, History
Everyone knows about the Pyramids of Giza, the great pyramid, unarguably one of the ancient wonders of the world and when you see it, you know just why! It’s epic on every scale and the fact that humans did that is awe inspiring. Egypt isn’t just the great...
by Forest Parks | May 4, 2017 | Did You Know
This has to be one of the craziest stories I have heard in a while but at the same time it’s super cool! 67 year old King Togbe Ngoryifia Cephas Kosi Bansah works at and owns a mechanic shop in Germany. He moved there in 1970 to train as a mechanic by his...
by Forest Parks | Apr 10, 2017 | Did You Know, DYK, History
Yes, black women, at one point in American history were forced to cover their hair, subduing their traditional African heritage and their natural hair. It became a sign of shame before it became a norm and later a point of resistance for some. The Visibility project...
