by Koba | Aug 28, 2016 | Politics News
Perhaps Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) thought he had been too subtle in expressing his views on black and Hispanic people in the past. How else to explain what he said in a Friday press conference while discussing a threatening, expletive-filled voicemail that he’d left...
by Koba | Aug 28, 2016 | Culture, Did You Know
Contrary to the stereotypes and data culled over the years, black women do breastfeed their babies. And three black moms want to highlight that simple fact with the creation of Black Breastfeeding Week. Black Breastfeeding Week returns August 25-31st spotlighting the...
by Koba | Aug 28, 2016 | Politics News
A group of actors step out of Hollywood and into the heart of real issues in a new Epix docuseries about inequality, “America Divided.” From executive producers Norman Lear, Shonda Rhimes and Common, the series sends eight famous faces to different corners...
by Koba | Aug 27, 2016 | Celebrities
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick says he refused to stand during the national anthem Friday because of his views on the country’s treatment of racial minorities. “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that...
by Freddie Ra | Aug 26, 2016 | Did You Know, Profiles in Black History
In at least one branch of industry, America owes its supremacy to an African American, Jan Ernest matzeliger. A pioneer in the art of shoemaking, he enriched America and other nations by billions of dollars, made a dozen or more millionaires, created work for hundreds...
by Forest Parks | Aug 26, 2016 | News, Politics News
Someone asked Republican (Now Former) Mayor of Midland City, Alabama Patsy Capshaw Skipper how the election went. She lost her seat to black candidate Jo Ann Bennett Grimsley. He reply to the question asked on Facebook was absolutely disgusting, inexcusable and I...
by Anthony Thomas | Aug 26, 2016 | Modern History
The full ability of young men and boys of color is unrealized. With the fundamental literacy skills and language, men of color are less likely to attend kindergarten which is required for success. A high percentage of black American male youth participate in the...
by Forest Parks | Aug 26, 2016 | News
**UPDATE: SMH: Woman Who Purposely Faked 10,000s Of Black Drug Test Results Walks Free From Prison What kind of sentence do you think someone should get for falsifying drug test results for black people, testifying to back them up in court and affecting over 40,000...
by Forest Parks | Aug 25, 2016 | Celebrities, News
A story has been being passed around that is DOPE! Some places are reporting that Usain earned $20 million from his olympic efforts and he is giving every penny to William Knibb memorial high school in Falmouth, Jamaica. The athletics programs were said to be in...
by James Washington | Aug 25, 2016 | Modern History, Politics News
The West Point Military Academy is honoring one great man with an illustrious military career by naming a Barracks for him. The man is the late Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Davis entered the West Point Academy in 1932 as the only black cadet. In a time of rife racism, Davis...
