by Forest Parks | Dec 14, 2015 | Business
Darnell Ferguson has been up and down in his life but today he stands proud as the owner of SuperChef, a very successful Louisville. Darnell started off life well with what he says were good parents (he puts a lot of credit in his step dad) but he struggled with...
by Reneegede | Dec 13, 2015 | Opinion
“I loves you but I ain’t gonna be your fool.” If anyone in here is old enough to remember The Flintstones, Ann Margrock (real life “Ann Margret”) was the subject of an episode where she sang this song and totally killed it. Well, this...
by Reneegede | Dec 12, 2015 | Opinion
Most people in the world are willing to admit that the European “standards of beauty” are at the root of everything from self-hatred to being singled-out for special treatment based on looks, or at least the perception of how certain people look when...
by Reneegede | Dec 11, 2015 | Opinion
It was Maya Angelou, I believe, who was quoted as saying “Every man and his dog thinks they can run a road up a Black woman’s behind.” The more I think about the death of #SandraBland, the more it saddens and sickens me to think of the many ways her...
by Forest Parks | Dec 11, 2015 | Business
For a long time South Africa’s black population in the growing wine scene was as workers on the fields with no idea of the process, no idea of the fineness of the product that was being produced. Luckily things are on the up now and there are black owned and...
by Forest Parks | Dec 11, 2015 | Culture
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar isn’t mincing his words when he says that Donald Trump is not only the biggest triumph of ISIS but also similar in many many ways. In an Op Ed for Time magazine the respected sportsman, movie maker, writer, activist (and more) wrote a series...
by Forest Parks | Dec 11, 2015 | Celebrities, Culture, News
Ava DuVernay is getting some attention recently, she is on fire! So much so that there are hints that she may direct an instalment in one of the biggest movie franchises in the whole universe!!! So what’s the low down? First off, the sad news is that it...
by Freddie Ra | Dec 11, 2015 | News
By Jared Anderson, Urban News Service – A black entrepreneur’s power move on the energy sector could create hundreds of jobs in one of the the poorest communities in Texas. Houston-based businessman Phillip Franshaw is building Annova LNG, a multi-billion-dollar...
by Forest Parks | Dec 10, 2015 | Business, History
Now you can wear your African Pride everyday with the USA’s first ever African Pride Sneakers! Tariq Edmondson, a black entrepreneur from Atlanta, came up with a unique idea to allow small scale businesses and institutions to produce short run custom sneakers...
by Randall Barnes | Dec 10, 2015 | A List Categories, Black 365, Culture, History, News, Positivity
(Audio) In my podcast, I discuss the resurgence of African-American centric toys in the toy market place. The Ava Duvernay limited edition Barbie Doll sold out this week after a strong show of support from Black Twitter. Meanwhile “Queens of Africa”, a...
