by Forest Parks | Jan 4, 2017 | News
An unmarked white car turned around and parked alongside three students, they took their time identifying themselves, searched the students without consent and arrested two, brutally beating the third. That’s the story from the students, shared by the...
by Forest Parks | Jan 4, 2017 | News, Politics News
Omarosa Manigault, one of Trump’s most vocal African American supporters has apparently been hired by his incoming administration according to two anonymous sources. Omarosa first came into the public eye as a very memorable contestant on “The Apprentice,”. Her...
by Forest Parks | Jan 4, 2017 | News
Is this the way 2017 is going to be? 4 days in and two officer involved shootings are already underway by the city of Chicago! And to make it worse, this was the situations less than two days into the year after the officer involved shootings in question happened on...
by Forest Parks | Jan 4, 2017 | News
I just watched this video that’s been going a little viral filmed at Rolesville High School in North Carolina. 15-year-old Jasmine Darwin was slammed very hard to the floor by Officer De Los Santos and it was caught on video. Jasmine was limp after the slam. The...
by Forest Parks | Jan 4, 2017 | Celebrities, News
Janet Jackson and husband Wissam Al Mana have welcomed a son into the world. A Rep for Jackson told People magazine: “Janet Jackson and husband Wissam Al Mana are thrilled to welcome their new son Eissa Al Mana into the world,” “Janet had a stress-free healthy...
by Forest Parks | Jan 4, 2017 | Did You Know, History
This small town has kept it’s culture alive for 400 years, they still feel African (even believing the soul returns to Africa after death), they are taught their original Spanish-Creol language and have an incredibly strong proud identity. This is the town of...
by Forest Parks | Jan 4, 2017 | Celebrities, News
“I’ve felt disgust before, but never the kind of fear that you feel now,” “When you let that genie out of the bottle — bigotry, racism, intolerance… they don’t go back in the bottle that easily if they go back in at all,” “Whether it’s a rise in hate crimes, people...
by Forest Parks | Jan 4, 2017 | Opinion
The Black consciousness community has been on the rise, bringing confidence and a feeling of purpose to many. People like Dr.Umar have risen out as strong, smart and brilliant people. However, I have been seeing a growing number of people who are feeling extremely...
by Forest Parks | Jan 4, 2017 | Black Inventors, Blog, Did You Know
James Forten was a free black man born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1766. Throughout his life he did many great things, amassing a huge fortune by revolutionising sails for boats but gave back heavily to his fellow man. He was the grandson of enslaved people but...
by Reneegede | Jan 3, 2017 | Opinion
Doctors prepare for 10 to 15 years before starting their medical practice. Most entrepreneurs learn on the fly, which is why eighty percent of small businesses fail within five years. Many more business owners struggle to survive. The requirements to become a...
