by Forest Parks | Aug 5, 2016 | News
Volunteer firefighter Kenneth Walker is the only black man in Gratwick Hose volunteer group at New York’s North Tonawanda Fire Department. On Monday night he received an anon racist note saying: N******S ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE FIREFIGHTERS. NO ONE WANTS YOU IN THIS...
by Forest Parks | Aug 5, 2016 | Culture
This video just had to be shared! This man took his girlfriend to a beautiful rooftop for what she thought was a photoshoot but NOPE! It was a proposal. Good work! Do you think this is a perfect proposal?
by Forest Parks | Aug 5, 2016 | Culture
Brazil is famous for it’s hair curling techniques but in recent years Brazilians are reclaiming their black and mixed race identities and throwing down the hair irons in search for hair styles that represent them and their heritage more. So kinky and curling...
by Forest Parks | Aug 5, 2016 | Blog
So, Will Smith say’s he has talked with the POTUS and has been given thumbs up to portray him in a future bioptic! Will Smith, on screen, as President Obama! Not totally sure that’ll work but then again I had reservations about Ali! And from the...
by Forest Parks | Aug 5, 2016 | News
Wait, what? Did a cop actually just get convicted for the murder of an unarmed black teen? Well, not murder, voluntary manslaughter, but it’s something. A Virginia jury found former Portsmouth, Va., Police Officer Stephen Rankin guilty of voluntary manslaughter....
by Forest Parks | Aug 5, 2016 | News
Simon Petrus is a grade 12 learner from Abraham Iyambo Senior Secondary School in Ohangwena Region, Nambia. His new invention is making waves! It’s a cell phone that can make (I am not sure if it can receive) calls without the need for a SIM-card, a cell phone...
by Chum Sejimon | Aug 4, 2016 | Blog, News
Among the latest cases involving alleged police brutality is a 23-year-old mother of 2 from Baltimore, Maryland killed by police on August 1, 2016. Korryn Gaines’ pictures adjoined with her very own hashtag, excerpts of her story, and familiar headlines...
by Forest Parks | Aug 4, 2016 | Culture
A map has been put up that keeps track of all the USA officer involved shootings, allows you to zoom in, see details and get an idea of exactly what’s going on! Seeing it represented like this is horrific and just spending a few minutes clicking through...
by Forest Parks | Aug 4, 2016 | Culture, Positivity
Man, we need this wisdom and the fact that it’s coming from 10 year old Nyeeam Hudson makes no difference. Just check out some of his instagram posts to see what we are talking about! Children can do amazing things! You’ll be so surprised if you gave your child...
by Face2Face Africa | Aug 4, 2016 | Africa, Culture
That’s what a young boy asked a mutual friend of ours in Cape Coast, Ghana, Sunday afternoon. I had met him once before, when I had volunteered to photograph a party for orphans in a popular restaurant near the Castle. This time, I was one of a small group of African...
