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by Anthony Thomas | Jul 6, 2016 | News
Alton Sterling, a 37-year old man is the victim that was shot by two police officers in Louisiana on Tuesday and died on the spot. According to the report from Dr. William Clerk, who is the East Baton Coroner, Alton passed away after the gun shoots on his chest and...
by Anthony Thomas | Jul 6, 2016 | Celebrities, Positivity
Widely regarded as one of the world’s most dominant athletes, Shaquille O’Neal is probably the most gregarious personality in Basketball history. He has an autobiography (Shaquille Talks Back) and preserves a web presence for his worldwide fan base using his...
by Face2Face Africa | Jul 5, 2016 | Africa, Culture
Even though it is well-documented that Africans gave birth to the world, it is generally little known that the Siddi or Sheedi people, who are descendants of the Bantu people of Southeastern Africa, have lived in rural India and parts of Pakistan for the last 600...
by Face2Face Africa | Jul 5, 2016 | Africa
During the recent graduation season, a number of African immigrant students were lauded for receiving scholarships to Ivy League institutions, graduating in significant numbers and leading the pace in graduation levels compared to other immigrant groups. There are...
by Forest Parks | Jul 5, 2016 | Celebrities, News
Michael Jordan has long been the most valuable player in the game but now it seems there is a new kid on the block and reports say that LeBron James has passed him and now takes that NBA title! His legacy is somewhat complete ad the The Cavaliers’ superstar ended the...
by Forest Parks | Jul 5, 2016 | Culture
Erika Nicole Kendall’s journey began because her mother was concerned about her health. To appease her mother she visited a fitness center. Hugely overweight, Erika had quite a journey ahead of her. To track the highs and lows she decided to start blogging. She says...
by Forest Parks | Jul 5, 2016 | Celebrities, News
Serena Williams has made history, yet again! It’s just becoming part of being Serena! When she is not fighting body shaming, standing up to racism and building schools in Jamaica she plays tennis on occasion too! And this Wimbledon tournament saw he thrown into...
by Forest Parks | Jul 5, 2016 | News
Protesters for Black Lives Matters in Toronto stopped Canada’s biggest LGBTQI Pride March last weekend with a sit-in and a list of serious demands for the parade’s organisers. And guess what, their demands were met! Marchers sat down in right in the middle...
by Forest Parks | Jul 5, 2016 | Celebrities, Culture, News
Alice Walker’s prowess as a writer is hard to challenge and her National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize winning The Color Purple (1982) somewhat changed the landscape of literature forever. Other works such as Meridian and The Third Life of Grange Copeland...
by Reneegede | Jul 4, 2016 | Opinion
Let us be PERFECTLY clear: July 4 1776 was not a holiday nor a Holy Day for any Black citizen in America. As the ol’ boys system fought for their own freedom, they simultaneously enslaved Black people and kept them economically at-bay; and that enslavement was...
