by Forest Parks | Jun 4, 2016 | Culture
A Tennessee boy is seeing the results of his hard work after knuckling down for five long years to save the cash to pay for his own college. Kevuntez King worked selling newspapers every Sunday from the ages of 12 to 17, putting every penny away (somehow he was...
by Forest Parks | Jun 4, 2016 | Celebrities, Culture, News
It’s with utter sadness that I write this. One of the greatest legends seen in boxing and one that transcended the sport 1000 times over has died in hospital at age 74. He battled Parkinson’s for the last 32 years and after being admitted to Hospital on...
by Candace | Jun 3, 2016 | Positivity
The First Lady of the United States of America, Michelle Obama, delivered a powerful speech to the 2016 graduating class at New York City Colleges. We all know the United States is known as the Land of the free and the home of the brave, and we can all agree that this...
by Forest Parks | Jun 3, 2016 | Celebrities, News
Muhammed Ali has arguably been having his biggest fight later on in life as he has battled with his long standing Parkinson’s Disease. Now it seems he is facing the roughest patch as he is said to be barely breathing at a hospital in Phoenix. Surrounded by...
by Candace | Jun 3, 2016 | Blog, HBCU Pulse
More Latino students are enrolling in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) like never before. According to recent studies, the enrollment of Latino students in HBCUs increased by 90% from 2000-2010 and has continued to rise steadily ever since,...
by Face2Face Africa | Jun 3, 2016 | Africa
One month after she became the first woman ever to be crowned Miss Africa Continent, 24-year-old Rebecca Asamoah can’t wait to begin reading her Master’s degree at Monash University, one of the most prominent universities in Australia. With the scholarship, which is...
by Forest Parks | Jun 3, 2016 | Culture
Let’s hope that Nick Canon stays true to his tweets after a rant that started about him being sick of slave movies ended in him saying he plans to rush and start development of a positive project himself. The media mogul is well connected enough to not let this...
by Forest Parks | Jun 3, 2016 | Blog
Love her or hate her you can’t argue that Rihanna does not work hard, she has been pushing, writing and performing her way to the top of her game. Of course, all this under contract with a record company who have backed her and helped her along the way. Rihanna...
by Freddie Ra | Jun 3, 2016 | Profiles in Black History
Born Isabella in 1797 in Ulster Country, New York, she ran away from slavery in 1843 and changed her name to Sojourner Truth. At a time when oratory was a fine art, Sojourner Truth, through her strong character and acid intelligence, was among the best and most famous...
by Forest Parks | Jun 2, 2016 | News, Politics News
Have you heard of black bike week, otherwise known as Atlantic Beach Bikefest? Every year in South Carolina many many black bikers congregate in an area just north of Myrtle Beach for meeting of blacks who love biking. Something that’s usually overwhelmingly...
