by Forest Parks | Jun 2, 2016 | News, Politics News
I’ve lived in Egypt, for two years of my live. I know this country well and I know there are a lot of good people there. Sadly it seems that not one of them maintains any position in the government. A seriously corrupt old man’s club that basically has...
by Forest Parks | Jun 2, 2016 | Culture
This star was a wide receiver for the Lions between 2012 and 2014, while blazing trails on the field he wasn’t being flashy off. He worked out how much he needed to live well and stuck to that, putting away the rougly $900k per year he has been earning. Sadly...
by Face2Face Africa | Jun 2, 2016 | Africa
Just a tiny span of water separates the northernmost part of Morocco from the southernmost part of Spain. In 711 AD on this day in history, a mighty general named Tariq ibn Ziyad led an army of 300 Arabs and 10,000 Berbers across that span to invade Spain and...
by Freddie Ra | Jun 2, 2016 | Profiles in Black History
Born on April 23, 1856 in Columbus, Ohio, Granville Woods was the individual most responsible for modernizing the railroad. During his lifetime, Granville T. Woods earned over thirty-five patents ranging from a steam boiler furnace in 1884, an incubator in 1900, to...
by Candace | Jun 1, 2016 | Did You Know
Tera Poole, a native from Ohio rose against all odds to become the first Black Valedictorian at the World’s First School of Dentistry. She was one of the 9 Black Female students who graduated from Maryland School of Dentistry On May 20. Two days later after graduation...
by Face2Face Africa | Jun 1, 2016 | Business, Positivity
Living with autism in Ghana has just been made more bearable since HopeSetters, an autism center, came out with a locally configured autism app that helps children with autism receive better education. The privately funded center is the very first in Sub-Saharan...
by Freddie Ra | Jun 1, 2016 | Celebrities
The legend of Malcolm X and insight into his past continue to mystify the world. Fortunately, it gained a bit of a boost recently as artifacts from his childhood have been discovered beneath his childhood home. The home, located at 72 Dale Street, Boston MA, was...
by Freddie Ra | Jun 1, 2016 | Profiles in Black History
Carter Godwin Woodson, the father of “Black History,” was born on December 19, 1875 in New Canton, Virginia. Despite the pioneering efforts of many Black writers and scholars, the systematic treatment of Black history was not achieved until 1915 when...
by Freddie Ra | May 31, 2016 | Celebrities
The world loves go-getters! The people who don’t allow their negative circumstances or temporary set backs defeat them. The world gives those people a chance to prove themselves and this narrative fits Joe Anderson. Six weeks back, Anderson, who is 27 years old,...
by Freddie Ra | May 31, 2016 | Celebrities
In America, everyone is familiar, for the better or worse, with Cait Jenner. The once male, super athlete and Olympian, Bruce Jenner, decided to make the change to a female and calls herself Cait. She went through with the operations last year to make it official. As...
