by Candace | May 31, 2016 | Culture
Eighteen year old, Nyree Holmes, an African American Cosumnes Oaks High School student was escorted out by three Sacramento County Sheriffs during his graduation ceremony for wearing a Kente cloth over his robe for his graduation. Holmes explained the importance of...
by Face2Face Africa | May 31, 2016 | Africa
Young African mathematicians and scientists currently studying for their Masters degree programme at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) will henceforth be entitled to winning a $10,000 cash prize. The prize is donated by the 2016 winner of the...
by Freddie Ra | May 31, 2016 | Black 365
The 365 Black History serious is designed to give our community a chance to learn and appreciate the achievement, struggles and experience of our ancestors, inventors, business people, scientific, educators, children and more. On May 31st in Black History 1870 –...
by Freddie Ra | May 31, 2016 | Profiles in Black History
A civil rights leader who urged African Americans to work within the system, Whitney Moore Young, as executive director of the National Urban League from 1961 to 1971, played a leading role in persuading America’s corporate elite to provide better opportunities...
by Forest Parks | May 31, 2016 | Africa
Ok, I am no mathematical genius, far from it, but I can do my simple sums. So, if Africa produces 75% of the world’s cocoa then surely this great continent should be flowing with the riches, with somewhere around 75% of the revenue of the chocolate industry...
by Forest Parks | May 31, 2016 | Blog
Anyone who was around when B.I.G was treading the turf knows and loves ‘Juicy’, probably his most iconic track. Maybe it’s been some years since you heard it but it still stands the test of time and sends the chills to the same places. But what if it...
by Face2Face Africa | May 30, 2016 | Africa
The circumstances leading to the arrest of South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela, remained shrouded in mystery until now, when a former agent of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Donald Rickard, revealed to British film director, John Irvin, how...
by Forest Parks | May 30, 2016 | Celebrities, News
His mother and father, Dawn and Stacey, did everything to provide for their kids, pushing education (he went to the John Burrough Academy, a private school in a St. Louis suburb) and instilling strong values. Ezekiel Elliott landed his spot as a rookie running back...
by Freddie Ra | May 30, 2016 | Black 365
The 365 Black History serious is designed to give our community a chance to learn and appreciate the achievement, struggles and experience of our ancestors, inventors, business people, scientific, educators, children and more. On May 30th in Black History 1822 –...
by Freddie Ra | May 30, 2016 | Profiles in Black History
Raised in abolitionist traditions by his minister father, A. Philip Randolph mirroed those beliefs for more than 60 years as a champion of equal rights. He came to national prominence by organizing the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and achieved the first union...
