by Forest Parks | Feb 25, 2016 | Culture, Positivity
Negative imagery around the black community can bring people down, so we have to point out and celebrate the good too. This is important and there really is so much good. A recent article from The Boston Globe put together some awesome positive statistics following a...
by Forest Parks | Feb 25, 2016 | Culture, History, Modern History
The Times has been going for some time now and it’s reporters have bagged a lot of visual history over the years. Now throughout February the paper has been releasing an awesome array of images from it’s archives and finally publishing them in an...
by Forest Parks | Feb 25, 2016 | Culture
American Girl hit 30 years old this year and to celebrate they introduced a few journalists to their newest historical doll. Melody Ellison is just 9 years old. She is African American in the civil rights era! She is also a singer and comes with a full story....
by Krystal | Feb 24, 2016 | Blog, News
Edmund Lee is a third-grader attending Gateway Science Academy, a charter school in south St. Louis. He currently has a 3.83 GPA and above average testing scores. So you may ask, “What’s the big deal?” His family is moving to St. Louis County and...
by Candace | Feb 24, 2016 | Blog
A Chicago Police Department cop resigned on February 12 due to what is seen as a sheer move to dodge disciplinary action for his role in the Koschman case. Lt. Denis Walsh was among the six police officers recommended for disciplinary action after he was accused of...
by Candace | Feb 24, 2016 | Blog
As CNN reports chime in on my phone last night about how Donald “Trump scores a big win in Nevada” they left a few things out. They left out his popularity with the KKK, a well-known white supremacy group. This racist, white supremacy group showed up at caucus dressed...
by Forest Parks | Feb 24, 2016 | News, Politics News
Let’s be clear. Why would anyone accept a large donation from a sector they openly say they want to ban? You could argue that you might as well take money from whoever will give it but we all know that’s NOT how politics work. Bernie Sanders says (and has...
by Forest Parks | Feb 24, 2016 | History
You may have heard of Madam C.J. Walker, she is often quoted as the first self made female African American millionaire and the inventor of the hair relaxer. She didn’t actually invent the hair relaxer but this doesn’t make her story any less amazing. Born...
by Candace | Feb 23, 2016 | Blog
Stanford University is continuing their trend from last year – providing free tuition for some students. Those students whose family’s income is below $125,000 per year won’t have to pay anything for tuition. Also, students won’t have to pay for rooms and board...
by Candace | Feb 23, 2016 | Modern History
“Black Girls Do Swim” is their motto. North Carolina A&T State University women’s swim team is proud to be the only all black swim team in NCAA Division I. But, sadly, it is also the last, as their University has decided to end the swimming program. The only...
