by Forest Parks | Feb 23, 2016 | News, Politics News
On Saturday South Carolinan’s will take to the poll to pick either Bernie or Hilary. Amongst black votes it’s going to be close but Bernie just bagged another big celebrity endorsement with veteran film director Spike Lee. Strangely Spike’s wife has...
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by Candace | Feb 23, 2016 | Positivity
White People 4 Black Lives whose Facebook profile picture says, “Show Up Against White Terror” is a white anti-racist organization and activist project of the Alliance of White Anti-Racists Everywhere (AWARE-LA). This organization was form to work with African...
by Candace | Feb 23, 2016 | Blog
People are still talking about Beyoncé’s Super Bowl performance and how she left so many people rattled because she didn’t just put on a performance she left people with something to think about. Well the police are still mad. Recently we found out that Miami, Tampa...
by Anthony Thomas | Feb 23, 2016 | News
A day does not pass without at least one news item concerning black men in America, and in Chicago to be precise. A recent shocking survey revealed that almost a half of young black men in Chicago are either unemployed or out of school. This is a major course of...
by Forest Parks | Feb 23, 2016 | Culture
Oprah Winfrey is arguably the most powerful black woman in the world when it comes to her influence over people. She has in the past been labelled the most influential person in the world, period! She speaks, people listen! Now, of course, her opinion on the...
by Forest Parks | Feb 23, 2016 | News
The systematic racism endemic to our countries governmental and law enforcement departments has been becoming more and more highlighted and spoken against recently but for all the speak it doesn’t seem that much is actually changing. This story emerging from the...
by Forest Parks | Feb 22, 2016 | Africa
The Black Mambas have identified and destroyed over 12 poachers’ camps and 3 bush meat kitchens within the “buffer-zone” as well as reduced snaring and poisoning activities by 76% within our area of operation since their deployment in 2013. That’s what the...
by Forest Parks | Feb 22, 2016 | History, Modern History
James Hanover Thompson and his friend David Simpson were just 7 and 9 when they supposedly committed a serious crime. In 1958 in North Carolina things were tough for blacks. Dwight Hanover recently learned of the the awful story when talking to his brother James....
by Forest Parks | Feb 22, 2016 | Culture, History
Reparations for descendants of the victims of slavery has been a growing topic in the last few years with many in politics just damn scared to get near the topic. The governments seems to dodge even looking into it and even recently Bernie Sanders, who seems to be...
by Forest Parks | Feb 22, 2016 | Culture
“He asked me to marry him, quite out of the blue, when I was only 19. My father threw me out, and I left with only one small suitcase to my name. No family came to our register office wedding in 1948.” Mary and Jake fell for each other during the war when he came to...
