by Koba | Jan 17, 2016 | Celebrities
It is funny that everyone wants to boycott the Oscars because no one that was of color won. Get over it. The Oscars were not made for people of color. The issue is we keep begging for recognition from white people. Create your own and you don’t have to worry...
by Koba | Jan 17, 2016 | Blog
When Tennessee police officer Eric Crowder learned his friend and mentor, a sergeant at the police department where they work, needed a kidney, he didn’t think twice about getting tested. And like a holiday miracle, he was a match. Crowder quickly offered to...
by Koba | Jan 17, 2016 | Modern History
The Constitution’s Second Amendment was created to bolster slavery and capture land from Native Americans, award winning actor Danny Glover told a group of students at a Texas A&M sponsored event on Thursday. Actor Danny Glover told students at Texas...
by Koba | Jan 17, 2016 | Black 365, Positivity
Richard Henry Boyd, born Dick Gray on March 5, 1843, the former slave renamed himself Richard Henry Boyd after the Civil War. Boyd eventually became an entrepreneur and wore many hats throughout his life—preacher, missionary, publisher, banker, educator, writer, and...
by Koba | Jan 17, 2016 | Blog, Business
All too often, African-American women dread washing their hair, since it can take multiple hours or even a whole day. Not only did entrepreneur Gwen Jimmere create a solution to this common inconvenience, but she is also the first and only African-American to hold a...
by Koba | Jan 17, 2016 | Black 365
Speaking at Liberty University Monday, self-proclaimed socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) declared that the United States was founded on “racist principles,” among other statements about the lack of justice and morality regarding income inequality. Sanders, who is...
by Koba | Jan 17, 2016 | Positivity
A black California couple is successfully navigating their way through running their newly-opened afrocentric preschool and they couldn’t be happier that everything is finally coming together. via The Network Journal Family businesses aren’t easy to run. Added to the...
by Koba | Jan 17, 2016 | Positivity
While there are a number of notable successful people who have dropped out of university, this 21-year-old has earned himself a living that sounds too good to be true, earning a whopping £30k a month and working just an hour a day. ** UPDATE: It’s possible that...
by Koba | Jan 17, 2016 | Positivity
White Americans are both genetically weaker and less diverse than their black compatriots, a Cornell University-led study finds. Analyzing the genetic makeup of 20 Americans of European ancestry and 15 African-Americans, researchers found that the former showed much...
by Koba | Jan 17, 2016 | Blog
Rodgers Travel Bureau opened their doors in 1949. The company was started by Harold Rodgers, an African American medical student who was working as a porter for TWA at Philadelphia International Airport to help pay for medical school. He knew the business well, and...
