by Freddie Ra | Sep 21, 2015 | Celebrities
Minister Louis Farrakhan has never been one to bite his tongue or speak without fully expressing himself. When the subject turned to the role of women in our civilization and Beyonce, he didn’t do it either. Recently Farrakhan sat down with HipHopSince1987.com for an...
by Freddie Ra | Sep 21, 2015 | News
Ahmed Mohamed, 14 years old, was falsely arrested last week for bring a clock into his Irving, TX high school that was “mistaken” for a bomb. This week the school is trying to amend the error and welcome the teen back to the school. MacArthur High School said via a...
by Freddie Ra | Sep 21, 2015 | Celebrities, Modern History
More Hollywood barriers fell last night as Viola Davis became the first black woman in history win an Emmy for being a lead actress in a Drama. The historical moment wasn’t lost on those in attendance or on social media as it erupted in celebration. Davis won for her...
by Freddie Ra | Sep 21, 2015 | Business, Modern History, News
“Women will take care of a $300 bag better then they take care of a $25,000 car, you know, and that’s a shame,” Banks said. The statement made by Patrice Banks is so true. It is really unfortunate so many women have luxury handbags, clothing and...
by Randall Barnes | Sep 18, 2015 | A List Categories, Blog, History, Modern History, News
With the recent racial events of the past few years, black people around America and the world have started to become more socially and politically aware. Once seemingly blind to the acts of covert oppression, the murder of Michael Brown and the highly...
by Koba | Sep 17, 2015 | Blog
Actor Nate Parker (Red Tails, Beyond The Lights) is hard at work on a film about the 1831 slave rebellion led by Nat Turner. The historical drama, which serves as Parker’s directorial debut, will be titled The Birth of a Nation, a clear reference to D.W. Griffith’s...
by Freddie Ra | Sep 17, 2015 | Celebrities, Modern History
Hurricane Katrina woke the modern black community to the racial bias and realities of our life in America. Like it or not, the reality is white people would have never been treated in the manner black folks were that were wiped out by hurricane. When the flood that...
by Freddie Ra | Sep 16, 2015 | Blog
It’s amazing to me the Black Lives Matter movement is considered a divisive issue in America, at least among the right wing, so called “conservative” media outlets. They speak as if people standing up to brutality is an attack on their whiteness. It’s not....
by Freddie Ra | Sep 16, 2015 | News
In a case that isn’t receiving much media attention, a 44 year old St. Louis man was jailed, refused medical services, and then woke up with doctors telling him that he tried to commit suicide. To say this case sounds a little strange is an understatement. Bernard...
by Koba | Sep 15, 2015 | Blog
The California State Assembly recently passed a bill that would create a working Ethnic Studies curriculum that California school districts would have the option of adopting. The original bill, first introduced in January earlier this year by California Assemblyman...
