TOO LITTLE TOO LATE? 7 Officers Fired for Lying About #LaquanMcDonald Shooting
Finally Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson is doing something about the officers who blatantly lied regarding the shooting of Laquan McDonald. 7 officers have been fired. An 8th was spared according to the Chicago Sun Times because Johnson disagreed with a...
The Justice Department Is Ending The Use of Private Prisons. BUT It’s Not As Good As It Sounds. HERE’S WHY….
I read the news with absolute glee, after an investigation the Justice department have ordered the beginning of the end for private prisons for their inmates. They concluded the facilities are both less safe and less effective than government run prisons! We all know...
Usain Bolt Has Not Forgotten His Roots! $1.3m To His High School, $274k to Jamaican Children, A Community Center, Personal Visits and MUCH MORE!
Usain Bolt just is not content being the fasted man on the planet, it seems he wants to be the most awesome man too! He grew up without much, no running water but that didn't stop his running feet and his supreme speed was noticed at a young age! However he never...
Usain Bolt Runs As Guide For Blind Paralympic Champion
Did this dude fall from heaven or what! When he isn't standing tall paying respect to other countries' national anthems, taking care of the place he grew up in, oh and being the fastest man on the planet, he is running as a guide for a Brazilian blind champion!...
It’s Time For ANSWERS And REPARATIONS For Army Chemical Testing In Black Neighborhoods.
The U.S. Army conducted secret chemical testing in an impoverished St. Louis neighborhood during the height of the Cold War. This is confirmed! Exactly what they was testing has not and people want answers. Many residents of the largely black poor neighborhood have...
9-Year-Old King Nahh Speaks On Why It’s Important To Have Fathers | His Reasons Will Touch Your Heart
I'm a proud father of two young boys and I take great pride in that. But hearing this 9 yr old talk on the importance of fatherhood is fascinating. He talks about not dogging out men who are bad fathers, but talking to them, teaching them, and encouraging them to...
Black Men Stand Up To Police “If You Touch Our Black Woman, It Will Be A Problem”
With all of the police brutality that has taken the lives of innocent black people, we rarely see a silver lining or anything positive that comes from these situations. These situation usually ends with death, riots, then acquittals of any wrongdoing. But it looks...
These African Women Created the Largest Online Learning Platform in Africa | Be the Change You Want to See in the World
For Ijeoma Oguegbu of Nigeria and Barbara Okoto of Ghana, it was the desire to create employment opportunities in Africa that motivated them to venture into what now has become one of the largest online learning platforms in Africa and beyond. Beavly is an online...
New Jersey Police Chief Demoted, Not Fired, for Instructing Officers to Racially Profile Black People | This Happens Constantly In This Country
This specific news item about a veteran New Jersey police chief getting demoted because of racial profiling is clear evidence of the prevalence of this derogatory act among police personnel in the U.S. Conducting a racial profile of any person is essentially an act of...
AWESOME: Usher and Hip Hop Granddaddies De La Soul Drop New Track!
An awesome email just hit my inbox and I had to share! One of hip hop's greats, De La Soul, are gearing up for an new album release, and today they debuted a track featuring none other than Usher! They said of the track: We were taking a break from recording to drive...
REST IN POWER BROTHER: Civil Rights Leader Julian Bond Dies at 75
The charaisma of Julian Bond cannot be understated. A man of action, a man of strong will in the face of adversity. He will be missed but he will REST IN POWER! Let's not forget this man. On April 17th, 1960, Bond and his co-founders organised the Student Nonviolent...
NOW WHAT? U.N. Admits Role in Haiti’s Cholera Epidemic….
Thousands of Haitans have been killed by Cholera over the last six years and it's long been known that the U.N. had a hand in this. BUT the U.N. has stayed silent on the issue, until now. Finally Ban Ki-moon has acknowledged that the United Nations had a role in the...
YOUR CALL, RIGHT OR WRONG? Man Slaps Racist Woman Who Calls Him “N****R
The incident below happened during Black Biker Week in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. A white woman is seen ranting at a black man and calls him the "N" word! She says the slur was to do with his behavior, not color... Errrr WTF. She then calls the man filming the "N'...
AMAZING: Bronze, Silver AND GOLD in the 100M Hurdles: The ALL “AFRICAN” AMERICAN RACE!
TeamUSA had a hell of a win for the Rio2016 women’s 100m hurdle final when it snagged all three podium spots! And to top it off, all three women were African American! Absolutely amazing! Brianna Rollins won the 100 metres hurdles gold with 12.48 seconds, Nia Ali came...
WOAH: The Only Female Figure Skater To EVER Do The Dangerous Illegal Backflip!
Have you ever seen an ice skater do a backflip? It sounds insane and it totally is! The move is extremely dangerous and illegal and has only ever been performed by 4 skaters, one of them a French woman named Surya Bonaly. She was a controversial skater during the 80s...
RESPECT: Usain Bolt Stops Live Interview To Pay Respect To US National Anthem
Usain Bolt doesn't need to prove to any of us how amazing he is but he still does from time to time anyway, because that's just how he rolls! So, in the middle of a live interview with a Spanish news network at London 2012 Games he asked the interviewer if it was...
Marvel Announces It’s First Black Female Writer EVER
Marvel have been seeming to make huge steps to diversify it's heros and villains through the introduction of characters from almost every walk of life and settings of every kind. However, they have never had a black female writer before..... until now! Roxanne Gay is...
New Movie Schools Us On The Black Female Mathematicians ESSENTIAL To Nasa’s Space Program
A new movie and a book brings to light a bit of very important history that unsurprisingly has been kept on the down-low during our education. Did you know that black women mathematicians and scientists were absolutely essential to the success of NASA in the early...
Gabby Douglass is Amazing | F#%K You Haters
Haters of Gabby Douglass, seriously, go F#%K Yourselves. Gabby, an amazing young woman, stands tall with her GOLD medal while you all sit there twittering on about her personal appearance. That girl put her blood, sweat and tears out there, she poured her heart and...
This Video Shows The REAL History Of Christopher Columbus And It Is Sickening
Year after year, decade after decade, the United States of America celebrates Columbus Day. Christoper Columbus "founded" America and it became the land of the free. Well, that is what they tell everyone in elementary school. He founded the greatest country on earth....
