He Sold Newspapers For Five Years And Pays For College Before He Even Starts
A Tennessee boy is seeing the results of his hard work after knuckling down for five long years to save the cash to pay for his own college. Kevuntez King worked selling newspapers every Sunday from the ages of 12 to 17, putting every penny away (somehow he was...
RIP: The Legend Muhammed Ali Dies At 74
It's with utter sadness that I write this. One of the greatest legends seen in boxing and one that transcended the sport 1000 times over has died in hospital at age 74. He battled Parkinson's for the last 32 years and after being admitted to Hospital on Thursday with...
Michelle Obama: When I Wake Up In a House Built By Slaves
The First Lady of the United States of America, Michelle Obama, delivered a powerful speech to the 2016 graduating class at New York City Colleges. We all know the United States is known as the Land of the free and the home of the brave, and we can all agree that this...
PRAY FOR MUHAMMED ALI: Legend On Life Support, Deteriorating But Surrounded By Family…
Muhammed Ali has arguably been having his biggest fight later on in life as he has battled with his long standing Parkinson's Disease. Now it seems he is facing the roughest patch as he is said to be barely breathing at a hospital in Phoenix. Surrounded by family the...
Why are More Latino Students Enrolling at Historically Black Colleges and Universities?
More Latino students are enrolling in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) like never before. According to recent studies, the enrollment of Latino students in HBCUs increased by 90% from 2000-2010 and has continued to rise steadily ever since,...
First-Ever ‘Miss Africa Continent’ Wins Scholarship for Graduate Study
One month after she became the first woman ever to be crowned Miss Africa Continent, 24-year-old Rebecca Asamoah can’t wait to begin reading her Master’s degree at Monash University, one of the most prominent universities in Australia. With the scholarship, which is...
Nick Canon Says He Wants More African Kings And Queens In Movies And That He Is Rushing To Start Development Himself…
Let's hope that Nick Canon stays true to his tweets after a rant that started about him being sick of slave movies ended in him saying he plans to rush and start development of a positive project himself. The media mogul is well connected enough to not let this go and...
GO GIRL: Rihanna Takes Ownership
Love her or hate her you can't argue that Rihanna does not work hard, she has been pushing, writing and performing her way to the top of her game. Of course, all this under contract with a record company who have backed her and helped her along the way. Rihanna is...
Sojourner Truth Escaped Slavery to Impact the World as an Orator and Asked, “Ain’t I a Woman!”
Born Isabella in 1797 in Ulster Country, New York, she ran away from slavery in 1843 and changed her name to Sojourner Truth. At a time when oratory was a fine art, Sojourner Truth, through her strong character and acid intelligence, was among the best and most famous...
S.Carolina Gov Wants Blacks Off Her Beaches!
Have you heard of black bike week, otherwise known as Atlantic Beach Bikefest? Every year in South Carolina many many black bikers congregate in an area just north of Myrtle Beach for meeting of blacks who love biking. Something that's usually overwhelmingly white....
SMH: Egyptian Minister Calls Sub-Saharan African’s “Dogs And Slaves”
I've lived in Egypt, for two years of my live. I know this country well and I know there are a lot of good people there. Sadly it seems that not one of them maintains any position in the government. A seriously corrupt old man's club that basically has little respect...
NFL Star Lives On $6000/m While Earning $900,000/y, AND He Travels Schools Teaching Financial Literacy!!!
This star was a wide receiver for the Lions between 2012 and 2014, while blazing trails on the field he wasn't being flashy off. He worked out how much he needed to live well and stuck to that, putting away the rougly $900k per year he has been earning. Sadly marred...
Claim of Dark Ages Hides Your History | Mighty Warrior Tariq Ibn Ziyad Leads Conquest of Spain in 711 AD
Just a tiny span of water separates the northernmost part of Morocco from the southernmost part of Spain. In 711 AD on this day in history, a mighty general named Tariq ibn Ziyad led an army of 300 Arabs and 10,000 Berbers across that span to invade Spain and...
Granville T. Woods Was an Incredible Inventor Who Earned over 35 Patents Ranging from a Steam Boiler to Airbrake
Born on April 23, 1856 in Columbus, Ohio, Granville Woods was the individual most responsible for modernizing the railroad. During his lifetime, Granville T. Woods earned over thirty-five patents ranging from a steam boiler furnace in 1884, an incubator in 1900, to...
First Black Valedictorian at America’s First School of Dentistry
Tera Poole, a native from Ohio rose against all odds to become the first Black Valedictorian at the World’s First School of Dentistry. She was one of the 9 Black Female students who graduated from Maryland School of Dentistry On May 20. Two days later after graduation...
24-Year-Old Ghanaian Woman Develops App for Autistic Children
Living with autism in Ghana has just been made more bearable since HopeSetters, an autism center, came out with a locally configured autism app that helps children with autism receive better education. The privately funded center is the very first in Sub-Saharan...
Centuries-Old Artifacts Discovered Beneath Malcolm X’s Childhood Home, the Roxbury House
The legend of Malcolm X and insight into his past continue to mystify the world. Fortunately, it gained a bit of a boost recently as artifacts from his childhood have been discovered beneath his childhood home. The home, located at 72 Dale Street, Boston MA, was...
Carter G. Woodson Launched a Scholarly Repository of Research on Black History Used By Students Throughout the World
Carter Godwin Woodson, the father of "Black History," was born on December 19, 1875 in New Canton, Virginia. Despite the pioneering efforts of many Black writers and scholars, the systematic treatment of Black history was not achieved until 1915 when Carter G....
New York Jets Give Contract to Joe Anderson, Who Held a Sign Outside Texans Stadium Hoping to Get a Chance in the NFL
The world loves go-getters! The people who don't allow their negative circumstances or temporary set backs defeat them. The world gives those people a chance to prove themselves and this narrative fits Joe Anderson. Six weeks back, Anderson, who is 27 years old, stood...
‘I Am Cait’ Is Officially Banned in Africa Due to Differing Views of the African People
In America, everyone is familiar, for the better or worse, with Cait Jenner. The once male, super athlete and Olympian, Bruce Jenner, decided to make the change to a female and calls herself Cait. She went through with the operations last year to make it official. As...
