Must Read For Women: Johnson & Johnson To Pay Woman’s Family $72M In Baby Powder Cancer Death
A St. Louis jury ruled on Monday that Johnson & Johnson must pay the family of Jacqueline Fox $72 million in damages for the role its products played in the woman’s death from stage-3 ovarian cancer after a two-year battle, St. Louis Today reports. The 62-year-old...
Black Teacher Creates “Gentleman’s Club” To Teach Young Black Males Life Lessons
A local teacher is helping young boys become young gentlemen. Every Wednesday nearly 60 students at Memminger Elementary dress for success and meet for the Gentleman's Club. Raymond Nelson is the student support specialist at Memminger Elementary in Downtown...
No April Fools | Mississippi Declares April “Confederate History Month”
With Black History Month nearly in the rearview mirror, many folks in Mississippi are getting ready to celebrate the Confederacy. The Jackson Free Press reports that Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant signed an official governor’s proclamation declaring April...
Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Addresses Racists Employees Over #BlackLivesMatter Movement
Mark Zuckerberg has been quick to talk about the terrorist attacks in Paris and other world events that affect white people. You rarely, if ever, hear him talk about issues that deals with the black community. But hey, why would you expect him to when he isn't from...
In Retirement, Marshawn Lynch Will Teach Football in Africa
As much as the media wants us to hate our brother, all you can do is love him. He saved $50 million dollars before retiring. He has a clothing line. He help teammates with their 401k's. And now he is going home to Africa. A recently retired Marshawn Lynch just...
Black-ish Tackles Police Brutality and Racism on the Show’s Best Episode Ever!
"It's a big world and place to place, it's pretty different. But no matter where we're from, the experiences, conversations and images we see have an effect on us--they make us curious. As a child, it's only natural that, that curiosity makes us question what's going...
BLM Activist Confronts Hillary Clinton at SC Fundraiser #WhichHillary
Trouble may be brewing for Clinton that may affect her chances in the 2016 presidential race. On Wednesday, Ashley Williams, an activist for Black Lives Matter, paid $500 to attend a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton in South Carolina. During Clinton's speech, Williams...
White College Students Put A Bike Lock Around A Black Student’s Neck & Somehow Dodged A Hate Crime Convictions
A black student at San Jose University in California was subjected to continuous harassment his freshman year at the University. Had it not been for a visit from his parents this treatment more than likely would have continued. In 2013, when the harassment occurred...
Historic Black Intellectuals Honored with Their Own Fictional Colleges
If this doesn’t take you back to “A Different World”, I don’t know what will. Philadelphia Printworks, which was discovered by Maryum Pugh, has created a line of six shirts that represent fictional colleges modeled around historic black leaders. The six historians...
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8-year-old Girl Genius Speaks 8 Languages & Plays 8 Instruments [VIDEO]
Can you imagine from one second meeting a human that can speak English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Haitian Creole, Japanese, and sign language fluently? And on top of that can play the piano, violin, guitar, harp, clarinet, conga, drums and...
6 Awesomely Positive Black Statistics (And A Video….)
Negative imagery around the black community can bring people down, so we have to point out and celebrate the good too. This is important and there really is so much good. A recent article from The Boston Globe put together some awesome positive statistics following a...
UNPUBLISHED BLACK HISTORY: The First Afro-American Day Parade In 1969. SEE MUCH MORE HERE…
The Times has been going for some time now and it's reporters have bagged a lot of visual history over the years. Now throughout February the paper has been releasing an awesome array of images from it's archives and finally publishing them in an interactive project...
The 9 Year Old Civil Rights Era African American “American Girl” Doll
American Girl hit 30 years old this year and to celebrate they introduced a few journalists to their newest historical doll. Melody Ellison is just 9 years old. She is African American in the civil rights era! She is also a singer and comes with a full story....
3rd Grader Can’t Attend School Because He’s African-American
Edmund Lee is a third-grader attending Gateway Science Academy, a charter school in south St. Louis. He currently has a 3.83 GPA and above average testing scores. So you may ask, "What's the big deal?" His family is moving to St. Louis County and have discovered that...
Chicago Cop Retires with Six Figure Pension To Dodge Punishment
A Chicago Police Department cop resigned on February 12 due to what is seen as a sheer move to dodge disciplinary action for his role in the Koschman case. Lt. Denis Walsh was among the six police officers recommended for disciplinary action after he was accused of...
KKK Shows Up to Support Donald Trump at Nevada Cacaus Wearing Hoods & Sheets
As CNN reports chime in on my phone last night about how Donald “Trump scores a big win in Nevada” they left a few things out. They left out his popularity with the KKK, a well-known white supremacy group. This racist, white supremacy group showed up at caucus dressed...
Both Say They Will Ban Private Prisons. Bernie Took $0 But Hillary Clinton Accepted Over $133K From Prison Lobbyists
Let's be clear. Why would anyone accept a large donation from a sector they openly say they want to ban? You could argue that you might as well take money from whoever will give it but we all know that's NOT how politics work. Bernie Sanders says (and has acted...
DID YOU KNOW: Madam C.J. Walker Was The FIRST Self Made African American Millionairess. On Her Death She Left 2/3 Of Her Money To Black Charities
You may have heard of Madam C.J. Walker, she is often quoted as the first self made female African American millionaire and the inventor of the hair relaxer. She didn't actually invent the hair relaxer but this doesn't make her story any less amazing. Born at the end...
Stanford University Offers Free Tuition for Students from Low Income Families
Stanford University is continuing their trend from last year - providing free tuition for some students. Those students whose family’s income is below $125,000 per year won’t have to pay anything for tuition. Also, students won’t have to pay for rooms and board if...
“Black Girls Do Swim”: North Carolina A&T Swim Team Will Make History
“Black Girls Do Swim” is their motto. North Carolina A&T State University women's swim team is proud to be the only all black swim team in NCAA Division I. But, sadly, it is also the last, as their University has decided to end the swimming program. The only other...
