Depressed Wife Comes Home To This! Best Husband Ever?
Imagine you have just come home from a very draining work trip, you hard a tough time and you get to your bedroom to find that your loving and supporting husband has left you an amazing thing. This thing meant so much more to Molly Murphy because she has also been...
Overdue? New Orleans Proposes Removing Confederate Monuments
As a city with a confederate past New Orleans has long been having the discussion about it's past and the monuments and references related to it that can still be seen today. Obviously the links between the monuments and what they stand for is not ok in modern America...
Black College Student Arrested for Holding Door for White Woman?
If you have basic home training your parents probably taught you to address adults as Mister or Misses So and So. If you are a woman they probably taught you to sit with your legs closed and if you are a man they probably taught you to hold the door open for women....
This African American, Female Owned Law Firm in Chicago Started with a Tweet
KMR Law Group is an African-American female owned law firm in Chicago. KMR was started two years ago by three African-American female lawyers, Keli L. Knight, Jessica B. Reddick and Yondi K. Morris. KMR was birthed by a tweet from Morris. While at work frustrated...
Father-Daughter Dance Means More For Dad With ‘Epic Dream’
A father-daughter dance can be intimidating to a lot of guys, just ask Darryl Jones, whose daughter asked him to join her on stage at the end of the year performance. “I thought it may be hard, but I didn’t’ think I would be insurmountable,” Jones said. The father had...
Future Black Millenial Millionares Partner With Black-Owned Banks
On Monday, 20 millennial entrepreneurs visited the Industrial Bank of Washington to open business and personal accounts. The activity was the culminating the first phase of activity for the Black Male Entrepreneur Institute’s ™ (BME) inaugural cohort. Founded by...
Obama Appoints A Nigerian, Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo As Deputy National Security Adviser
President Barack Obama has tapped Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo, who served in top roles at the Treasury Department, to succeed Caroline Atkinson as his deputy national security adviser for international economic affairs. Ms. Atkinson has served in her current post since...
Africa’s Tallest Statue Of Jesus To Be Unveiled In Nigeria
NIGERIA IS preparing to celebrate the unveiling of its largest statue, a 98-foot effigy of Jesus Christ, it has been reported. The monument has been named Jesus de Greatest and will be unveiled at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in the Abajah local government area of Imo...
When will Black America Learn to Hit Racism Where it Really Hurts? | THE POCKETS, Like Other Cultures
When will the African American community finally wake up and start taking notes from other cultures and ethnicities? Donald Trump first lost the support of millions of Mexican Americans when he decided to refer to them as "criminals and rapists" and he will be losing...
Serena Williams Slams Body-Shamers In Powerful Speech (VIDEO)
On Tuesday night the legendary Serena Williams took to the stage to accept her accolade at the Sports Illustrated "Sportsperson of the Year" ceremony. Note, this is "sportsperson" not "sportswoman". Serena is the first woman to be awarded this title in more than three...
Students Chant “16 Shots!” At Chicago Mayor In Laquan McDonald Protest
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was visiting Urban Prep Charter Academy in Englewood. He wasn't given the warmest of welcomes and students showed protest leading to him making a sharp exit. Many of the well dressed students seemed uninterested and continued openly talking...
Shaquille O’Neal Starts Construction Jobs Program in Newark
Shaquille O’Neal is trying to give back to his native Newark by launching a new jobs program. The program aims to increase access to unions and construction jobs. Along with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka the project was launched on Tuesday. Help with union entrance exams...
Chadwick Boseman To Star As The First African American Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall
Chadwick Boseman shined in his role playing James Brown in "Get On Up" and now he is set to play another real life person as he steps into the shoes of highly respected Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall who was the first African American judge of that court....
Freddie Gray: Hung Jury In 1st Officer’s Trial, Will They All Get Off Now?
The trial of the first officer to be trialled in the murder of Freddie Gray ended in a hung jury yesterday (Wednesday 17th December) sparking worry for the prosecutors case against the other officers. After this mistrial it is unclear if officer William Porter will...
Couple Turns An Unimaginable Loss Into Help, Healing For Other Families
A Chicago couple who experienced an unfathomable loss is turning the tragedy into triumph and helping other families. George and Suheily Davis married in November 2013 and a month later Suheily was pregnant. For eight and a half months, Suheily and George prepared to...
“Mr. President, please come get your boy,” Mayor Emanuel or Face #BlackChristmas Shutdowns
Gregory Seal Livingston is Founder & CEO of the Coalition For A New Chicago and he had some choice words for the President of the United States Barack Obama about Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Livingston Said: “Brack Obama endorsed Rahm twice. He came here to chicago...
Top Schools Are Too Taxing For Black Students, Black Scientists Hit Back!!
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made some suggestions during his oral arguments on Dec 9th that some top universities, such as the University of Texas, were too taxing for black students and that they might do better if they attended “a less-advanced school, ......
“Light that motherf***er on fire!” And “Sieg Heil!” Shouted As #BLM Protesters Dragged From Trump Rally (VIDEO)
Donald Trump took to the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino on Monday night to hold yet another one of his ciruces. Of course protester, mostly from #BlackLivesMatter turned up and of course they were ejected from the event. This in itself isn't such a big deal but...
WTF: Protest Racism and Get Your Scholarship Revoked!!!!
State Rep. Rick Brattin appears to be trying to stop athletes on football scholarships at the University of Missouri from protesting racism at the school. A proposal was filed on friday that would strip a college athletes scholarship if they refuse playing for reasons...
Actor Delroy Lindo to Play the Great Marcus Garvey in Upcoming Biographical Movie to Be Released..When?
There have been a flood of slave movies to hit the market recently depicting black people as weak, downtrodden and powerless or a biopic movies that focus on celebrities, entertainers and those that dance, laugh for a living, but this is something different. This...
