Minister Louis Farrakhan Implies It’s Time for Jay Z to Cover Beyonce Up With More Clothes | Do You Agree?
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...
Ahmed’s Old High School Welcomes Him Back, But the Family Chucks Them The Deuces | He Won’t Return
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...
Did You Know Viola Davis Became The First Black Woman in History To Win Emmy for Lead Actress in a Drama?
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...
Did You Know This Female Engineer Started an Automechanic Institute to Empower Black Women?
"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 shoes they take better...
The Truth: Is #BlackLivesMatter Racist?
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...
Nate Parker & Gabrielle Union to star in Nat Turner Biopic entitled ‘The Birth of a Nation’
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...
Did You Know Wendell Pierce Rebuilt 75 Homes After Hurricane Katrina Because Insurance Companies, Like Allstate, Cheated Families?
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...
Fox News Host Lost Their Mind Over Stephen Colbert Wearing a Black Lives Matter Bracelet
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....
Did the Police Arrest This Man for Minor Traffic Violation, Fake His Suicide Only for Him to Survive & Challenge Their Claim?
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...
African American Studies To Be Requirement For Graduation in California Schools
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...
Right Wing Conservatives Lie Stating Will Smith Donated $150,000 to a Terrorist Organization
The story of Will and Jada Smith donating to Minister Louis Farrakhan’s 20th anniversary of the Million Man March with their Justice or Else! movement later this year has been slurred by the right wing media and so called conservatives. Philly.com reported last week,...
Roscoe’s Chicken N’ Waffles Ordered to Pay a Black, Ex-Employee $1.6M in Race Discrimination Suit
Roscoe’s Chicken N’ Waffles is a legendary black owned restaurant in California. It’s been frequented by celebrities, movie stars, even the President of the United States. However, the chain of 7 restaurants clearly have an issue with race discrimination inside one of...
Mother Rejects $900K in Hush Money To Quiet Lawsuit Against Cops Who Killed Her Son By Shooting Him in the Back
With the rash of police killings of unarmed black men, you may have forgotten the name Darrien Hunt. It is very difficult to keep up these days and remember the names, details and which police officers did the killing. Darrien Hunt was the 22 year old, black man shot...
Did You know This Black Artist “Dustheads” Painting Sold for $48.4 Million Dollars in 2013?
To be honest, I don’t have a particularly strong eye for art, just don’t have the background and exposure to be a leading authority of on the topic. However, I do have a strong understanding and appreciation for individuality, success and hard work. These are things...
Did You Know Tulsa, OK Police Chief Apologized for 1921 Attack & Destruction Black Wall Street? But What About Reparations?
Many are not familiar or will not recognize the first airplane attack on American soil was not 9/11 and the Twin Towers. It happened when the Black Wall Street section of Tulsa, Oklahoma was bombed from the air and destroyed during the Tulsa Race Riots of 1921....
Designer Takes Shots at Police Brutality & Racism w/ Blood-Splattered Clothing Line, Fashion Show Starting w/ Violent Police Footage
At New York Fashion Week, a designer decided to make a statement regarding police brutality and racism when it comes to black people in this country. During the prominent fashion show, the designer showed a powerful 10 minute video highlighting many incidents of...
Good Cop Alert: Cop Caught Feeding Kids & Being A Good Servant
With so much negativity going on in the news about cops and the killing of black innocent people, it is refreshing to know that there are some cops are their that realize their job is to protect and serve, not divide and conquer. Most cops like to poke their chest out...
AMANDLA STENBERG CREATES NEW COMIC “NIOBE: SHE IS LIFE” AS A TRIBUTE TO BADASS BLACK WOMEN
#Amandla Stenberg is a very talented and intelligent 16-year-old actress, and now she is the author of a new comic book entitled “NIOBE: She is Life.” Stenberg co-wrote the book with Sebastian A. Jones, and it is illustrated by Ashley A. Woods, and the layout by...
Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron & Wife Donated $3 Million to Morehouse School of Medicine
One more time Hank Aaron enters the record books, but this time it has nothing to do with his talent on the baseball field, involves his wife Billye, and underscores their commitment to the future of the black community. Hank and Billye Aaron put their money where...
Did You Know LeBron James Is Paying for Akron Parents of the 1,100 Scholarship Kids to Get Their GEDs?
It still baffles my mind that LeBron James is still seen as a villian in the black community. Maybe we take our sports entirely too seriously because this young man is a great father, husband, business man and very active in the community. Fresh off the heels of his...
