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Sam’s Club CEO Ask Suppliers to Hire Minorities and Women Instead of ALL WHITE MEN, Called Racist
Sam’s Club black, female CEO Rosalind Brewer told CNN’s Poppy Harlow that she recently met with a supplier whose executive team was comprised of all white males. “Just today we met with a supplier and the entire other side of the table was all Caucasian males,” she...
Ruben Studdard Receives Master Of Arts Degree From Alabama A&M University
Beloved Alabama native, American Idol Winner and RnB star Ruben Studdard not only recently dropped his fifth studio album, he also smashed it at A&M University where he received his Master Of Arts Degree. Go Ruben!! Ruben took to Instagram to say Today I I received a...
Black 8th Grader: 2015-16 Texan Spelling Bee Champion
The Spelling Bee championships are a big deal in this country! Kids from all over the state fight against each other to rule supreme and show their smarts. Honestly they amaze me, their brains are fine tuned and as funny as it can sometimes be you have to respect...
FIRST EVER: Female Black Mayor In Douglasville, Georgia!!!
Douglasville, Georgia sits about 20 miles outside of Atlanta. This small town has set another black first for itself by nominating it's first black mayor and first female mayor back on Dec 1st. buy nolvadex online...
Black Louisville Man Goes From Homeless to Owning Three Restaurants
Darnell Ferguson has been up and down in his life but today he stands proud as the owner of SuperChef, a very successful Louisville. Darnell started off life well with what he says were good parents (he puts a lot of credit in his step dad) but he struggled with...
Heptagon: Part 3 – Black Men, We Loves You But…
"I loves you but I ain't gonna be your fool." If anyone in here is old enough to remember The Flintstones, Ann Margrock (real life "Ann Margret") was the subject of an episode where she sang this song and totally killed it. Well, this isn't cartoonland, but the words...
Heptagon: Part 2 – The American Black Woman & Looks-ism
Most people in the world are willing to admit that the European "standards of beauty" are at the root of everything from self-hatred to being singled-out for special treatment based on looks, or at least the perception of how certain people look when slathered over...
Heptagon: Part 1 – The Death of An American Black Woman #sandrabland
It was Maya Angelou, I believe, who was quoted as saying "Every man and his dog thinks they can run a road up a Black woman's behind." The more I think about the death of #SandraBland, the more it saddens and sickens me to think of the many ways her life could have...
Black Women Are Leading A South African Wine Revolution
For a long time South Africa's black population in the growing wine scene was as workers on the fields with no idea of the process, no idea of the fineness of the product that was being produced. Luckily things are on the up now and there are black owned and operated...
Trump is ISIS’s “Greatest triumph” According To Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar isn't mincing his words when he says that Donald Trump is not only the biggest triumph of ISIS but also similar in many many ways. In an Op Ed for Time magazine the respected sportsman, movie maker, writer, activist (and more) wrote a series of...
Ava DuVernay to direct a “Star Wars” movie?
Ava DuVernay is getting some attention recently, she is on fire! So much so that there are hints that she may direct an instalment in one of the biggest movie franchises in the whole universe!!! So what's the low down? First off, the sad news is that it won't be any...
Black Led Startup Capitalizes on Natural Gas Bonanza to Make Wealth, Create Jobs & Support Local Economy
By Jared Anderson, Urban News Service - A black entrepreneur’s power move on the energy sector could create hundreds of jobs in one of the the poorest communities in Texas. Houston-based businessman Phillip Franshaw is building Annova LNG, a multi-billion-dollar...
