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African Food Made Easy: Entrepreneur Creates App That Delivers African Groceries To Your Door
There is certainly a market gap in some communities for hard to find African and Caribbean grocery such as smoked goat, melon seeds and gari and now one entrepreneur has set up an app to delivery straight to the doors of those in Chicago. The app, OjaExpress, came...
Laquan McDonald’s Killer Out Of Jail After Bail Set At $1.5 Million!
Last week protests erupted after dashcam footage showed Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke shooing 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times. The officer was charged with first-degree murder and taken into custody. Now, around a week later, he has been released on a...
Chicago Denying Blacks Concealed Carry Licenses! Lawsuits Filed
As it should be, applying for a Concealed Carry License in Chicago is quite a rigorous process. You need to take training, pay a host of fees, get through background checks. The law is solid about who can and can't own. However, you would expect, that if you pass...
Did You Know In Holland Saint Nicholas Has a Slave Called Black Pete!
Who on earth is Black Pete? Many traditions are rooted in a not so nice past but one tradition of the holidays in Holland is so clearly racist that it's a wonder that it's allowed to be celebrated on such a wide scale. Every year Saint Nicholas arrives to Holland from...
CNN Contributor Says White Jesus Was Made To Enslave Black People
CNN is not normally a media outlet that tells the truth when it comes to our community. They label us as thugs and typically defend police when they murder us in the street. The only representation we had on CNN is when Roland Martin was on the show. But after they...
Video of KRS-ONE Explaining FreeMasonry, Illuminati, And His “Membership”?
For whatever reason, black people assume that if you are rich or have power, you must be a mason or part of some powerful group such as the illuminati. I guess success doesn't come to black people unless somebody or some entity helps you get there. Or maybe our...
How President Obama And Stephen Curry Are Helping Africa On #GivingTuesday
Aside from their love of basketball, President Barack Obama and Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry share a love of Africa and giving. And they are both now on board encouraging all of us to support Giving Tuesday. What exactly is Giving Tuesday? Giving Tuesday...
Stanford MBA Turns Down Half A Billion To Keep His Business Black Owned
Have you ever heard of Tristian Walker? Well, the 31 year old seems to be serious. Cutting his teeth in Silicon Valley and becoming one of the few blacks in Tech the 31-year-old Stanford MBA graduate saw a missing gap in the market and forged ahead to solve a real...
Did You Know These 10 Year Old Twins Both Received Scholarships to American Ballet Theatre?
Black youth around the world continue to do amazing things. WE just have to take a moment to turn off the lamestream media who ignores our young people and tune into the wonderful things they are achieving. These adorable, 10 year old Canadian twins Nia and Imani...
Rev. Jesse Jackson: Need Bold Comprehensive Change In The Police
The national movement for awareness and change over the treatment is gaining serious momentum as pressure for change is growing in Chicago with the protests related to the release over the video showing the cold blooded murder of black teen #LaquanMcDonald. Now Civil...
Dwayne Wade: Game Day Sneakers Honor #LaquanMcDonald & Call for #Justice
Dwayned Wade is making a strong statement and laying down solid support for #justice by speaking up about #LaquanMcDonald. He took to Instagram to show his weekend gameday signature sneakers adorned with handwritten hashtags: #LaquanMcDonald #Justice #Chicago After...
Chris Brown: $1 from EVERY New Album Sale Goes to Children’s Charity | Compassion or Marketing Tactic?
Chris Brown may be trying to make a good turn or just sell more records with his latest annoucement, who knows!!! Anyway, the man has announced via a video on Instagram that sales from his new album, aptly titled "Royalty" will be split with a Children's Charity. So,...
