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Did You Know A Black Owned Hotel Group Is Opening A Hotel In Downtown Oakland?
The Homage Hotel Group is giving you a chance to become a part of making Black History in the Travel and Leisure Industry. Homage is seeking to make a change in the American hotel industry, in which African Americans own less than 1% by opening a new hotel in downtown...
White Racism Vs. Black Racism: The Difference White People Need To Understand
For the past decade or so, white people have yelled reverse racism in certain situations. But I don't think white people understand what racism or the fact that they created it. After I break down the effects of racism and you watch how Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary break it...
An Attack On Black Culture: Ohio School Bans Afro Puffs And Braids
The Lorain Horizon Science Academy in Ohio is facing heat from the natural hair community after a copy of a letter to parents that included a ban on afro puffs and ‘small twisted braids’ was posted online. The letter details changes to the dress code for the upcoming...
Did You Know Beyoncé Dropped Millions To Build Housing Complex For Houston Homeless?
Beyoncé is certainly feeling philanthropic this year! After donating half a million to Chime for Change, a global campaign that was created to help strengthen and unite the voices of young women around the world by inspiring them with “powerful stories” about...
POTUS Obama Defends #BlackLivesMatter: “The African American community is not just making this up.”
President Obama may not address black issues like many of us want him to all the time, but he does stand up and speak up on these issues. Recently, he took a moment to address the #BlackLivesMatter movement and it is something we believe you need to see. POTUS is...
Did You Know This Nigerian Billionaire Dethroned Oprah as World’s Richest Black Woman?
Dethroning Oprah Winfrey as the richest black woman in the world, Nigerian fashion designer turned oil financier, Folorunsho Alakija, is worth an estimated $7 billion. She began building a fortune in the 1980s with the development of a successful fashion design and...
This Chicago Entrepreneur’s Vegan Cookies Gain Momentum, Now Sold in Whole Foods & Walgreens
You might think because his cookies are vegan, they will not appeal to you because you eat meat. However, you couldn’t be further from the truth, according to fans of the Chicago cookie entrepreneur. Jimmy Prude is the Auburn Gresham neighborhood of Chicago...
Usher Takes A Stand Against Police Brutality During Live Performance at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center
As more and more light is shed on the fact that police brutality is something is real and happening all over this country, celebrities are jumping on board to support their people. It is actually quite refreshing to see this. Not everyone can steal the show when...
Ex-Athletes Go Broke, But Not David Robinson Who Just Launched His SECOND Private-Equity Fund
You constantly hear the horror stories of professional athletes going broke after they are finished playing. Former NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL stars finances dry up at a pretty alarming rate during retirement because they are use to spending and earning at a certain level....
11 Year Old Nigerian Journalist & Filmmaker Is Youngest Person Ever Interviewed by Forbes Magazine
We believe the world needs to celebrate excellence and this is exactly what 11 year old Zuriel Oduwale represents, excellence. She is the youngest person ever interviewed by Forbes Magazine, not because she is black, but because she is supremely talented. buy lexapro...
As Original Tuskegee Airmen Fade, an Effort to Save the Legacy Grows | #NeverForget Our History
By Avis Thomas Lester / Urban News Service: More than 16,000 Tuskegee Airmen made history, but now only about 250 remain. They see each other mostly at funerals these days. When the heroes returned some from overseas after World War II, they were still treated as...
Prison Phone Rates Generate Billions For Companies With Exorbitant Fees on the Backs of Black Families
By Curtis Bunn/Urban News Service: Garry Lawrence’s family worried about paying his legal fees. But phoning him in prison nearly bankrupted them. When Garry was arrested almost seven years ago on a minor drug offense, his loved ones knew that paying a lawyer...
