by Anthony Thomas | Jan 25, 2016 | Culture, Modern History
At any given moment, there are only approximately a thousand chess Grandmasters that are officially recognized by the World Chess Federation or FIDE (for its acronym in French). This is the greatest title any competitive chess player can achieve, and once a player has...
by Freddie Ra | Jan 24, 2016 | Black 365, History
The aim here is to throw some light on the first all black basketball team established in the United States by Robert “Bob” Douglas. It was initially named the Spartan braves. The team eventually had numerous achievements during their 25 years run. The New...
by Forest Parks | Jan 18, 2016 | History, Modern History
MLK was of course a remarkable man and one of the most important in recent history. As today marks the 30th day of Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States we thought we would bring you a few lesser known facts. 1. He wasn’t born with the name Martin, his...
by Freddie Ra | Jan 15, 2016 | Modern History
The making of the “Cell phone” is generally associated with Martin Cooper, a pioneer in wireless communications; who is a known to have conceived the first hand held model of the cell phone in 1973 and is considered the “Father of the Cell...
by Forest Parks | Jan 14, 2016 | Culture, History, Modern History
Rock ‘n’ roll has always been seen as a white boy scene, with early greats such as Elvis and crossover artists like Johnny Cash to later megastars like the Beatles. Of course, it wasn’t only white artists, Lil Richard was one of the early pioneers...
by Anthony Thomas | Jan 13, 2016 | Modern History
Zakiya Randall has made history by being crowned the first African American & youngest lady to ever win first place in US Womens’ Golf Open Qualifier. This has seen her grace a thousand magazine covers and make headlines on many a sport newspapers. She has...
by Forest Parks | Jan 12, 2016 | History
Have you hear of Bass Reeves? Well, if you have heard of the Lone Ranger then you already know parts of Bass Reeves’s storu. It’s clear he was likely the source for the legend of the Lone Ranger, and it seems Tonto was real too! The “All American...
by Forest Parks | Jan 6, 2016 | Blog
Finding a bookstore that isn’t just pushing the eurocentric agenda is hard work but back in 1997 rappers Talib Kweli and Mos Def AKA Yasiin Bey had a vision. The put a ton of their own cash into Nkiru Books when they purchased it off of it’s previous owner...
by Candace | Jan 6, 2016 | Modern History, Positivity
Tamir Rice, Laquan McDonald, Sandra Bland, Michael Brown, Oscar Grant, and the list goes on. I don’t have to explain these stories because most of us are familiar with them. Police brutality has been a problem in the black community since its humble beginnings, when...
by Furious | Dec 29, 2015 | History, Modern History
Two medical school colleagues, one an immigrant from India, the other a life-long Mississippian, joined forces to resolve a historical oversight that until this month had never officially been corrected. The oversight was no small one either. Until February 7, 2013,...
