by Reneegede | Dec 17, 2014 | Opinion
UI MEME OF THE DAY, A DAILY SERIES… When we talk about the senseless killings and murders of unarmed Black men and women, even by other Black people, it often gets treated the same way that white people use to ridicule fat Black women — by comparing fat...
by Ghostndamachine | May 26, 2014 | Culture, History
Social media, is new. It is also everywhere, it is this generation’s light bulb. It is at once liberating, as well as pernicious. We have become so addicted to social media that we don’t realize that just ten years ago, we were all into MySpace, Black...
by Mo Gamble | May 22, 2014 | Culture, News, Positivity
Today NASCAR, the largest sanctioning body of stock car racing honored African-American race car driver Wendell Scott by inducting him into the 2015 class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. According to, http://www.nascar.com, Wendell Scott wasn’t the first...
by Ghostndamachine | Apr 14, 2014 | Culture
I don’t dress like today’s youth and luckily my era had a different dress code. I, however, am afraid that we are telling our young boys that how you look makes a difference in whether or not you’ll be successful in this country. We all have a...
by Patrick Irvine | Apr 9, 2014 | Culture
As we sit back and marvel with jubilation, frustration, agitation, or aggravation (depending on your perspective) at the world around us. We see examples of what we could be and how we could get there swirling around us in a never ending game of nanny nanny boo boo. ...
by Pret-A-Porte | Sep 27, 2013 | News, Positivity
Tobias Bass, 10, wants to be a pastor, brings home good grades and sports trophies but that alone is not why he was featured on Oklahoma’s News 9. This young man wrote into the news station requesting help NOT in the form of money but a loan, a loan for a...
by jerryl | Jul 2, 2013 | Blog, History
Uncle Tom History has not been kind to Uncle Tom, the hero of Uncle Tom’s Cabin and one of the most popular figures of nineteenth-century American fiction. After its initial burst of sensational popularity and influence, Uncle Tom’s Cabin fell into neglect. Its...
by Furious | May 21, 2013 | Positivity
Clutch – Cortlan Wickliff, 22, is graduating from Harvard Law School on May 3. When he crosses the stage and receives his Juris Doctorate, Wickliff will be the youngest African-American to ever join the elusive law school alumni club. This isn’t the first time...
by Furious | May 16, 2013 | Positivity
Black Blue Dog – This week, a father-son duo are going to do something special and extraordinary: They are going to graduate from Morehouse College together. Dorian Joyner Sr. will march with his oldest son, Dorian Jr. fulfilling a promise he made to himself...
by Furious | May 15, 2013 | Celebrities, Positivity
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre, whose real name is Andre Young, and music industry entrepreneur Jimmy Iovine have donated a combined $70 million to create a new institute at the University of Southern California, the school announced Tuesday night. The huge...
