by Dez Smith | Oct 16, 2015 | Modern History
That is just what Lt. Col Tengesdal does every day as a U-2 pilot. What’s so special about this you may wonder? Lt. Col Merryl Tengesdal is a women, an African American women and she is the first ever in history to pilot the U-2, which is a reconnaissance aircraft...
by Freddie Ra | Aug 19, 2015 | Business, News
Marsha Barnes is a young woman who was inspired by the sound financial example of her parents. They lived modest lives taking care of the family, skipping on luxuries like call waiting or shopping at designer stores for clothes. They were saving their funds for...
by Monique Cowan | Dec 31, 2013 | Culture, Positivity
I recently read an article that was supposed to big up the Black father. The article’s title (something along the lines of “Black Men as Deadbeats is a Myth”) suggested, at least to me, that this would be a story of a man or men who go through hell and high water to...
by Furious | Dec 17, 2013 | Business
We are constantly talking about entrepreneurship and business development inside the UI Family. Many understand there is a strong need for us to open our own businesses, hire our community and support these endeavors with our spending dollars. One segment of the black...
by Kenya | Jul 24, 2013 | Blog
At least once a day, I hear someone mention that the black community needs to be able to stick together if we are going to manage problems that exist within our community. I could not agree more, but a sense of community goes beyond spending money with black...