We have compiled a list of ten black [and some not so black] films that shifted not only the world of cinema but culture as…
Once upon a time (1994-1995) a few great men of music got together to embody what it meant to be Young, Talented and Black, and what it meant to support the message #BlackLivesMatter…The results were a smash hit titled “U Will Know”. The song was featured on one of my favorite movies- Jason’s Lyric, which also happened to […]
February is Black History month and since it is a celebration and ackowledgement of the contributions of African Americans to United States history, Black History is American History. Click here to read more.
MLK’s Mother was Assassinated, too? WHO KNEW!? I read Alberta Williams King, Mother to assassinated activist and history maker, Martin Luther King, Jr. was also slain on June 30th 1974, while playing the piano at her church. I was in disbelief while reading the article and I wondered why I had never heard this story […]
A Nigerian Father creates a line of African dolls called Queens Of Africa that are now more popular than Barbie amongst young African girls. Toafick Okoya, 43, created the dolls out of frustration and a little heart break after his daughter confessed to him that she wanted to be white much like the dolls that […]
This letter will blow you away. It’s will show how well educated this slave was. Click here to read the Original 1865 Letter of A Slave Master Asking His Freed Slave To Come Back
Betty Shabazz (pictured), the widow of famed civil rights icon Malcolm X, died on this day in 1997 at the age of 61. Her death…
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, is a holiday of notable significance for many African Americans. June 19, 1865, highlights the abolition…
Oliver Cromwell, a Black soldier who was possibly of mixed heritage that fought in the American Revolutionary War, was honorably discharged and given a Badge…
On May 11, 1970, the city of Augusta, Ga., was rocked by a race riot sparked by a prison killing of a mentally handicapped…
Nina Simone (pictured) is one of American music’s most-iconic figures as well as a legendary icon of artistic expression and empowerment. Known as the “High…
President Abraham Lincoln‘s Emancipation Proclamation didn’t become national law until January 1, 1863, which gave millions of slaves their freedom. Before that historic event, the…
