New Birth of a Different Kind

Somehow, some way, those of us who care need to find a way to breathe new life into potential voters…
06.19.19

Little Known Black History Fact: The New Negro…

In 1933 a number of African Americans banded together to form an organization that would fight against civil injustice in…
06.19.19

Something Else ‘For Colored Girls’

I have always taken great pride in the fact that I made it on my own after college, moving away…
06.19.19

Little Known Black History Fact: Evelyn Preer

Born in 1896, Evelyn Preer was one of the first African American actresses to transition into Hollywood films with sound.…
06.19.19

WWW: What to Watch, Where to Go, What…

Is it fall yet? In some parts of the country, it feels like summer has extended for a while. Temperature…
06.19.19

Little-Known Black History Fact: Peggy Llewellyn

Peggy Llewellyn is the first black woman in the world to win a professional motorsports event. She finished in the…
06.19.19

Will Downing LP Explores ‘Lust, Love and Lies’

Will Downing is the man with the golden voice. In his lengthy career, which began in the late 80’s, there…
06.19.19

Little Known Black History Fact: The Blackstone Rangers

In the early 1960s, two Chicago men by the names of Jeff Fort and Eugene Hairston, also known as Angel…
06.19.19

Little-Known Black History Fact: Benjamin Turner

Benjamin Turner served as a U.S. representative from Alabama during the Reconstruction period in the late 19th century. Born as…
06.19.19

Life is Not Always a Smoothly-Paved Road

Life is not always a smoothly-paved road. Sometimes it’s pretty damn rough – in disrepair – rocky from heartbreak, marked…
06.19.19

Little-Known Black History Fact: James McCune Smith

James McCune Smith was the first African-American to earn a medical degree and to open his own pharmacy in the…
06.19.19

Actor Anthony Anderson: Diabetes Didn’t Break Me

Anthony Anderson was always a husky guy, but that never stopped the actor from getting great roles in movies like…
06.19.19

Little-Known Black History Fact: The Battle of Henry…

Henry Johnson was a former Harlem Hellfighter of the 369th Regiment, World War I. The story of his fight in…
06.19.19

Little-Known Black History Fact: Vernice Armour

At 24 years old, Vernice Armour, a.k.a. Flygirl, set out to make a difference. She began with making history at…
06.19.19

Flying High

Some days are rougher than others for black America, and I think yesterday was one of the roughest in a…
06.19.19

Little-Known Black History Fact: MaVynne Betsch and Billie…

American Beach, located on Amelia Island, Florida, was founded in 1935 by black businessman Abraham Lewis as a place for…
06.19.19