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Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan Markle have made explosive presentations in the news recently. There have been perspectives from everyone with a platform who either validate or are against the two. On CNN’s Cuomo Prime Time, the New York Governor’s brother sets the stage for viewers to hear thoughts from an African-American perspective on people […]
Tuesday, March 9th, American singer-songwriter Janelle Monaé appeared on The Late Show With Steven Colbert. Did you know she could play the guitar? She has a fully live band complete with a DJ that rocks. This performance was partly an extension of an Amazon Original Movie led by Stacy Abrams called “All In: The Fight […]
Here’s a seemingly familiar scenario for your future ride-sharing experience! An Uber driver in the Bay area recently had a pickup of three women. At some point during the ride, the driver addressed them about wearing facemasks. The difference in opinions became confrontational. This escalated into a feud and the driver refused to take them […]
Once again, the notably hardworking Maia Chaka has made history. Just seven years ago, she was one of only two females selected for the NFL Officiating Development Program. On March 5, 2021, NBC announced on the TODAY show that she became the first Black woman to become an NFL official. Chaka, originally from Rochester, New […]
Michael Brown Senior, father of Michael Brown Jr. is requesting a $20 million portion of the $90 million donations acquired by the Black Lives Matter organization in 2020. It has been reported that, courtesy of Black Lives Matter, the Brown family previously received a $500 stimulation for their troubles. The death of Michael Brown Jr. […]
There was a noted teacher, educator and historian from Virginia who was the founder of The Association For The Study of Negro Life. He wrote the Journal of Negro History, originated Negro History Week and studied more than a dozen works dealing with African-Americans in the United States. The name Carter G. Woodson has rang […]
Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall showed up and kicked it with Jimmy Kimmel to talk about events back in the 1980’s and to promote Coming 2 America. The conversation reintroduces Eddie and Arsenio as buddies for those who may not know 30 years later. It has always been an interesting setting for interviews since the […]
The idea for the style of the cartoon character known as Betty Boop came from the presentation of a Black jazz singer in the late 1920’s named Esther Jones. Her stage name was Baby Esther, which matched her baby voice singing style. In 1930, Max Fleischer Studios released the character Betty Boop. The interesting part […]
Rodney Reese is an 18-year-old young man who was arrested while walking home from work during the Texas storm. Police were responding to a call asking them to do a welfare check on a guy walking in the cold wearing only a t-shirt – I didn’t know that was a thing.🤔 When officers approached Reese, […]
Back in 2014, the rap artist known as Bobby Shmurda was taken into custody for conspiracy to possess weapons and possession of a weapon. By 2016, he was sentenced to 6 to 7 years after copping a plea to those charges. Shmurda had since been granted an early conditional release by the Clinton Correctional Facility’s […]