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Black Fact Of The Day! Did you know that the dustpan you use to sweep up trash and dirt with was patented by an African-American? Lloyd Ray born in 1860 made a device with a metal collection plate attached to a short wooden handle that trash could be swept up without touching it. Prior to […]

Last month the founder of community advocacy group RocGrowth, Richard Glaser, organized an online petition calling for the name change. This past week a bill was proposed to change the Airports name from The Greater Rochester International Airport to the, Frederick Douglass – Greater Rochester International Airport. If approved, next month it will go before […]

On May 31st a SpaceX crew named Dragon–the spacecraft’s name is Endeavour–took off in a Falcon 9 rocket located at the Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Whether or not they land today comes down to, the weather. What I want to know is–who is in charge of naming these things? […]

Michael Mauldin, Demmette Guidry and Judy Klein, head the non-profit professional trade association that just announced the Black American Music Association (BAM). Some of their goals for the future include: A Black American Music Walk of Fame, which is scheduled to begin the building process this fall in Atlanta Georgia. In 2022 A Black American […]

Have you heard of the group called The Frog House? I hadn’t until the other day. They were hosting a 2nd annual scavenger hunt and mentioned their fairly new plans to preserve 30-acres of woodlands, wetlands, and both spring-fed and vernal pond habitat. The Frog House works to educate the community about local conservation efforts […]

Immediately after seeing this trailer, I wanted to watch the whole movie! A little sad to report the film is scheduled to premiere in 2021–but hey!–something to look forward to. The film stars Daniel Kaluuya (from Queen & Slim, the Must Watch of 2019) as revolutionary Black Panther Fred Hampton, along with Lakeith Stanfield as […]

After getting off to a late and subtle start, Rick Ross easily won battle vs 2 Chainz. If you missed it, watch the full Verzuz TV Battle here. Note* the live cut off several times in the beginning so what you’ll see above is the stream that started around 8:30pm Thursday. With hits like “I’m […]

One of the most memorable contestants on RuPaul’s Drag Race Chi Chi DeVayne has passed away after being hospitalized with pneumonia.     View this post on Instagram   🖤👑Royalty👑🖤 #chichidevayne #rpdr #rupaulsdragrace #louisianadrag🐊 A post shared by Chi Chi DeVayne (@chichidevayneofficial) on Jun 3, 2020 at 4:37pm PDT In July, DeVayne was admitted to […]

After being called out by T.I. on Instagram, 50 Cent is giving the people something else to talk about… a new Pop Smoke music video! Fifty jumped on a track with deceased rapper and Roddy Rich for “The Woo”. Remember where you heard it first, on 103.9 WDKX New at 2!   The music video […]

I was driving west out of downtown on Main St. yesterday and noticed a small group painting on the side of the Sew Green building. Turns out a group of youth muralists came together for this project to support woman, girls, diversity, inclusion and to honor the 100-year anniversary of the 19th Amendment on August […]