“The study of history cannot be a mere celebration of those who struggled on our behalf. We must be instructed by history and should transform history into concrete reality, into planning and development, into the construction of power and the ability to ensure our survival as a people. If not, Black History Month becomes an […]
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THROWBACK POST: The First African-American Secret Service Agent To Guard An American President
“…Abraham Bolden, who in 1961, had been the first Black man ever assigned to the secret service detail guarding American presidents. In May 1964, Bolden made an attempt to contact the Warren Commission concerning two matters he felt should be brought to light: (1) A rumored plot to assassinate JFK at a college football game […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review: “Amusing Ourselves To Death” By: Neil Postman
Written almost two and a half decades ago, “Amusing Ourselves To Death” is a thought provoking analysis of how our advancement of technological devices that facilitate communication has affected our relationships and our ability to think. Although the author penned this book before the popularization of the internet, the points he makes are very relevant […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Excerpt Of The Week: “Peace From Broken Pieces” By: Iyanla Vanzant
“Very often we claim to know something. We get an idea about what to do or not do, yet, for some reason our behavior doesn’t change. At times, we just can’t seem to do what we know. This is known as mental healing. Something has shifted in your thinking, but it has not reached the […]
Read the rest of this entry »THROWBACK POST: Book Excerpt Of The Week- Part 2: “Developing Positive Self-Images & Discipline In Black Children” By: Jawanza Kunjufu
“One place to see what America values, is in what their schools teach. If you want to be an engineer, doctor, accountant, etc., there are schools for that; but what if you want to be a father, mother, husband, or wife there are few, if any, schools. The importance of child rearing and marriage is […]
Read the rest of this entry »THROWBACK POST: Book Excerpt Of The Week- Part 1: “Developing Positive Self-Images & Discipline In Black Children” By: Jawanza Kunjufu
“As powerful as the TV media has become, they have, as yet been unable to force us to turn it on! If television is a problem, it’s because we have not monitored its use. Television actually is different from programming. The former is the equipment, and the later is the content. A major problem is […]
Read the rest of this entry »Throwback Post: What Happened To Addie Mae Collins?
“Many people assume that belief in the theft of black bodies is paranoia born of a violent racist history. But Jamie Gaines and Sarah Cox know from experience that black cadavers tend to disappear. In January 1998, the sisters frowned as they surveyed the crumbling headstones, trash, and tangled weeds strangling Greenwood, the Birmingham, Alabama, […]
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In 1897, John Love invented the pencil sharpener. Tweet
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“It was disclosed later from notes and memoirs of cabinet members that Nixon and Kissinger had considered dropping nuclear bombs on Vietnam. Fear of campus rebellion was one of the reasons they decided against it.” -From, The Assassination of Fred Hampton By: Jeffrey Haas Tweet
Read the rest of this entry »Arthur McDuffie, 1979
“Arthur McDuffie was a cool brother. He was the type of brother in the hood just living life and taking it easy. His only vice was motorcycles. Well, not a vice actually, but a brother flossing on top a Kawaski in the early eighties in Miami? It wasn’t something cops took kindly to. On December […]
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