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A veritable who's who in Black excellence attended, spoke or did both at the events in Memphis commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination on April 4.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would be 89 years old now if his life wasn’t tragically taken in Memphis, Tennessee 50 years ago. Over the years, the dream Dr. King had for America and its children remains largely unrealized, and racial tensions along with division are higher than ever. On the eve of his […]
The Easter bunny, or what some like to call the Easter Rabbit or Easter Hare, is a staple in our Easter traditions. Parents hide Easter eggs, and children run and find them, and we all chalk it up to the Easter bunny. But who invented the Easter Bunny? Easter Rabbit originated among German Lutherans, and was intended as a character that played […]
On Saturday, during the March for Our Lives protest, Martin Luther King Jr.’s granddaughter Yolanda Renee King delivered a powerful speech.
Sadly, we lost another unarmed Black man at the hands of police this week. On Sunday, 22-year-old Stephon Clark was holding a cell phone in his grandmother’s backyard in Sacramento when officers mistook for a gun and fired 20 shots at the kid. Is it just us, or the whole “I thought he had a […]
Have a look at the youthful faces of the country's current and future freedom fighters as well as their colorful, clever signs at the March for Our Lives.
On Saturday (Mar. 24), millions of demonstrators joined forces to let politicians know that times up when it comes to the lack of gun control in this country.
His violence was videotaped.
If you’re a church-going citizen, you know every Sunday that collection plate gets passed around to give your offerings to God. You also probably know that some of the good Christian folks might get a little skimpy with the donations, using every excuse in the book. Well one religious institution is getting their money one […]