BLACK HISTORY  

A Poem By M, Judith Riggins in honor of Martin Luther King Jr Day

While the Poor People's Campaign advocates primarily for poor people and marginalized demographics, some issues go beyond black and white.

Slaves, immigrants, translators, Slave Owners, and business partners. There is this simplistically insane mythology that suggests for reason

Survival is a basic instinct. The dictionary describes self-preservation as behavior or a set of actions that ensure the survival of an orga

“It matters not what happens to me, but what happens to those of you who believe in me.” A saying that the late, great Bishop Alfred Singlet

Asking to be recognized as a member of the human race is unfathomable. Yet, that is the reality for millions of Americans.

The most confusing thing about today's black community outside of the fact that it is imploded due to a false narrative of female

A proud Italian American who grew up in a tight-knit, immigrant family that knew little of diversity and nothing of black history. I learned

I Can't imagine what it would be like to wake up one day and realize you are the wife of Mosses. Such was the realization of Dr. Sephira Bai

History, not exclusively American history, is infamous for not recording the whole truth. Or, better yet, selective, and opinionated truths.

Bruce Richardson began playing the drums more than sixty years ago. He was nine years old when he began drumming. Initially he tried...

Georgia Gilmore Kept the Montgomery Bus Fed According to Maria Godoy a National Public Radio correspondent, in December 1955, while Rosa...

By Bettye Thomas-Gilkey Courtesy Photo-Ward Beard Ward “Skillz” Beard is a graduate of the Historically Black College, Alabama A & M...

JANEECE FREEMAN, a young lady who was able to follow her dream, became an actor, educator, mentor, and director who grew up in Lansing,...

Courtesy Photo-Yanice Jackson-Long Yanice always had a desire to attend an HBCU even as an undergraduate student at Eastern Michigan...

Courtesy Photo-Jan Henderson When Jan Henderson attended West Virginia State University in Norfolk, Virginia, everyone was required to...

Courtesy Photo-Randa Darwood I am a proud alumna of The Virginia State University, a university that has been building a better world...

Courtesy Photo-Deana Newman Deana’s college career initially began at Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and although she...

Ralph Riddle Jr. chose Fisk University because of its rich history that boasted of many great African Americans attendees. “I readily...

Dr. Carrie Baptiste grew up in Baldwin, Louisiana, just southwest of New Orleans, in a home of strict but loving religious parents. She...