DIRECTOR: Numa Perrier
WRITER: Leigh Davenport
BASED ON THE NOVEL BY: Tia Williams
PRODUCERS: Glendon Palmer, Gabrielle Union, Jeff Morrone, Codie Elaine Oliver, Tommy Oliver
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Stuart Ford, Miguel A. Palos, Linda McDo ...
Posted Thursday, May 18th 2023 at 7:37PM
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Reginald Martinez Jackson (born May 18, 1946) is an American former professional baseball right fielder who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, and California ...
Posted Thursday, May 18th 2023 at 5:49PM
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This Day in Black History: May 18, 1896
U.S. Supreme Court upheld “separate but equal” doctrine in Plessy v. Ferguson case.
The United States Supreme ruled in the Plessy v. Ferguson court case to uphold a Louisiana state law allowing “separ ...
Posted Thursday, May 18th 2023 at 1:13PM
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Yannick Noah (French pronunciation: (Born 18 May 1960) is a French former professional tennis player and singer. Noah won the French Open in 1983, and is currently the captain of both France's Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup teams. During ...
Posted Thursday, May 18th 2023 at 10:04AM
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The Legacy of Malcolm X
Junious Ricardo Stanton
As we pause to commemorate the birth and life of Malcolm Little, aka Malcolm X ak ...
Posted Thursday, May 18th 2023 at 9:40AM
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William Anthony Parker Jr. (born 17 May 1982) is a French-American former professional basketball player and majority owner of ASVEL Basket in the LNB Pro A. Himself the son of a basketball pro, Parker started his career at Paris Basket Racin ...
Posted Wednesday, May 17th 2023 at 8:02PM
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Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956), best known as "Sugar" Ray Leonard, is an American former professional boxer, motivational speaker, and occasional actor. Often regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time, he competed professionally b ...
Posted Wednesday, May 17th 2023 at 3:59PM
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This is the most powerful 24 second speech I have ever heard. That speech was direct, short, clear and you will get the point, Republicans: https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1658520310130548739/video/1
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Posted Wednesday, May 17th 2023 at 7:29AM
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Last night was the 27th Annual Webby Awards Show, hosted by Roy Wood Jr.! The best of the Internet, all under one roof—the talent and expertise were unparalleled. It was a fitting toast to Webby Winners who gave us That Feeling.
It was a night ...
Posted Wednesday, May 17th 2023 at 3:27AM
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For Immediate Release From Kingdom-Levine-Oliver Publisher, Inc.!
Table of Contents
THE OBAMA FOUNDATION NEWS: VISITING CHICAGO!
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN NEWS: Howard University Commencement Address!
HIS ROYAL MAJESTY GENERAL ASSISTANT ...
Posted Tuesday, May 16th 2023 at 12:03PM
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Chicago Mother and Son to Graduate From Same College Together
Tonya Williams of Chatham, Illinois, will be graduating alongside her son Aaron Williams, on May 15 at Chicago State University.
Like many parents this season, Tonya Williams will pr ...
Posted Monday, May 15th 2023 at 11:35AM
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This Day in Black History: May 15, 2002
Bobby Frank Cherry, the last of the Birmingham church bomb killers to be convicted of murder, was sentenced in 2002.
It took more than a decade to prosecute and convict the three Ku Klux Klan members who bo ...
Posted Monday, May 15th 2023 at 10:47AM
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Henry Johnson (World War I soldier)
William Henry Johnson (circa July 15, 1892 – July 1, 1929), commonly known as Henry Johnson, was a United States Army soldier who performed heroically in the first African American unit of the United States Ar ...
Posted Monday, May 15th 2023 at 9:42AM
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For Immediate Release From Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, DC!
WHAT: JUNETEENTH/ DAY CULTURAL MASS
WHEN: June 18, 2023
TIME: 10:30 a.m., EST- 12:30 p.m., EST ...
Posted Saturday, May 13th 2023 at 3:25PM
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Mary Esther Wells (May 13, 1943 – July 26, 1992) was an American singer, who helped to define the emerging sound of Motown in the early 1960s.
Along with the Supremes, the Miracles, the Temptations, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, and the Four ...
Posted Saturday, May 13th 2023 at 10:02AM
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Carolyn Robertson Payton (May 13, 1925 – April 11, 2001) was appointed Director of the United States Peace Corps in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter. She was the first female and the first African American to be Peace Corps Director. Payton was a pio ...
Posted Saturday, May 13th 2023 at 9:48AM
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Dennis Keith Rodman (born May 13, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player. Known for his fierce defensive and rebounding abilities, his biography on the official NBA website states that he is "arguably the best rebounding forward ...
Posted Saturday, May 13th 2023 at 9:40AM
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For Immediate Release From OSERS!
New OSEP Funding Opportunities
Below is a listing of new OSEP discretionary funding opportunities in chronological order. Information included is:
ALN The program's Assistance Listing Number (ALN)
Read th ...
Posted Friday, May 12th 2023 at 12:11PM
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For Immediate Release From USDE!
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona today announced the 59th class of U.S. Presidential Scholars, recognizing 161 high school seniors for their accomplishments in academics, the arts, and career and techni ...
Posted Friday, May 12th 2023 at 11:26AM
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Are You Experienced
Are You Experienced is the debut studio album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Released in 1967, the LP was an immediate critical and commercial success, and it is widely regarded as one of the greatest albums of all time. The a ...
Posted Friday, May 12th 2023 at 10:52AM
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