#SayHisName Timothy Tyson is the author of The Blood Of Emmett Till which required him to conduct research naturally but I don’t think he was ready for what he was about to find. Carolyn Bryant Donham, the 21-year old woman who accused Emmett Till of making verbal and physical advances toward her, confessed that, “Nothing […]
Today the college is celebrated for both its academics and civil leadership.
Established in 1867 as the Biddle Memorial Institute, Johnson C. Smith is a private university located in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1921 Jane Berry Smith provided a handsome endowment for the institution in memory of her late husband, Johnson C. Smith. She gave funds to build a theological dormitory, science hall, teachers’ cottage and memorial […]
On February 1st, 1960 the college was at the center of the Civil Rights movement, when four A&T freshmen students...
Saint Augustine is known for both its academic and athletic prowess. The men’s track and field team is legendary.
In 1980, four years before his own death, Martin Luther King Sr. published the autobiography Daddy King. The book, which had been out of print for nearly two decades, is now being released in a new edition. In this excerpt, King recalls how he and his wife—whom he called “Bunch”—learned that their son had been […]
Last night Solo was invited to do 2 songs live on SNL. Her new album A Seat At The Table is still doing well on the Billiboard charts, Apple Music and Spotify. Here are both of her performances in case you missed it !
……and I’m not talking 40 acres and a mule! A recent study by the United Nations’ Working Group Of Experts on People of African Descent found the effects from slavery until 2016, are grounds for people of African descent to receive some type of repayment. Take a look. “In particular, the legacy of colonial history, […]
August 22nd, 2016 London organizers held the first memorial to enslaved Africans; this is the first one in London history. August 23rd is International Day For The Remembrance of Transatlantic Slave Trade and Abolition. Â It seems that there isn’t much emphasis or acknowledgement of the slave trade in England and a group […]
Black Independence Day, otherwise known as Juneteenth, has arrived. We’ve compiled a few facts that you may not have known about the celebration of the emancipation of the last slaves in the United States. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Sept. 22, 1862, but it took nearly three more years before full emancipation […]
Black Independence Day, otherwise known as Juneteenth, has arrived. We’ve compiled a few facts that you may not have known about the celebration of the emancipation of the last slaves in the United States. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Sept. 22, 1862, but it took nearly three more years before full emancipation […]
Black Independence Day, otherwise known as Juneteenth, has arrived. We’ve compiled a few facts that you may not have known about the celebration of the emancipation of the last slaves in the United States. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Sept. 22, 1862, but it took nearly three more years before full emancipation […]