Despite our predictions to the contrary, number one seeded shows The Jeffersons and Good Times suffered devastating loses in the…
After last week’s post on financial scams ruining the Black community , I received an overwhelming amount of response. Between…
It was 1997 when Love Jones premiered starring budding stars Larenz Tate and Nia Long, and almost 15 years later…
Today marks the 68th anniversary of the birth of one of black music’s greatest songwriters, Curtis Mayfield. His work with…
No sport has been more celebrated in the black community than the game of basketball. From the gifted athletes, to…
Reality television has been one of the most controversial mediums of television since its inception, especially in the black community.…
A woman who believes “luck is preparation meeting opportunity,” Oprah Gail Winfrey has continuously shattered gender and racial barriers in…
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On the extended version of his 1988 single “I Wish U Heaven,” Prince sang “Take this beat / I don’t…
Ralph Ellison was the first novelist to portray the Black experience as a critical part of the American experience. His…
For anyone who has ever attended an HBCU (Historically Black College and/or University), they will tell you how true to…
Yesterday we closed our second round of The Greatest Black Sitcom of All-Time Competition narrowing down our picks from 32…
You got questions? These nine television hosts probably had them too, for a wide array of celebrities, politicians, athletes, and…
Mary McLeod Bethune, the daughter of slaves, became an early 20th Century educator and civil rights leader, founding both Bethune-Cookman…
Don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against The Cosby Show. It’s not only one of the best black sitcoms…
A master of storytelling, Toni Morrison was the first Black woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Pulitzer…
Professing to be “unbossed and unbought,” Shirley Chisholm was the first black female major-party candidate for President of the United…
In the 1980s, musicians only scratched the surface of what could be done with the music video. Michael Jackson set…
We asked Comedian Shang, “Emmanuel Lewis or Gary Coleman?” Check out his answer below! Kyte.Embed.path=”http://media.kyte.tv”;Kyte.Embed.altpath=”http://www.kyte.tv”;window.kyteplayer=new Kyte.Player(“”,{appKey:”default”,width:420,height:685,p:”6453″,tbid:”22″});
If the early 1990’s will be remembered for one thing, it’s the sound of a dog barking, but not by…
1948- President Harry Truman signs Executive Order 9981, ending segregation in US Armed Forces.
When Booker T. Washington stepped to the podium at the Atlanta Exposition in 1895 to give a speech on race…
We love to see sitcoms with actors who look like us, talk like us, and act like us, but we…
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