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Name That Google Doodle!

Jazzy T — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:02:45 +0000

Check out Mama Africa’s Google Doodle and if you don’t know about this powerful woman’s legacy, get familiar inside with the birthday girl inside. If you’ve ever noticed on the Google homepage there is always an artistic tribute to a special person, place or event. And to my surprise, this was up there today (3/4/13)! [...]

IS "BEAT THE "P*****" UP" OK?

Todd Anderson — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:49:09 +0000

Hasn't this Hip-Hop thing gone too far yet? What was initially meant to be a Socially Conscious and often times Fun, Happy, and Energetic means of delivering a message through the ART OF RAPPING, has become a BREEDING GROUND FOR THE MOST IGNORANT VERBAL COMMUNICATION TO DATE!!!!

The Ignorance associated more and more with what Hip-Hop & "The Rap Game" has become, is epitomized by (in my opinion) "THE RING LEADER OF MUSICAL IGNORANCE"...L

A Black History Month Lesson From The Beginning-Imhotep [VIDEO]

Chris Reynolds — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:55:15 +0000

Malcolm X was fond of saying, “Our history did not begin in chains.”Yet every year that’s where Black History Month lesson plans in schools across America begin. They begin telling the story of our history—in chains. In fact, back in the eighties during my high school days in Tulsa Oklahoma at Booker T. Washington High [...]

On This Day In Black History-January 24th

Chris Reynolds — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:42:58 +0000

On this day in 1962, Jackie Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson was an American baseball player who became the first African American to play Major League Baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Also on this day in 1993, the first black Supreme Court Judge Thurgood Marshall [...]

Black History Month Community Events — Submit Yours!

Chris Reynolds — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:22:31 +0000

The People’s Station 93.7 WBLK salutes all of you that give your time and effort to make this community a better place… If you have a community event you’d like to promote during Black History Month, you can submit your information to WBLK. Be on the lookout out for us to mention your function on [...]

Black On Black Hate Crime [THE BIG DUMMY FILES]

DJ Supreme — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:53:39 +0000

The latest inductee into the BIG DUMMY FILES is Glenn E. Morgan, Jr. The 41-year-old Detroit man was sentenced to three months in prison for mailing Carl and Susan Smith, an interracial couple he's never met, photographs of black men being lynched and a photograph of the murdered body of Nicole Brown Simpson.

Maya Angelou Why Black History Month Still Matters

Chris Reynolds — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:18:26 +0000

I remember this time last year we had a conversation that took place on the Know Thyself Community Wednesday (that will return to the air soon by the way) as to the relevancy of Black History Month and the responses were quite interesting to say the least. Anyone who feels that African history in no longer important is completely out of their mind!

Should Black History Month Consist Of Modern Or Ancient Black History?

Chris Reynolds — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:58:28 +0000

Black History Month the month which we bear witness to the progress, richness and achievement of African Americans in history. This month we pay tribute to those who have paved the way for generations to come. Have you ever considered why a history of a people that started mankind is only celebrated nationally during the shortest month of the year? Why couldn’t be celebrated in June during the Summer Solstice, loaded with a number of various summer outdoor activities. The month of February is during the dead season of winter!!! Just something to think about…

Today's Black History Month Spotlight! Arthur Ashe Tribute [VIDEO]

Chris Reynolds — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:24:27 +0000

On this day in Black History we remember a man who broke down many color barriers and became the first African-American person named to the American Davis Cup. He also won both the Wimbledon and U.S. Open titles and earned the world’s number one ranking in both 1968 and 1975. He became the first African American [...]

The Youngest Person Executed in the United States in the 20th Century

DJ Supreme — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:29:28 +0000

This was all over facebook today and is definitely an interesting read. Meet George Junius Stinney Jr, the youngest person ever executed. He was a black boy arrested on the suspicion of murdering two young white girls. There names were Betty June Binnicker (11) and Mary Emma Thames (8). The incident took place in Chalendon [...]