We’re coming to the end of Black History Month and our tribute to books and authors. So what better way to wrap things up than to offer our picks for the top 10 Black authors you should be reading. No, this is not a comprehensive list – we keep telling you 10 choices is not […]
On December 5th 1955 the first large scale protest against segregation was born. That Movement will forever be known as the Montgomery Bus Boycott. When Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama on December 1st, 1955, it sparked an entire revolution that would change America forever. The Montgomery Bus Boycott took place […]
In honoring those who stood their ground for justice and pushed past adversity over the past few decades, we decided to recreate some of those powerful moments that were actually caught on camera.
We all know the story of Rosa Parks. Or we think we do. She was the ‘tired’ Alabama seamstress who sparked the Civil Rights Movement by refusing to give up her bus seat for a white man. She was arrested on December 1, 1955 and four days later one of the most successful boycotts of […]
Georgia’s 13th Congressional District Congressman David Scott shared a moment of Black History from Poet Laureate Langston Hughes called “Mother to Son,” which gives the essence of the glorious story of the African American people in America. Check out the video below…
Born into slavery in Maryland, Fredrick Douglass is one of the most well-known abolitionists in American History. His autobiography, “Narrative of the life of Fredrick Douglas” gives a first –person account of the cruelty of slavery and is a treatise on abolition. The most influential African American of the nineteenth century, Douglass made a career […]
#Blacklivesmatter is a household name, like McDonald’s, like Apple, like Nike. by: @blogzworth You send a tweet. It gets retweeted, creates a 100 impressions. As small as that seems, it’s pretty impactful. Think about it. Something you created was shared and it crossed 100 sets of eyes. It reaches twice as many people as you […]
The Fam In The Morning’s Danni Starr discusses how the deaths of Trayvon Martin & Philando Castile inspired her to protest. Danni also talks about the power in protesting in how making things “uncomfortable” for others may be inconvenient but important to get the voice of the voiceless heard. RELATED: Fund Inspired By Philando Castile Pays For Student […]
