Way Black When
Bang Bang Bang…John Witherspoon reminisces on his experiences with pimping and driving a cadillac that leaked oil way black when in Detroit…..
Black Entertainment Television {BET} – First black owned company to be listed on the NYSE, begins broadcasting from Washington, DC.
Check out who Tank credits for helping him get in good with the ladies!
Last week we opened the voting for our Greatest Black Sitcom of All-Time Competition. Yesterday voting closed for round 1 and we’re down from 64 shows to 32. Based on the seeding of the editorial team we didn’t see any upset loses although we were surprised to see the short-lived 90’s sitcom “Thea” beat out the […]
Medgar Evers was one of the most profound activists of the Civil Rights movement. His involvement in the Regional Council of Negro Leadership led to his organization of several boycotts and protests throughout Mississippi. His work as an NAACP field secretary also helped put Mississippi at the forefront of the struggle. One of Evers biggest […]
Check out who inspired the brother-duo to become the singers they are today.
Legendary baseball player Jackie Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.
ABC-TV begins televising the Roots mini-series in 1977 (which would go on to be the most watched mini-series in history), based on Alex Haley’s book.
<div>Singer Sam Cooke, the son of a minister and believed by many to be the first father of soul music, was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1931.</div>
Phylicia Rashad talks about a concert she remembers seeing as a child.
Chuck Brown talks about the year the DC music genre go-go caught on.
