All About Usher’s Parents, Jonnetta Patton and Usher Raymond III
Jonnetta Patton and Usher Raymond III welcomed Usher Raymond IV in 1978 Usher’s parents, Jonnetta Patton and Usher Raymond III, have been influential in his life and career….
Jaleel White On Almost Losing His Dad: “God Said it Wasn’t His Time”
Jaleel White has literally grown up right in front of our eyes. Being the actor behind one of TV’s most beloved characters, Steve Urkel, on the hit show…
Richard Spikes – The blind automobile genius who invented the traffic indicator lights
Richard Bowie Spikes (October 2, 1878 – January 22, 1963) was an African-American inventor. The holder of a number of United States patents, his improvements on existing inventions include a beer…
Paulla McCarthy has etched her name in history as the first Black woman to own and run a water bottling company.
The founder of Youth Saving Society and YSS Water Works proves that Black History is an everyday happening. Paulla McCarthy is making history during a landscape-shifting time as the…
LeBron James: The long road to becoming the best of all time
LeBron Raymone James Sr. ( / l ə ˈ b r ɒ n / ; 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed ” King James “, he is widely…
Josephine Delphine Henderson Heard was an American poet associated with the Harlem Renaissance.
Josephine Henderson Heard was a Black teacher and poet. Born the daughter of two enslaved parents in Salisbury, North Carolina. After Emancipation, a goal was set for her…
African American Women of the Modern Civil Rights Movement – Ella Josephine Baker
Ella Josephine Baker (December 13, 1903 – December 13, 1986) was an African-American civil rights and human rights activist. She was a largely behind-the-scenes organizer whose career spanned more than five decades. In New…
Chilling nuclear map shows areas of USA where 75% of population would die in WW3
Ahaunting Cold War map reveals a bleak outlook for the US in the aftermath of a nuclear confrontation, with forecasts indicating that up to 75% of residents in the…
DOGE’s potential first target is a mobile app for filing your taxes
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency reportedly has its first target — the US tax system. Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s cost-cutting agency has discussed developing a mobile app that…
Who Is O.W. Gurley? The Man Who Envisioned And Built Black Wall Street
At the turn of the 20th century, Ottawa W. Gurley, a prominent African-American landowner from Arkansas, embarked on a journey that would shape the landscape of opportunity for…