For many, meeting the Pope is a once in a lifetime opportunity… stealing his glass of water and drinking out of it? Priceless. As he…

United States forces have killed a senior Islamic State commander and captured his wife during a raid in Syria. NY Daily News reports: Defense Secretary…

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How can we advance  the issues of economics and fair trade between the United States and the African nations represented at this years leadership summit? Susan…

Via Foxbaltimore.com Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore announced that a new single dose treatment will replace the traditional 30 dose radiation treatment. The treatment will be given to women in the early stage of breast cancer detection. The hospital is one of 35 in the United States to offer the treatment. Read More.  Woman Leads Police On […]

If there is one person from history whose impact on the Black woman’s self-image rivals that of Oprah Winfrey, it is the hair mogul Madame…

Sunday Sept 11, 2011 marks the 10-year anniversary of the attacks of 9/11. Many of us will never forget that horrific morning when the United States was under attack. Our memory will not allow us to forget exactly where we were, what we were doing and who we were with at that very moment. 10 […]

As a noted surgeon and scientist, Charles Drew was responsible for creating the technology to store blood for long periods of time. His lifelong concern for the necessary transport and storage of blood and plasma made him a pioneer in his field and a valued scientist in world history. Drew saved thousands of soldiers’ lives […]

If there is one person from history whose impact on the Black woman’s self-image rivals that of Oprah Winfrey, it is the hair mogul Madame C.J. Walker. Walker was the first successful Black female entrepreneur. Her insistence on involvement in both the business world and civic affairs predates Oprah’s story, and to the extent that […]

American music has always been, at base, African-American music. Gospel, minstrelsy, vaudeville, jazz, blues, rhythm & blues and rock n’ roll — it’s all basically Black, no matter the color of the artist who performs it. But until the 1960s, Black people did not much control their culture, much less profit from it. That all […]

In 1940, one Black novelist dared to show America what white supremacy did to one Black man. When “Native Son” appeared on America’s bookshelves, it became an instant bestseller, the first title by an African-American author selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club. It also introduced the world to the complicated protagonist of “Native Son,” Chicago’s Bigger […]