Malcolm X, is a 1992 American epic biographical drama film about the activist Malcolm X. Directed & co-written by Spike Lee, the film stars Denzel Washington in the title role, as well as Angela Bassett, & future South Africa president Nelson Mandela make cameo appearances. What a movie. What an actor. What a scene. Love […]
“My choice to have a baby was personal and it should’ve been mine alone and not for an employer ultimatum,” Dickerson said during a community meeting NBC News reported. Karen Arikpo, who was in the same training class with Dickerson in 1997, and her female sergeant gave Arikpo and the rest of the class the […]
Booker T. Washington is one of the most notable Black leaders in Black history in the United States. In Washington’s autobiography Up From Slavery (1901), he didn’t know the exact year, date, and place of his birth or his father’s name. However, it is widely agreed upon by historians that Washington was born enslaved on April […]
6-year-old Channing Gillus’ trip from her home to summer learning at Janney Elementary School in Washington, D.C. usually doesn’t take long. But a few weeks ago it took longer than usual and her mom is now looking for answers according to FOX 4 Washington. The whole thing began with the bus arriving 15 minutes late. “[Extended […]
A Washington, D.C. mother is still seeking answers after she says her 6-year-old daughter’s ride to school took two and half hours, NBC Washington reports. Over two weeks ago, Asha Gillus lived a parent’s worst nightmare after not being able to locate her daughter, Channing, who should have been on a direct bus route from […]
All Charges Dropped Against Black Man Punched Repeatedly By Washington D.C. Police Officer The U.S. Attorney’s office has announced that they have dropped all charges against a Black man who was punched several times by a Washington D.C. police officer was being arrested on Sunday. 23-year-old Kiman Johnson was arrested and charged for carrying an […]
The mayor of Washington, D.C., is pushing back after conservative media out slams her for not wearing a mask at a wedding this weekend after her office reinstated an indoor mask mandate in the wake of rising coronavirus cases. “If Mayor Bowser was photographed indoors without a mask, it was during the indoor dinner, when […]
According to NBC Washington the child as Nyiah Courtney, two women and three men were shot. Nyiah was rushed to a hospital and later pronounced dead. The two women and three men were all treated for their gunshot wounds and are expected to recover. The victims identities were hidden because they are considered witnesses in […]
Rosa Franklin, who was the first Black female senator in the state of Washington, is now being celebrated with a park named in her honor, King 5 News reported. The Tacoma, Washington’s Franklin park was originally named after Benjamin Franklin, but will now be known as Senator Rosa Franklin Park to paying tribute to the […]
Over 30 homeowners in Olympia, Washington have removed racially restrictive and unlawful clauses from covenants included in property paperwork once residents noticed a stipulation that bars non-white people from living in the neighborhood unless they are servants. The original covenant for one woman’s home, which hasn’t been changed since 1951, says who the neighborhood was […]