Month: August 2026

Nellie Washington died on Monday, April 13, 2020, at the Northern Manor Geriatric Center in Nanuet, New York. Although the current Covid-19 pandemic put the facility on lockdown these past several weeks, the frailties of […]

By  Bill Fletcher Jr. – Flood fought a multi-year court battle, ultimately ending in the Supreme Court, trying to end the reserve clause and institute free agency (the ability of a player, after a specific […]

By ADOLPH REED JR. – June 16, 1966, isn’t on the commemorative calendar in black American politics, but it probably should be. On that date, Willie Ricks, a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) field secretary, […]

By Brenda Alexander  – Raven-Symoné escaped the stereotype of child stars who fall into the dangers of fame. She started out alongside Bill Cosby when he dominated the television space and from there, she carved out her own lane […]

by Selena Hill – Denise Woodard never imagined that her daughter’s food allergies would lead her down a pathway toward entrepreneurship. Back in 2016, she was a corporate executive at The Coca-Cola Co. when a […]

Since the 1960’s, people of color have participated in an impressive amount of protests to make their mark on the nation.  Whether or not you agree with the causes, you can’t deny that people have […]