Public health officials warned Wednesday that the spread of the novel coronavirus is inching closer toward meeting the definition of a global pandemic, as the number of cases outside mainland China continues to grow, including in South Korea where a US soldier has tested positive for the […]
Hiram R. Revels became the first African-American senator in America in 1870. Also that year, Jonathan Wright, in South Carolina, became the first African American to serve on a state’s Supreme Court. In 1950, Earl Lloyd became the first African American to play in […]
Alright y’all, I’m pretty certain that there has been a concerted effort by educators to make this the worst Black History Month of all time. The amount of head-assery that has occurred over the past 25 days has got your boy in disbelief. According to […]
Howard University has received the largest donation in the university’s history. Howard has received a $10 million gift from the Karsh Family Foundation. The donation will be used for Howard’s Karsh STEM Scholars Program. The program will provide for scholarships that will pay for […]
For the first time, the U.S. Census Bureau is giving people in the country’s two largest racial categories space to give more details about their origins. People who identify as “white” or “Black or African American” will have 16 blank spaces to explain their ethnic […]
For those too young to remember the original Bandstand television show from the 1950s, let me explain. No self-respecting teenager could have gotten through puberty without it. It taught us how to rock, bop, and slow dance, even if our only partner was a kitchen chair. From Bandstand’s start […]
