Black History Month

On The Down Low

Racist have been killing black men, women and children brought over from Africa to be slaves in America since the early 1600’s. History is replete with scores of rebellions by blacks and whites against the […]

Black History Month

Chloe Anthony Wofford

Black History Month – February 18, 1931 This past February I did a story on Toni Morrison in celebration of her birthday on February 18, 1931. Monday, August 5, 2019, Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winner […]

Black History Month

Wayne B Williams

In The Beginning.. When I first started writing this news blog a couple of years ago, I wrote a story about Dr Henry Bello and Charles Lee Thornton. Bello (pictured left) was the doctor that […]

Black History Month

George Stinney

The youngest person to ever be put to death in the United States was a 14 year old black child named George Stinney. With every thing going on now and by that I mean the […]

Black History Month

That Ain’t Right…

Ever heard of Lei Yixin? Most African American’s have not. Yixin is the Chinese sculptor that designed the Stone of Hope, and the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington DC on the National Mall. You […]

Black History Month

A Year Ago..

Not sure how many of you remember the black man shot to death in his garage because neighbors complained his music was too loud, but his name was Gregory Hill Jr. He was shot three […]

Black History Month

The Central Park Five

As we all know or most of us from seeing the documentary on Netflix called ” When They See Us,” the Central Park Five were a group of four young African Americans and one Hispanic […]

Black History Month

Bricktop

I moved to West Virginia almost nine years ago and it never fails to amaze me the contributions people from this state have made in politics, science, sports and entertainment. When we think about West […]