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The Hall of Famer, and Legendary Georgetown College Basketball Head Coach John Thompson has passed away. Initially reported by DC Radio station, The Team 980. Thompson was the first black coach to win the NCAA championship. He led the Hoyas to the title in 1984. Thompson coached many NBA players, including Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutombo […]

A moment in sports history took place on Wednesday in the NBA. The Milwaukee Bucks players refused to leave the locker room to take the floor for Game 5 of their first-round series against the Orlando Magic. Why? Jacob Blake. That’s why. Another act of police violence against a Black person, this time in their […]

UPDATE: An Illinois resident Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, was arrested in Antioch, Ill., on Wednesday morning after being charged with first degree intentional homicide in the fatal shootings of two protestors. __________________________________________________________ Two people were shot dead during the third night of protest in Kenosha Wisconsin, where Jacob Blake was shot in the back several times […]

Two prized items from The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shaku will be apart of the first-ever hip-hop auction by Sotheby’s. The auction features 120 lots and showcases. With everything from iconic artifacts, contemporary and fine art, one-of-a-kind experiences, to rare flyers and posters. Monica Lynch, the former president of Tommy Boy Records in the ’90s, co-organized […]

NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps will become the first black woman to be a crew member on the International Space Station. On Tuesday, NASA said Epps will join astronauts Sunita Williams and Josh Cassada on a 2021 mission aboard a Boeing-built Starliner spacecraft. Epps has a doctorate in aerospace engineering. Served seven years as a technical […]

Gray started the nonprofit, My Good, earlier this year to support families and loved ones of victims of police violence. Offering support emotionally, mental health and financially as well as connecting people to support groups with grief experts and ministers. Those are only a few examples of the work that My Good does. She is […]

Today we celebrate our Forever President Barack Obama because it is his birthday!! Barack Hussien Obama II was born August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is the first black president of the United States and the 44th President. President Obama served in the Oval Office from 2009-2017 and prior to him becoming president he […]

Black Fact Of The Day! Did you know that the dustpan you use to sweep up trash and dirt with was patented by an African-American? Lloyd Ray born in 1860 made a device with a metal collection plate attached to a short wooden handle that trash could be swept up without touching it. Prior to […]

Last month the founder of community advocacy group RocGrowth, Richard Glaser, organized an online petition calling for the name change. This past week a bill was proposed to change the Airports name from The Greater Rochester International Airport to the, Frederick Douglass – Greater Rochester International Airport. If approved, next month it will go before […]

On May 31st a SpaceX crew named Dragon–the spacecraft’s name is Endeavour–took off in a Falcon 9 rocket located at the Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Whether or not they land today comes down to, the weather. What I want to know is–who is in charge of naming these things? […]