Black History Month 2012

Sometimes there are days when I wonder what life would have been like had I not committed myself to the never-ending, thankless task of advocating for the Black community.  Don’t get me wrong, I love what I do and I love the people for whom I do it.  It’s difficult to live in a world, […]

This Black History Month, we honor the GAME CHANGERS: Everyday heroes whose actions make life better for the people around them. SEE ALL OUR GAME CHANGERS HERE. —————————— Amhed Sahid Age: 44 Place of Residence: San Diego, Calif. Why he is a local hero: Sahid helps African immigrants, particularly Somalis, gain their footing in America. […]

This Black History Month, we honor the GAME CHANGERS: Everyday heroes whose actions make life better for the people around them. SEE ALL OUR GAME CHANGERS HERE. ——————- Pastor Reginald Osborne Place of Residence: New Jersey RELATED: 8 Black Divas Who Died Way Too Soon Why he is a local hero: Osborne is working to […]

This Black History Month, we honor the GAME CHANGERS: Everyday heroes whose actions make life better for the people around them. SEE ALL OUR GAME CHANGERS HERE. ———————– Constance F. Horton   Place of Residence: Pittsburgh, Pa. Why she is a local hero: For the last six years, Horton has led the Fund for Advancement […]

This Black History Month, we honor the GAME CHANGERS: Everyday heroes whose actions make life better for the people around them. SEE ALL OUR GAME CHANGERS HERE ————————- La’Shanda Holmes Age: 26 Place of Residence: Los Angeles, Calif. Why she is a local hero: Holmes overcame early adversity in her life to become the first […]

This Black History Month, we honor the GAME CHANGERS: Everyday heroes whose actions make life better for the people around them. SEE ALL OUR GAME CHANGERS HERE ————————- Warrenetta Banks Place of Residence: New Orleans, La. Why she is a local hero: Banks is working with the Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and […]

This Black History Month, we honor the GAME CHANGERS: Everyday heroes whose actions make life better for the people around them. SEE ALL OUR GAME CHANGERS HERE —————- Maria Davis Age: 51 City of Residence: New York City Why she is a local hero: After contracting HIV from a man whom she thought she was […]

The tale of American explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and their epic transcontinental journey has long been a fixture in history books. A little known fact behind the pair’s adventure was that a Black slave helped the men bridge cultural gaps between themselves and American Indian they encountered along the way. SEE ALSO: Black […]

Long before MTV thought that Black music was cool (or profitable), Don Cornelius made it a nationally televised, weekly must-see event. SEE ALSO: Questions With Common Ochocinco Relegated To The Sideline It takes being a student of history or simply being alive in 1971, the year Cornelius introduced “Soul Train” to the American television audience, […]

On Wednesday, the first day of Black History Month, the world lost Don Cornelius. While we continue to celebrate his legacy, here are 10 thing NewsOne bets you didn’t know about “Soul Train.” RELATED: Don Cornelius Underwent Brain Surgery in 1982 1) The show got off the ground in part because an ex-racist-turned-activist became one […]

The year 1967 was significant in the African-American psyche for several reasons, including continuing race riots in Newark, NJ as well as the increasingly heated opposition to the Vietnam War. See more Black History from 1967 below! And see our Black History GAME CHANGERS for 2012 HERE!

ABC News reports that Soul Train founder, Don Cornelius, underwent a “21-hour operation in 1982 to correct a congenital malformation in blood vessels in his brain.” During a 1995 interview with The Washington Post, Cornelius said he was not the same person after the operation. SEE ALSO: Five Things Black People Learned From Don Cornelius […]