Month: May 2019

Philadelphia native Gene Demby was 4 years old when city police dropped a bomb on a house of black activists in his hometown. Thirty years later, he’s still trying to make sense of it all.

Source: I’m From Philly. 30 Years Later, I’m Still Trying To Make Sense Of The MOVE Bombing : Code Switch : NPR

The Amazon Rainforest is well known across the world for being the largest and most dense area of woodland in the world. Spanning across nine countries, the Amazon is home to millions of different animal and plant species, as well as harboring some for the world’s last remaining indigenous groups. The Waorani people of Pastaza are an indigenous tribe from the Ecuadorian Amazon and have lived in the Rainforest for many generations. However, there Home came under threat from a large oil company – they didn’t take it lightly.

Source: Amazon Tribe Wins Lawsuit Against Big Oil, Saving Millions Of Acres Of Rainforest | Disclose.tv

A Black man decided to take matters into his own hands after being convicted of murder and serving 13 years in prison. Hassan Bennett was charged and convicted in the 2006 shooting death of 19-year-old Devon English and the wounding of 18-year-old Corey Ford, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Prosecutors initially claimed that Bennett shot…

Source: Black man who acted as his own attorney acquitted of murder – Rolling Out

Exercise helps to prevent the degradation of cartilage caused by osteoarthritis, according to a new study from Queen Mary University of London.

Source: Exercise helps prevent cartilage damage caused by arthritis

Everyone in New York City seems to love the world’s first and only pop-cultured inspired ice cream shop called Mikey Likes It Ice Cream and it’s creating quite a buzz across the whole nation as well. Entrepreneur Michael “Mikey” Cole founded the brand with hopes to fill a void in communities where Black people are mostly misrepresented, and he did just that and more!

Source: Black-Owned Ice Cream Shop in NYC Getting National Attention

The children’s television show entranced preschoolers—and helped teach impressionable black kids.

Source: Chester Pierce: The Forgotten Tale of How A Black Psychiatrist Helped Make ‘Sesame Street’

This was an old Game with Mestre Cobra Mansa, while he was still in GCAP. (And I think that was Mestre Themba on the berimbau). He was in Oakland a couple of weeks ago, and I missed him… Well. better luck next time.