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Say what you want about the Nation of Islam (NOI), but what Brother Nuri Muhammad said about Black folks’ spending habits is something that should be addressed.

Source: Why you should say NO to ‘Financial Coonery’, by Brother Nuri Muhammad

It was a Saturday morning on March 16, 1991. 15-year-old Latasha Harlins walked into a store a few minutes from her home in South-Central Los Angeles to buy a bottle of orange juice. Harlins, a student at Westchester High School in Los Angeles, California, picked up the $1.79 bottle of orange juice and put it…

Source: Killed over a bottle of orange juice, this 15-year-old helped spark the 1992 L.A. riots – Face2Face Africa

Last year witnessed a lot of celebrities and business executives visiting Africa for various reasons.

While some came to trace their roots, others were just for the funfair.

Ghana, in particular, was the main center of attraction. After it declared 2019 the Year of Return, the West African country was host to several foreigners, especially U.S-based celebrities.

Source: Idris Elba and other black Americans who have been granted African citizenship – Face2Face Africa

I remember a time where I used to be embarrassed about the way I looked, more specifically, my dark-mahogany complexion, plump lips and kinky hair. Such is def

Source: Stop Being a Walking Apology for your Skin Tone Dark Skinned Women

The Billingslea boys, Joshua, 11, Isaiah, 9, Caleb, 7 and Micah, 5 are better known as the Yummy Brothers.

Source: Four brothers, all under age 11, start their own cookie empire | 11alive.com

A team of South Sudanese teenagers was recently at FIRST Global Challenge, a robotics and AI competition hosted by Dubai Future Foundation under the theme

Source: Meet South Sudanese teens working on robot that can clean River Nile of plastic waste [VIDEO]

Dothan, AL — 12 police officers in Dothan, Alabama, who were apparently members of a domestic hate group, have been found to have set up and falsely accused over 1,000 Black men with the intention to put them behind bars even though they were innocent.

Source: Police in Alabama Set Up and Falsely Arrested Over 1,000 Innocent Black Men

2019 marked the 400th anniversary of the first enslaved Africans being brought to America. Can we finally talk about slavery’s legacy?

Source: From Slavery to Mass Incarceration | Ben & Jerry’s

I just got off work and I’m a bit tired, so I’m gonna make a longer post a little later.

For now, I’m just gonna share this article.

“Of all days in the year, the slaves dread New Year’s Day the worst of any,” one 1842 account explained. Here’s why.

Source: The Dark History of New Year’s Day in American Slavery | Time

The African American pioneer built an alternative to Hollywood, starting in the year race riots burned across America.

Source: How Oscar Micheaux defied Hollywood to make the first all-black feature film – CNET