Tag: African American

Help Save Harlem’s Historic Renaissance Ballroom from Demolition

Protesters Aim to Save Harlems Historic Renaissance Ballroom from Demolition – Video: via Protesters Aim to…

Congratulate the 4 African American MacArthur Fellows Genius Grant recipients

  The MacArthur Foundation named 21 “extraordinarily creative people” as the 2014 recipients of its…

Happy Memorial Day: African Americans invented Memorial Day in Charleston, South Carolina

The first widely publicized observance of a Memorial Day-type observance after the Civil War was…

Nelson Mandela – Rest in Peace

Rest in Peace.  With hearts heavy around the world right now with the passing of…

QUOTE: Of the Week – Russell Simmons

“You know, I love all kinds of activism.  I certainly think blacks deserve to have…