ThinkBeautiful
“The single story creates stereotypes and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.” –Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie I have been Black under several constructs. Indeed if you live in the United States and have only lived in the United States, […]
The United Nations children’s agency is reporting armed men abducted at least 89 boys in South Sudan. According to BBC News, the kidnapping took place at a camp in the northern city of Malakal, where thousands of people left displaced by fighting between the rebels and army. According to reports by Unicef, unknown gunmen went […]
Nick Gordon is hoping the power of Twitter will spur Bobby Brown into allowing him access to see girlfriend Bobbi Kristina. Yesterday, Gordon pleaded on the social media site for Brown to give him permission to see BK, while she remains in a medically induced coma, stemming from being found submerged in a bathtub at her Rowsell, […]
Despite the often-truculent image portrayed in the media, hip-hop artists have been known to lend a hand when it comes to educating, helping and inspiring…
UPDATE: On Sunday, July 26, Bobbi Kristina Brown died in Georgia, surrounded by friends and family. The post below was written in February, 2015, just weeks after she was placed in a medically-induced coma in January. For complete coverage of Bobbi Kristina Brown’s untimely death, please click here. Bobbi Kristina Brown’s condition is still grim more […]
After being denied Captain’s Wings, a Tuskegee Airman is finally getting his dues. Harry Stewart tried to get a job as an airline pilot twice in 1949 all because he was black. Stewart was a fighter pilot during World War II with the legendary 332d Fighter Group, who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross Medal but […]
Kenya Armbrister wants to be part of a group to head off into the next frontier, and she’s got a decent shot of making it happen! The 36-year-old California resident has thrown her name into the running for the Mars One Mission. Out more than 20,000 applications that came in from all around the world, she’s […]
Rudolph Giuliani’s hot off the press comments about President Barack Obama has proven the politician to be a delusional racist. While speaking in front of a New York fundraising crowd, he tried to deliver poignant commentary on Obama’s apparent lack of patriotism, but instead said: “I do not believe, and I know this is a horrible thing to say, […]
Now that the Brian Williams saga has died down a little bit, it’s a great time to reflect on what we can learn from his embellished mistakes lies. It would be very easy to look at it from a distance, participate in the public shaming, share memes and think that it has nothing to do […]
There aren’t many people out there who make rocket science look easy. Somehow, Dr. Mae Jemison has done it for almost 30 years with grace and style. Jemison’s claim to fame is being the first African-American woman to enter space during her trip on the Endeavor in 1992. However, her life had an ordinary start […]
An arrest has been made in connection of the January bombing near the offices of the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP. The Associated Press is reporting Thaddeus Murphy was in custody and will head to a federal court later on today to face charges for last month’s bombing. The Associated Press is reporting the […]
Most of us use Wikipedia whenever we need our memories refreshed or some quick information on various people and topics. So much can be discovered while you’re on there too, one click always leads into another. However, there are still flaws and missing pages from this massive online textbook and many a Black legacy has been wrongfully absent –until […]
