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Gamble & Huff mark 50 years of Philly Soul and socially conscious music
By the early 1970s, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff were regularly meeting in Gamble’s office by an upright piano with a list of titles and a tape recorder to talk about the news or what was happening throughout Philadelphia. Their chemistry as songwriters and producers, combined with those frequent […] Click here to view original […]
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Black Farmer in SC Wants New Land to Be ‘A Place to Heal’
Sadia Pollard at their farm in Lugoff, South Carolina on Saturday, June 19, 2021. Pollard is raising money on Go Fund Me to help build the farm, which Pollard plans on using as an educational space in addition to growing food. The 24-year-old Black farmer runs Prosper Farm, where […] Click here to view original […]
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A discussion of reparations
By Guest Columnist RICHARD ROSE, president, Atlanta Branch of the NAACP America’s enduring human tragedy is racism that started with Columbus’ miscalculated arrival in the Caribbean. The failure to successfully enslave Indigenous people led to the importation by force of sub-Sahara Africans in 1619 that was justified by Christianity. […] Click here to view original […]
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The Newspaperman Who Documented Black Tulsa at Its Height
Play/Pause The Newspaperman Who Documented Black Tulsa at Its Height The New Yorker: Politics and More 34:08 Volume Embed Photograph from Greenwood Cultural Center / Getty In the years leading up to the horrific Tulsa Race Massacre, in 1921, the Greenwood District was a thriving Black metropolis, a city […] Click here to view original […]
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Black-Owned Film and TV Production Studio Gets Greenlight From Memphis Officials
Officials in Tennessee moved a step closer to making what developers say will be a major Black-owned film studio a reality. Developers won approval from the Memphis Land Use Control Board to zone land in the city’s Whitehaven community to build a BLP Film Studios. The owners say they […] Click here to view original […]
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15 Essential Black-Owned Restaurants You Should Know in Dallas
From refined vegan eats to saucy smoked meats. Shoals Sound & Service To say that Dallas has grown over the past few years is an understatement. With major companies setting up shop and constant development in and around the Metroplex, there are plenty of people needing to be entertained—and […] Click here to view original […]
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Juneteenth Jubilee Finally A Detroit thang On The Avenue Of Fashion
When President Joe Biden signed the bill to make Juneteenth a National holiday it was just in time for the Kickoff of Juneteenth especially in Detroit! Originally Juneteenth was always celebrated In Texas, and even across heavily populated areas of the south as early in the early 1950’s and 1960’s but all of sudden it […]
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Building Black-Owned Businesses In Mississippi
HPC founder Tim Lampkin at the site of the future regional community wealth hub, set to open in June … [+] To address the racial wealth gap resulting from institutional racism and under-investment in Black communities, social entrepreneur Tim Lampkin started Higher Purpose Co. in 2016. Now his team […] Click here to view original […]
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Pandemic Success Story: Everybody Eats PDX Brings Black-Owned Dining Back to the Pearl
Courtesy of Everybody Eats PDX Last year, while making my first visit to Everybody Eats PDX, I drove around the parking lot for nearly 20 minutes trying to find a sign or entrance for the new soul food spot. Eventually, I poked my head inside the Oriental Value Food […] Click here to view original […]
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Pearl Milling Company Launches P.E.A.R.L. Pledge, A Multi-year Program To Help Uplift Black Women & Girls Across America
CHICAGO, May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Pearl Milling Company, maker of the 132-year-old pancake mix and syrup products previously found under the Aunt Jemima name, today announced its community funding initiative as part of the brand’s commitment to support the Black community. P.E.A.R.L. Pledge is a multi-year program focused […] Click here to view original […]