The celebrated African American festival took place on September 2 -4, 2011 in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. The first festival of its kind was held last year with festivities lasting two days. This year the festival expanded to include an extra day and the Raleigh residents were treated to a […]

So this past Saturday, a tornado ran through the Shaw University Campus. According to the Weather Channel and other numerous Weather Media Outlets, the tornado was a category F3. I will admit, physically seeing the tornado headed straight toward me was frightening. Looking out of the fifth Floor window of […]

Madam CJ Walker’s products catered to black people and most if not all of the clientele that used her products were black. An industry was created for blacks by blacks with all the necessary leg work laid to put people of color in position of economic power for future generations. […]