History, Art & Culture Organizations
Pharrell Williams has no time for people who deny climate change
November 19, 2017 -
Pharrell Williams is using music to sound the warning about climate change. The Grammy-winning musician appeared in Shanghai this week to debut a song titled “100 Years,” which he described as “a postcard, a sarcastic one, to the people who should be ashamed to call themselves scientists and politicians.” The song addresses those who deny... Read more
Winky Wright's long career rewarded with place in the Hall of Fame
June 18, 2018 - For a five-year stretch during the early days of Ronald "Winky" Wright's 22-year boxing career he found himself as a virtual nomad. He and career-long trainer Dan Birmingham left behind the club circuit in the Tampa, Florida, region and embarked on a globetrotting tour as Wright searched for bigger opportunities and bigger purses. Luxemburg. France. Germany. Monaco. Argentina. Engla... Read more
Black men arrested at Starbucks settle with Philadelphia for $1 each, plus $200K for youth
May 5, 2018 -
Two black men arrested for sitting at a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything settled with the city Wednesday for a symbolic $1 each and a promise from officials to set up a $200,000 program for young entrepreneurs. The men and their lawyer told The Associated Press the settlement was an effort to make sure something positive came out of the incident.
"We ... Read more
The Face of Resilience: Beauty Brands Come Together In Support of Human Trafficking Survivors
May 18, 2018 -
“Beauty is an inside job.”
We can hear it said a million times. We can genuinely believe the statement. And yet the desire for external attractiveness remains paramount, both within our society and across cultures. The importance placed upon aesthetics may be due, in large part, to the fact that one’s assessment of one’s own appearance can direct... Read more
From Covicted Felon to Attorney: Reginald Dwayne Betts Wins Approval to practice law in conn.
October 9, 2017 - One extraordinary man is proving that it’s never too late to turn your life around, going from one-time convicted felon to attorney-at-law after winning approval on Friday to practice law in Connecticut after a state panel reviewed his moral character.
According to the Associated Press, 36-year-old Reginald Dwayne Betts, an esteemed, award-winning author and a gr... Read more
#BlackLivesMatter L.A. is Dreaming of a #BlackXmas
November 29, 2017 - Black Lives Matter Los Angeles is encouraging everyone to divest from white corporations, invest in the black community and if you must buy, buy black this holiday season with their #BlackXmas campaign that seeks to resist white supremacy through capitalism. Dreaming of a #BlackXmas...where folks withhold dollars from White capitalism and use resources to #BuildBl... Read more
Poll: Most white Americans believe whites face discrimination
October 27, 2017 - According to a new poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the HarvardT.H. Chan School of Public Health, a majority of white Americans believe that they face discrimination. While every single racial group surveyed in the poll believe that their own group faces discrimination, the statistic of white people saying that they face discrimi... Read more
Embrace your flyness with hair from ‘Madali’
December 12, 2017 -
Madali is a Black-owned company that specializes in providing online hair extensions, closures, frontals, and wigs. The brand features “100 percent real” Filipino hair for Black women to choose from.
“We need more reputable Black companies,” said Madali Chief Marketing Officer Bianca Blake. “Madali has done well at becoming one of those comp... Read more
FAMU Conduct Research in the Dominican Republic
June 6, 2018 - FAMU students have traveled to the Dominican Republic this summer to gain hands-on experience in international agricultural careers as part of their Service Learning in International Agriculture course, offered through the University’s global agriculture minor program. “We are excited to partner with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to increase the participation ... Read more
Great American Teach-In will be held in Pinellas County’s public schools
November 1, 2017 -
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Members of the community are invited into Pinellas County schools for an hour, a few class periods or an entire school day to share information with students about their career or hobby, to organize an activity, to read a story or to teach a class. Teach-In participants will be able to see Pinellas County public schools and interact... Read more