Two big dreams were fulfilled last night when Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson won Oscars at the 79th Annual Academy Awards. Whitaker took home Best …
Women of Color Day
The International Association for Women of Color Day was established to promote the commemoration of Women of Color Day March 1st, annually and world wide. …
Taking Care of Business in the UK-Nakai-PerleNoire-Vivid Occasions-Who’s For Dinner
These sisters are taking care of business in the United Kingdom. They are creating beautiful jewelry, selling wonderful products for the soul, providing dating services, …
Taking Care of Business in France – Parisian Events
This sister is taking care of business in France. She’s planning weddings and paying attention to the details at other special ocassions: Get going here.
Hair Weaves Tangle Self-Image for Black Women by Malena Amusa
This past winter, I noticed something very unsettling while I was visiting my family in St. Louis. Almost all the black women I encountered were …
Prince at the Super Bowl part 1
His Royal Badness at the Super Bowl part 2
Survey: Blacks in France Say They Face Racial Discrimination
More than half of blacks living in France say they face racial discrimination, according to the first-ever survey on the country’s black population. The findings …
Venus crushes her oppponent
Crushing first serves, casting ominous glances across the net and showing not the slightest hint of vulnerability. Serena is back! At least she made everyone …
The Measure of a Man
Without a doubt Sidney Poitier is one of the most eloquent, accomplished, and distinguished actors Hollywood has even known. His new autobiography, The Measure of …
Black Africans in Renaissance Europe
Publisher Comments: This highly original book opens up the almost entirely neglected area of the black African presence in Western Europe during the Renaissance. Covering …
Guillaume Guillon Lethiere – Black French painter
In 1980, an unsigned painting acquired by the Rhode Island School of Design a few years earlier, was identified as the work of the once-popular …
Black Russian Nobility part 2
On his father’ side Peter Ustinov is a member of the old Russian nobility. But on his mother’s side, he is a member of the …
Black Russian Nobility – Alexander Pushkin
Although the vast majority of African Americans are unfamiliar with Pushkin’s monumental works, most students of literature are at least aware of his “Blackamoor of …
Queen Charlotte of England
She was Portugese Royalty With features as conspicuously Negroid as they were reputed to be by her contemporaries, it is no wonder that the black …
SIGILLUM SECRETUM Part III Sable
By Mario de Valdes y Cocom Another reason for the black blazon of the imperial eagle is to be found in the rules and regulations …
Alessandro de Medici – The African
Alessandro de Medici – The African Despite the many portraits of this 16th century Italian Renaissance figure, his African heritage is rarely, if ever, mentioned.[Editor’s …
SIGILLUM SECRETUM Part II Divine Darkness
By Mario de Valdes y Cocom In the middle of the 14th century, one of the most profound examples of the symbol of the blackamoor …
SIGILLUM SECRETUM
By Mario de Valdes y Cocom SIGILLUM SECRETUM (Secret Seal) On the image of the Blackamoor in European Heraldry (a preliminary proposal for an iconographical …
James Brown – Long live the Godfather of Soul
On Christmas Day James Brown died in an Atlanta hospital. But James Brown and his music will live on forever.
The Sole of Africa
A Message From Mike Kendrick – Founder of The Mineseeker Foundation. LANDMINES kill, maim, terrify and starve the population. There are over 70 million landmines …
You Did It
Dear ONE Member, This Saturday at 1:27 AM, your elected leaders heard your voice and helped make possible a crucial victory against poverty by passing …
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ground recently broke for his memorial in Washington, DC. We can NEVER forget the struggle for Civil Rights in America. It is truly the thing …