In the week since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the debate has heated up between the pro and anti-gun camps here in the United States of America. Understandably, no one wishes to see a repeat of the massacre that took the lives of 26 men, women, and children. But one of the more alarming solutions [...]
If you live in America, you are currently in the midst of the Christmas season onslaught – the biggest retail season of the entire year. If you have begun to gain Knowledge of Self, you have also begun to question the soundness of the religions that you have been born into – and you are [...]
Regardless of who or where you are, you were probably devastated at the horrific news of the shooting that took place on Friday in the state of Connecticut here in the U.S. 26 individuals lost their lives on that tragic day, including 20 innocent children. Imagine being a parent at work and receiving that phone [...]
I have always been a huge supporter of our Brother, Tariq Nasheed. For those of you who dont know, he is the Director behind the historic, groundbreaking documentary, Hidden Colors: The Untold History Of People Of Aboriginal,Moor,and African Descent. Tariq has proved himself once again with Hidden Colors 2: The Triumph Of Melanin featuring some [...]
Before you begin: If you have not read Achieving Black Consciousness and Knowledge of Self via Pan Africanism, please go back and do so now. If you are new to the Black conscious community and are wondering where you should start in your journey to acquire knowledge of self, this series was written for you. [...]
Despite the gains made in civil rights over the past few decades, the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals that Black America is currently experiencing double the unemployment rate of the nation’s overall jobless rate – a rate that hasn’t changed since Martin Luther King JR was still giving speeches. And much to our discredit today, Black [...]
Listervelt Middleton made it his mission in life to educate African-Americans about their history and their contributions to society. Beginning in 1977, he hosted the South Carolina weekly television series “For The People” that offered a historical focus on African-American life; and used the show as a platform for African history scholars, anthropologists, archaeologists, and [...]
If you are new to the Black conscious community and are wondering where you should start in your journey to acquire knowledge of self, this article was written for you. struggling with which books to read to raise ones Black consciousness and acquire knowledge of self. There are many sites online that regurgitate Black history, or [...]
The 15th and 16th centuries have been called the Age of Empires. We are taught in public schools about how Spain and Portugal explored the world’s seas and colonized large parts of Africa and the New World. The Mughal Emperor Akbar extended the power of the Mughal Empire to cover most of the Indian sub [...]
Today in the United Snakes States of America, millions will be sitting down to gluttonous feasts of dead meat, baked sweets, and enough grease and salt to tranquilize a horse in the name of giving thanks. But before you tuck in your bib, allow me to slap you in the face with a helping of Black consciousness: [...]
