Alprentice “Bunchy” Carter was an American activist and part of a group known as the Black Panther party. He, along with another person in the group named John Huggins, were shot in UCLA back in 1969 on January 17th. Bunchy Carter was one of the leaders of the Black Panther Party group (BPP). This group was a political...

William December "Billy Dee" Williams Jr. was born on April 6, 1937, and is an American actor, artist, and singer.  He was born in New York City and has a twin sister, Loretta, and grew up in Harlem, where he was raised by his maternal grandmother while his parents worked at several jobs. Williams graduated from The High School...

Caroll Diahann Johnson was born on July 17, 1935.  When Carroll was an infant, the family moved to Harlem, where she grew up. She attended Music and Art High School, and was a classmate of Billy Dee Williams. In many interviews about her childhood,  Carroll recalls her parents' support, enrolling her in dance, singing, and...

Ava Marie DuVernay  was born on August 24, 1972, and is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, film marketer, and film distributor. DuVernay won the directing award in the U.S. dramatic competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for her second feature film Middle of Nowhere, becoming the first black woman to...

My mom never taught me about teen life. Where I come from is different from where I am now people at my age are probably married or force to meet a man. I moved here at a very young age which means I was never taught to be woman. When we moved here my mom wanted a new start, so she kept us from getting involved in bad situations....

Lewis Latimer was an inventor. While many may not be aware what he did in his lifetime, he’s helped contribute to the invention of the lightbulb and the telephone. He’s a figure who helped in the making of inventions that would become very important in the foundation of the technology we have today in society, and yet not...

New staff writer, Christian Gonzalez, lists the most watched movies during the Valentine's Day season.  Did your favorite make the cut? The Notebook- A love movie that shows you every moment of two lovedones life. Pretty Women- In a modern day scenario, a rich guy picks up his future loved one, though things didn't...

New staff writer Leonel Zavala gives his spin on love songs for 2019.  Some you may have heard of, some you may have not, ut the connecting theme is love. 10.   The 1975 - Settle Down 9.    The Weeknd - Privilege 8.    Drake - Marvin’s Room 7.    Rex Orange County - Loving is Easy 6.    Joji -...

Misty Copeland was born on September 10, 1982, and is an American ballet dancer for American Ballet Theatre, one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States. Copeland was born in Kansas City, Missouri, but raised in the San Pedro community of Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Sylvia Dela Cerna...

Junior Jurnee Harnage is a dominant basketball player, and is a leader on the court, where she leads the team in rebound and points. Jurnee gets most of her skills watching her favorite basketball player, Rajon Rondo. Rajon plays in the LA Lakers, which is also her favorite basketball team. Jurnee also achieves academic success...

Audre Lorde was an American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil rights activist. As a poet, she is best known for technical mastery and emotional expression, as well as her poems that express anger and outrage at civil and social injustices she observed throughout her life. Her poems and prose largely deal with...

There is a plethora of musical groups and singers that perform and have performed in many different genres. However, many don’t have a specific genre name for the type of music they play. One such music group is Tally Hall. Tally Hall is a band that started in 2002. The band members are Rob Cantor, Andrew Horowitz, Ross...

Before President Donald Trump was elected into office, he has been bragging about a wall that he wanted built to separate Mexico from the United States. I personally think that President Trump has never had a wall to build. Why you might ask? Because we certainly don't have the money to build a wall. The wall will cost an estimated...

Born in Massachusetts, February 23, 1868, the sociologist, writer, and activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a very insightful student, attending all black school Fisk University in Nashville at only 15 years old. It was only after he earned his doctorate from Harvard he noticed the wicked conditions African Americans...

Ella Baker is an significant pioneer from the civil rights era, and was born in Norfolk, Virginia on December 13, 1903. When Ella was 18, her family moved to Littleton, North Carolina. While living in Littleton she heard stories about her ancestors and other blacks who rebelled against slavery. She also learned that her grandmother,...