PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – In 2013, no one expects to see a man dressed in a Ku Klux Clan robe mid-morning in Center City, Philadelphia.
“I think that’s nonsense,” said one woman on the street.
“He needs to be committed to the jail system,” said anot ...
Posted Friday, February 8th 2013 at 10:30AM
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Ralph Waldo Ellison (March 1, 1914 – April 16, 1994) was an American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer. He was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Ellison is best known for his novel Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award in 1953. ...
Posted Friday, February 8th 2013 at 10:18AM
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MISSOURI (KFVS) -Missouri is number one, but it's on a list that no state wants to be on.
According to The National Violence Policy Center, Missouri has the highest rate of African Americans killed, compared to the total African American populati ...
Posted Thursday, February 7th 2013 at 1:12PM
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Over three decades after his death, the immortal words the revered Bob Marley gave the world, continue to inspire.
Protestors around the world, whether those at Occupy Wall St. styled protests or elsewhere, continue to chant "Get Up S ...
Posted Wednesday, February 6th 2013 at 10:17AM
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Barbara Ross-Lee, D.O., has worked in private practice, for the U.S. Public Health Service, and on numerous committees, and in 1993 was the first African American woman to be appointed dean of a United States medical school.
Born in Detroit, Michi ...
Posted Tuesday, February 5th 2013 at 11:34AM
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Jackie "Moms" Mabley, born Loretta Mary Aiken (March 19, 1894 – May 23, 1975) was an American standup comedian and a pioneer of the so-called "Chitlin' Circuit" of African-American vaudeville.
Mabley was born in Brevard, North Carolina. Altho ...
Posted Saturday, February 2nd 2013 at 5:01PM
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The Woolworth sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests which led to the Woolworth's department store chain reversing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States.
While not the first sit-ins of the African-American Civil Rig ...
Posted Friday, February 1st 2013 at 11:49AM
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Donald Cortez "Don" Cornelius (September 27, 1936 – February 1, 2012) was an American television show host and producer who was best known as the creator of the nationally syndicated dance/music franchise Soul Train, which he hosted from 1971 unt ...
Posted Friday, February 1st 2013 at 11:34AM
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Muslims to march on White House next September 11th
Everyone knows that AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, is the most powerful lobby in Washington.
But starting next September 11th, a new group called AMPAC, the American Mu ...
Posted Thursday, January 31st 2013 at 1:31PM
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Ten Best Lies of Black History
By the N.O.I. Research Group | Last updated: Jan 29, 2013 - 12:25:42 PM
In this special month devoted to our history, The Final Call explores some of the most outrageous and false stories, accounts, and sentimental ...
Posted Wednesday, January 30th 2013 at 2:25PM
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