My Friend M.K. Asante Jr once told me "If you make an observation, you have an obligation". The quote was so simple yet so powerful and influential. That conversation, along with a couple other things I had going on at that time caused the birth of YEBies. As young, educated, blacks across the world I feel we have a obligation to speak up for our brothers and sisters who voices can't be heard. We have to know the laws for them, so that you don't get mistreated and misrepresented. There has to be a connection between the have and have-nots, so that we stop the cycle of leaving our own people behind.
On this date in 1966 elected leader and first president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, was ousted in a military coup while he was away on a peace mission to Vietnam. As a firm believer in African liberation, Nkrumah pursued a radical pan-African policy, playing a key role in the formation of the Organization of African Unity in 1963.
On this date in 1895 Frederick Douglass died in Washington, DC after years of fighting for rights of black here in America and across the world. Douglass was an abolitionist who got his freedom and fought unitl his death to make sure all mankind was free.
"I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong."- Frederick Douglass
Happy 46th birthday Charles Wade Barkley. Sir Charles was born in Leeds, AL on this date. He would go on to play at Auburn and then the NBA with the Sixer, Suns, and Rockets. He was chosen as one of the 50 greatest players ever and was on the Original "Dream Team". Barkley will go down as one of if not the greatest player to ever win a title. These days Charles is best known for his T-Mobile commercials with Dwayne Wade.
CurT@!n$ is preparing for the future of Black America with a new powerful anthem, “Black Folks”. No stone is left unturned as CurT@!n$ addresses issues affecting Black growth in America, from politricks to black on black crime. Wake Up! The Great Adventures of Dope Boy C: Dope For President. Video Coming Soon!
Co-MVPs Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant of the Western Conference hold up the trophy. Back together like tha old days. All we call do is think and talk about what if. At least we got to see them together again even if its just for the all-star game.
Maybe 5, 6, 7 rings if they had stayed together???? We will never know...
Being the YEB that I am, most of my DVDs and Tapes are of my favorite black movies and TV shows. Name it and I got it either retail or bootleg. Since I can remember, I have always been a gigantic fan of A Different World. Even though I hated the 1st season, I bought the DVD set in anticipation of getting Seasons 2-6. Where the hell is season 2??????? I have gone as far as YouTube and searching every torrent you can think of to get this set.
Season One Intro(which was the wackest one)
Viacom, who bought Ventura after it bought Urbanworks, will not release Season 2 or any after. Their excuse was that the poor sales of the Season One DVD set was evidence that the show doesn't have a fan base. What the hell are they talking about???? Who are they questioning???? Have they seen season one, that was the worst of all the seasons. Umm, A Different World was a Top 5 show for five of the six years it was on the air from 1987-1993. Many HBCU's even credit this show along with Spike Lee's "School Daze" with increasing enrollments at HBCU's by 25% during the 90's. I know I wanted to go to a HBCU because of the show.
Everyone knows that it wasn’t until the seasons went on that the show got better and picked up. It actually began to have the flavor of an HBCU campus. Debbie Allen was not only drawing from her experiences at Howard University, she had the writing staff take an annual trip to Spelman College and talked to students, faculty and administrators about the issues they dealt with.
The claim that there aren't enough A Different World fans to justify releasing seasons 2-6 of the show on DVD is some BS. It's funny how Seinfeld and Roseanne, Top 10 shows that were on during the same time span as A Different World have been fully released on DVD, but a quality black show that tackled some interesting topics back in the day such as teen pregnancy, date rape, homelessness, divesting from South Africa, Black history, interracial dating, HIV/AIDS, the Gulf War, and life after College isn't?
Eddie Robinson was born on this date in 1919. He would have been 90 years old today. Robinson spent fifty-six years as the head football coach at Grambling State University. During his tenure, Robinson established himself as the winningest coach in college football history, becoming the first coach to record 400 wins. In his career he led Tigers to 8 national Black college titles and more than 200 of his players went on to play in the NFL. He was a father, coach, uncle, disciplinarian, but most of all he was a friend to so many black males that entered his doors as boys and left as grown men.
The MacDella Cooper Foundation (MCF), is an international charitable organization devoted to empowering Liberian youth, especially orphans and abandoned children, by providing education and basic necessities.
Four African labels will be showing their Fall 2009 collections at New York Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, a semi-annual event that attracts thousands of fashion industry insiders.
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