ARSENIO HALL INTERVIEW

ARSENIO HALL INTERVIEW

The Interview by Bill Singleton Q: When did you decide to be a comedian? AH: When I was a senior in high school, a comedian named Franklin Ajaye came to my school to promote the film “Car Wash.” After seeing him, I said to myself, that’s the first...
THE BLACK INVENTOR

THE BLACK INVENTOR

Elijah “The Real” McCoy Benjamin Banneker invented the striking clock in 1761. Between 1837 and 1900, at least 700 patents were granted to black patentees, according to information compiled by Henry E. Baker, an Assistant Patent Examiner in the U. S....
A Brief History of Gem Warfare

A Brief History of Gem Warfare

Source Harriet A. Washington, Emerge Magazine Oct. 1994 The Dark Alliance article on the world wide web broke “all the rules” and many of publishing records. It stirred controversy in the enrage Black community, who were concerned with the possibility that the Central...