BHM: Meridian Lights 2.19.19 February 19, 2019 Brooklyn’s own Meridian Lights is my life vibe. They meet me right where I am with electric soul and lyrics…
BHM: Shiona Turini 2.17.19 February 17, 2019 Shiona Turini is my style icon. Turini is leading the contemporary fashion wave globally. Born in Bermuda, Shiona is a…
BHM: Contemporary Black History 2.16.19 February 17, 2019 Thank you for rocking with me all month as I’ve highlighted people that stir my soul. I have received encouragement…
BHM: A Nonet for Harlem 2.15.19 February 15, 2019 Harlem is a borough by itself. A block for respect, Malcolm X Get your act right, Apollo New York State…
BHM: Mansa Musa 2.14.19 February 14, 2019 Musa Keita I or Mansa Musa born in 1280, is the richest man in the history of the world. His…
BHM: Coach Eddie Robinson 2.13.19 February 13, 2019 In celebration of his 100th birthday today I’d like to spotlight and show love to the award winning college football…
BHM: The Lorraine Hotel 2.12.19 February 12, 2019 In 1945, Walter Bailey purchased The Lorraine Hotel located 450 Mulberry in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. It was originally constructed in…
BHM: Sarah Rector 2.11.19 February 11, 2019 Born in 1902, Sarah Rector the granddaughter of slaves and a member of the Creek Nation lived in present day…
BHM: Phillis Wheatley 2.10.19 February 10, 2019 No more, America, in mournful strain Of wrongs, and grievance unredress’d complain, No longer shalt thou dread the iron chain,…
BHM: Afeni Shakur & Jasmine Guy 2.9.19 February 9, 2019 Jasmine Guy is widely known as Whitley Gilbert on the game changing sitcom A Different World. However, there is way…
BHM: Billy “White Shoes” Johnson 2.8.19 February 8, 2019 “Why shouldn’t you be thankful and happy when things go your way” Billy ‘White Shoes’ Johnson said of his famed…
BHM: Buffalo Soldiers 2.6.19 February 6, 2019 Black men have been on duty selflessly since the formation of the United States. Crispus Attucks is widely sighted as…
BHM: Stacey Abrams 2.5.19 February 5, 2019 Tonight Stacey Y. Abrams will deliver the response to the State of the Union address. She will be the first…
BHM: Ida B. Wells 2.4.19 February 4, 2019 Born a slave in 1862, educated by The Freedmen’s Aid during the era of reconstruction Ida B. Wells had a…
BHM: Fritz Pollard 2.3.19 February 3, 2019 Fritz Pollard “It was evident in my first year at Akron back in 1919, that they didn’t want blacks in…
