Filed under: Airlines, News I love good news from the aviation world - it really does bring a smile to my face amongst all the doom and gloom stories out there. A good example of something great comes from regional carrier Atlantic Southeast Airlines. For the first time in history, a domestic US fli...

By Juleyka Lantigua About half way through this month, it hit me that I had not ever considered whether Black Latinos, some of whom prefer to be called Afro-Latinos, are or should be part of the celebration of Black History Month. (Might be because I, myself, am what Dominicans affectionately call j...

Note: Dawn and I began writing series in time for the February 1 beginning of Black History Month. It has “marinated” as a draft this long because of our desire to tackle what could be controversial issues without causing unnecessary offense. Refocusing Our Concept of Black History ̵...

Three women who sacrificed their families for ' The Movement' : Coretta Scott King, Betty Shabazz, Myrlie Evers Williams Only picture of the three -hat tip, JJP reader Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was an American author and activist, and widow of Martin...

Shaun Robinson doesn't want us telling any gay jokes. Telling gay jokes might hurt some gay person's feelings. Feelings are important, sure, but choosing LIFE is more important, don't you think? It's interesting how liberals like Shaun Robinson are so quick to lecture people about gay jokes, yet the...

I'm all down with the Phat Farm sista in the lower right hand corner of the screen who cuts in line in front of the two J'Lo-wannabes. Look, the economy is in the damn tank. McDonalds could literally flop into bankruptcy and shut down right in the middle of some skinny ass binge-and-purge ho placing...

Recycling last year's Black History Month stock photography to save a buck: that's the Wal-Mart way. Come on, evil corporations. Fake diversity is 'Wack, Yo,' as minorities say: Do not use the same meager handful of non-white employees over and over for photo ops: People notice this after a while. S...

Well It’s A Wrap We Thank Everyone who participated. We Are all Historians, Because We have helped to Document Black History for the First Time in a Blog Carnival; Ever. Please Each Of You Take a Bow and Thank YOU for Your Contributions. this Blog Carnival will be permanently displayed on it&#...

Medgar Evers Medgar Wiley Evers (July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an African American civil rights activist from Mississippi who was murdered by Byron De La Beckwith, a member of the Ku Klux Klan. Evers was also the president of the Regional Council of Negro Leadership (RCNL), a civil rights and ...

Speaking at a Justice Department event in honor of Black History Month, the first black attorney general, appointed by the first black president, acknowledged that America has made progress but warned that “in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially ...