Why Is Ben Affleck Scared for the Public to Know H...

The Sony leaks are the embarrassing gift that keeps on giving. The most recent what-the-cuss was news that actor Ben Affleck lobbied to have the show,... READ MORE

History: Swirling for the Sake of the Children (an...

By Stanley Solomillo  African, Asian and multiracial adults with monoracial, biracial, and multiracial children standing in front of an unidentified ... READ MORE

Black Women In History: A Bill, An African America...

  By Stan Solomillo Carlotta Stewart in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, c. 1900.  (Original at Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University, Washin... READ MORE

Black Women’s History (Kissing the Asian Guy): C...

By Stan Solomillo   In 2007, a popular blog, “Sardonic Sistah Says,” noted that the resolution of the romantic interest between the l... READ MORE

Octavia Spencer to Star in Biopic of Mary Seacole

  Do you know the story of Mary Seacole, a Jamaican woman who worked alongside Florence Nightingale? Her  contributions during the Crimean War a... READ MORE

Black Women in History: A Nineteenth Century Image...

By Stan Solomillo This albumin print of a young Afro-Peruvian woman is in the Library of Congress and was taken in front of a painted landscape in a p... READ MORE

Black Women’s History: You’ve Got Somethin...

Written by Stan Solomillo (yes…the Stan…;-) ”Maria Gonzalez and Soldaderas.” “The South Texas Border, 1900-1920: Photographs from th... READ MORE

Everybody Ain’t “The Lovings”: W...

On the fan page today I presented a man, Stan, 58, who reached out to me because he wished to connect with a like-minded black woman. I was a little ... READ MORE

Lineage: The Extraordinary Gift of Knowing Where Y...

For my birthday, my husband gave me a precious gift: my identity. My husband has always known who he was. He has a family crest and can trace his a... READ MORE

TBT: Lady Sings the Blues

In 1972 Diana Ross took on the role of the magnificent and tragic life of Billie Holiday. As she she withers in a strait jacket in a prison cell, wait... READ MORE

TBT: It’s……………...

I don’t know where you were raised or who taught you how to dance. All is know is that the only place to be on any given Saturday morning was in... READ MORE

History Made: Michelle Howard Become Navy’s ...

Monday was event for celebration as the United States Navy appointed Michelle Howard to the ranks of Admiral making her the first woman in US history ... READ MORE

This Brown Baby is Oxford Bound! 8 Year Old Makes ...

His name is Joshua Beckford and he’s ‘just a normal 8 year old’, according to his proud father. He asks a lot of curious questions ... READ MORE

Are You Going to the NYC Loving Day Celebration or...

I’ll be attending the 11th annual Loving Day celebration in New York City this coming Saturday. I hope to see some our regular readers there sin... READ MORE