Love is verb, an action word. Hate is as well. As a humanitarian, I ground myself in love in order to challenge divisive hate. So when Fox Business Analyst Charles Payne asked me to defend words of mine that were ultimately tweeted by Gavin Long, the alleged shooter of several police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, […]
As Selma opens this weekend in theaters nationwide, a controversy has erupted babout its historical accuracy, and whether then-President Lyndon B. Johnson’s actions were righteous…
In honor of Throwback Thursday (#TBT), we are going back about a month to the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference 2014 that was held in the Nation’s Capital. April Watts talked with Pastor Jamal Bryant about economic empowerment and how blacks can move beyond conversation to actual implementation.
If you enjoyed the on-air conversation between The DC Girl April Watts and Sumayya Ali, DC Native and star of Porgy And Bess, then you don’t want to miss the FULL conversation that took place between these ladies. Sumayya discusses the struggles of blacks in theater, the arts and social change, and the unique […]
NEW YORK (AP) — It was on the streets of her Harlem neighborhood in the 1940s that teenager Althea Gibson began working on the tennis skills that would take her all the way to winning Wimbledon. But according to the 1940 census, the trailblazing athlete didn’t even exist. There’s no record of Gibson and her […]
If this doesn’t not apply to you then don’t get your boy shorts, thongs, boxers or briefs in a tiffy. This is just an analysis that I have come to from various courses in college, and life experience in general. This does not apply to all Black people but it definitely explains some behaviors of […]
I once worked for an Iranian woman as her personal assistant. She was strict, stubborn, and tough. In other words, she was a bitch. But she was a bitch that was about her business. So, for that, I respected her. Well, at least I did until she made a comment about my speech. One day […]
