Can't Get Enough Of That Funky Stuff

Operation Bootstrap

Shindana Toys, a division of Operation Bootstrap, Inc., was a South Central Los Angeles, California cooperative toy company formed in 1968, one of many Operation

April 14, 2009 9 Comments

Shut Ya Mout’

Who is the man Who would risk his neck for his brother man? SPADE! Who’s the cat who won’t cop out When there’s danger all

March 21, 2009 3 Comments

Yabba, Dabba, What The?? Meet The Neighbors

Deep from the Hanna-Barbera vault, looks like there were some plans for re-coloring the neighborhood of our favorite stoned-aged family in Bedrock. Fred and Barney,

February 21, 2009 No Comments

Collecting Black History. Investing in You

Investment Aspects of Black History Collecting Black History is Now an Industry and is Becoming a Big Business: What African Americans have said, done, produced

February 15, 2009 2 Comments

Black Like Me

This is one of the most important and significant times in Black History. To celebrate the election of a Black man as the 44th President

February 14, 2009 No Comments

Don’t Believe The Hype

[quoteicon author=”Fight the Power Public Enemy From the 1998 soundtrack from Do The Right Thing”] Elvis was a hero to most But he never

February 8, 2009 No Comments

Broadway In Black

With the number of new Black Broadway shows that have opened in the past few years, like The Color Purple, there has been much

February 8, 2009 1 Comment

Aunt Jemima, Rastus and My Main Man Uncle Ben

I find it ironic that today you see very few Blacks featured in advertising, but at the turn of the last century Black faces

February 7, 2009 2 Comments

Black Women Take On Broadway

They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway They say there’s always magic in the air

February 7, 2009 1 Comment

For The Love Of Money

One More for the Money Clarence Holbert has made a career of having designs on currency.

February 5, 2009 No Comments

Funky Dollar Bill Ya’ll

By now the whole world knows we have a Black man in the White House. But did you know that there are also Black

February 4, 2009 2 Comments