Category: History

Iforcolor takes a look back into history.

Hattie McDaniel – (Actress)

HATTIE  McDANIEL 1895 – 1952 ______________________________________ By Dale Ricardo Shields  All Rights Reserved – iforcolor.org “Why should I complain about making seven hundred dollars a week playing a maid? If I didn’t, I’d be making seven dollars a week actually being one”  ~*~ [ We only need 99 more signatures to reach the next goal …

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The Secret Meeting that Changed Rap Music and Destroyed a Generation

“The Secret Meeting that Changed Rap Music and Destroyed a Generation“ HIP HOP IS READ   RESEARCH: What is the secret meeting that changed rap music? More than a decade ago, the notion of the alleged meeting described as a “Secret Meeting That Changed Rap” was first floated in a blog post. According to the …

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JUNETEENTH – 2020

_____________________________________JUNETEENTH DALE RICARDO SHIELDS Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now …

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Dr. Martin Luther King – SALUTE

  Martin Luther King Jr. – A KING SALUTE The King Philosophy TRIPLE EVILS  The Triple Evils of POVERTY, RACISM, and MILITARISM are forms of violence that exist in a vicious cycle. They are interrelated, all-inclusive, and stand as barriers to our living in the Beloved Community. When we work to remedy one evil, we …

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In MEMORIAL

A Candle For You ~  {BLACK THEATRE AFRICAN AMERICAN VOICES} Rest in peace***** 🙏 IN MEMORIAM ~ A ~ 🌹Loretta AbbottAlvin AileyLamar AlfordBetty AllenGuy AllenCecil AlonzoKeith AmosCarl AndersonMaya AngelouMary AnthonyWilbur ArchieClaudia AsburyNick AshfordCholly AtkinsJoe AttlesCharles Harrison Avery Ethel Ayler ~ B ~ 🌷 Lauren BacallCarl BaileyPearl BaileyEarl Baker Kaye BallardAmiri Baraka Thea Nerissa BarnesNate BarnettClyde …

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