There was Fiyah Friday, Fillmore LaRon Mayfield's Aquarius Bash featuring DJ Drama, Tuesday Bluesday, Samba Percussion class, Night of R&Bay featuring DJs DJ 12 and Black Marc, The Global African Experience by Runoko Rashidi, intimate and epic evening with Grammy award winning R&B group..…

“It is also worth noting that at least several thousand African-Americans and more than 400 Black Louisianans were lynched in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, while several dozen Italians were lynched,” author Michael Pfeifer said. . ..…

Fifty years after Shirley Chisholm became the first African-American woman elected to Congress, black women are still marking firsts. ..…