Great Britain's Lewis Hamilton is making a lot of history in his rookie season as a Formula One race car driver. He is the first Black d...

On July 6, 1957 legendary tennis pioneer Althea Gibson became the first African-American athlete to win Wimbledon. 50 years to the day of Gi...

Another installment in my ongoing series of articles on transgender and non-transgender women who have qualities that I admire. I was introd...

Yesterday was the 4th of July. My attitude towards it sometimes mirrors the line in the 'Tuskegee Airmen' movie. 'How do I feel ...

One of the things that annoys me about the transgender community is the conclusion jump. It's a tendency to take a snippet of informatio...

Another installment in my ongoing series of articles on transgender and non-transgender women who have qualities that I admire. Back in 1974...

On the night of April 9, 1974 I was an 11 year old watching with hopeful anticipation NBC's live telecasr of the LA Dodgers-Atlanta Brav...

I read a post on Pam's House Blend this morning about a Blog Rating tool that gives a blog a rating similar to the movie classification...

Dear African-American Transelders, I hope and pray your golden years find you in excellent health, a secure life situation, and satisfied wi...

Why “Gender Identity’ Is Necessary In ENDA Copyright 2007, THE LETTER Any day now Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) will be introducing his vers...

Friday, June 29, 2007 By: Associated Press and BlackAmericaWeb.com WASHINGTON (AP) A historically diverse field of Democratic presidential c...

I was stuck at work when it happened Thursday night, but I was happy to finally see for the first time in my life a presidential primary deb...

I'd heard about Sicko when it was in production about two years ago. I have several friends in the health-care industry who reported to...

I wrote earlier this month in a post that Black music is a powerful, multi-generational, creative force. Black music is also a powerful for...

You can buy your hair if it won’t grow You can fix your nose if he says so You can buy all the make-up that MAC can make But if you can’t lo...

Monday, June 25, 2007 By: Patrice Gaines From BlackAmericaWeb.com Right smack in the middle of the discussion about old school versus new sc...