Blakfacts News Birth of the Black United Students 20 Feb 201820 Feb 2018 Black students have been at Kent for well over 70 years. Over the years the history and contributions of Black people have been obscured. My family moved to Kent, Ohio…
Blakfacts News Which Way Black Studies? 7 Feb 201824 Feb 2018 Two men from the same neighborhood, graduates of the same high school and both indoctrinated in the Arts and Sciences of Western Civilization, both graduates of Kent State University. The…
Blakfacts News The Untold Story of Black History Month 2 Feb 201824 Feb 2018 Dr. Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week back in 1926, when he was living in Washington, D.C. Negro History Week was originally celebrated during the 2nd week in February,…
Ohio's Black Athletes Ohio’s Black Athletes: 10 Years in the Making 11 Nov 201724 Feb 2018 When I first started working with children nearly 40 years ago, focusing on sports was inconceivable. My attitude was that we focused too much on sports and too little on…
Editorials Halloween: A Day of Celebration or Devilment? 27 Oct 201727 Oct 2017 Halloween is coming up in another week. I wonder how many of us will be celebrating and why? Is it just for the candy, or is there something…
Blakfacts News Got a story to tell? Let us know! 15 Oct 201727 Oct 2017 We're hard at work documenting Akron's Black history. Black history is being made and documented every day. Our job is to find it and put it into a format that…
Fundraising Fundraising for Ohio’s Black Athletes: Multimedia Production 14 Oct 201714 Oct 2017 Blakfacts Educational Research, Inc., a 501 c3 corporation, will begin its 1st fundraising campaign on GoFundMe.com beginning on November 1st, 2017 through November 31st, 2017. Our goal is to raise…
Ohio's Black Athletes Moses Fleetwood Walker finally has his day 10 Oct 201725 Feb 2018 Akron City Councilman, Russ Neal recently proposed the creation of a new holiday, which would replace the Oct. 12 holiday honoring Christopher Columbus, with a day honoring America's Indigenous People. I'd…
