Author: KAI BOOKER

Opinion

History of Juneteenth festival

Kai Booker Within the past few weeks there has been much chatter about the 44th Annual Juneteenth Heritage Festival in Grambling, Louisiana.  This year’s festival is held during the week of June 12-18, 2016. In several cities surrounding Grambling, like Shreveport, Louisiana, the residents celebrate Juneteenth very hardy.    Juneteenth […]

Arts

Squeeze on these

All Hail Queen Bey! With her second visual album, singer Beyonce´Knowles-Carter has slayed us all once again.   On April 23, at 10 P.M. the 34-year-old Houston, Texas native debuted her sixth album, Lemonade, after the one hour long video that was more like a small film was aired on HBO.  […]

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Tiger Fest-tivities

After much anticipation, the day had finally arrived, the Tiger Fest 2016 concert!  DEONTE SATCHER/Courtesy Photo Rapper Young Thug prepares to dance as his DJ drops the beat to crowd favorite, Hercules. Antory Copper, whom has now become popularly known as To3tagga graced the stage with a crowd favorite "Pressure". […]

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Group tackles ‘Black Men Hate Black Women’ myth

With the growing miscommunication between the sexes in the Black race, an event such as “Why Do Black Men Hate Black Women” seemed it would do nothing but add fuel to an already raging fire. The event’s coordinator, Micah Perkins, Miss Omega, believes that events such as hers can offer […]