Celebrate Black History Month With TheStateOf.com

From the sandy beaches of the Slave Coast of Africa, to the treacherous Middle Passage, to the uncertainty of the auction block, to the merciless heat of the cotton fields of Alabama, to the riverboats of the Mississippi, to the brutal rape at the hands of the slavemaster, to the castration before hanging, to legally [...]

Coretta Scott King Dies at 78

Coretta Scott King has passed away after suffering from a stroke she suffered in August of last year. Although the stroke left her weakened on the right side, unable to walk, and barely able to speak, she made an appearance this past Saturday at an event in Atlanta to commemorate her husband. Her [...]

The Mocha Manual

There’s a new book on how to have a fabulous pregnancy for African-American women. Kimberly Seals-Allers is the author of “The Mocha Manual to a Fabulous Pregnancy.” The book offers culturally specific tips for African-American women. Dr. Seals-Allers also has a website with blog set up to help you preggo black women [...]

N-ggas and Flies, I Do Despise

Are there now two different sets of black people, “black people” and “niggas?” In “Bring the Pain,” Chris Rock declared, “I love black people, but I hate niggas!” I feel the same way. It’s official now.

This weekend, I took my wife and 3 month-old son to the Footlocker outlet, which happens to be in South [...]

Darth Kobe

“Bryant was on such a high pedestal at that point and possibly believing his own hype he failed to understand that you cheat on your wife with professional groupies who are only in it for the money of the thrill of sleeping with a celebrity, not an emotionally unstable Caucasian female who just had a [...]