When Black History Month comes around, people go back and forth in debate about its necessity.
Jeff Johnson called into “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show” to give us ‘3 Things You Should Know.’ He talked about how encouraging it was to watch athletes open the ESPY’s with compelling statements on police violence. Johnson feels like this will become the new norm and will have other celebrities coming out to voice there […]
Not only was Muhammad Ali a heavyweight champion in his boxing career, but his work in civil and human rights made him a hero for just about everyone. As the world mourns the loss of one of the most revolutionary figures black history, his passing has brought us to reexamine his life and legacy. Sign Up […]
Aisha Tyler, co-host of The Talk recently spoke her mind about black students who choose to attend HBCUs, saying it’s more ‘courageous’ to attend more predominantly white institutions. She says that the working world college graduates enter are more realistically like predominantly white schools, so black students she get used to the racial tensions that occur there sooner. […]
When Beyonce‘s “Lemonade” album dropped, she took the world by storm yet again with her creativity. But Jeff Johnson worries about the world’s response to her album, as we’ve become pretty obsessed with the cheating rumors, and may have lost focus on what she really intended for her latest work of art to mean. Click on the audio […]
When it comes to the 2016 presidential elections, Jeff Johnson says we’re getting caught up in all the wrong things. He explains what he thinks we as a community are too focused on, and what we should really be prioritizing instead when it comes to picking a candidate. Click on the audio player to hear explain more in this edition of 3 Things You Should […]
Over the last week we’ve heard a lot about the terror attacks in Paris. But Jeff Johnson says we shouldn’t forget about the 2,000 people who were…
Jeff Johnson tells us black greek organizations, Alpha Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta are disappointed in their leadership. Listen to the audio player to hear…
We could be days away from finding out if Darren Wilson, the officer who killed unarmed teen Mike Brown, will be indicted. But Jeff Johnson says even…
Midterm elections are over, and the republicans are now in control. But what does this really mean for us? Listen to the audio player to hear Jeff…
Midterm elections are here, and we can’t stress enough how important it is to get out and vote. Before you go out to the…
Midterm elections are here, and although we stress the importance of it here on “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show,” there’s still a lot of people…
