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Video contradicts Detroit police story in shooting death of 7 yr old during raid: A video from some taping for an A&E television show that was following Detroit Police the night of the raid that ca

7 year old girl killed by Detriot Police during raid on home: Aiyana Jones was shot and killed by police executing a search warrant as part of a homicide investigation, Assistant Chief Ralph Go

Reparations: Is President Obama duping the AA Comminuty? Check out this thought provoking article by Dexter Rogers in which he ask the question. If Obama can give millions to Phillipine WWII vetera

Dr. Boyce Watkins of Syracuse University and Marc Lamont Hill of Columbia University, along with several other leading African American scholars, have taken a very strong stance against President Obam

Study: Black & white children both biased to lighter skin color. CNN has revisted the Doll Test to get an insight into children's racial beliefs, attitudes and preferences children's views on c

After getting over the initial shock of watching a video of watching a black teacher beat a black student I started to wonder where was the outrage in Black America. We all know what would have happen

Hip Hop holds African Americans back. AuthorThomas Chatterton Williams says that racism and now hip-hop have limited what it means to be black by insisting on one measure: street culture as embodied

A study done in Montgomery County Maryland shows that boys as well as African Americans of both sexes benefit more from full-day pre-kindergarten programs, according to a study announced Monday by sc

Michelle Obama Mother's Day Speech: First Lady Michelle Obama gives a speech w elcoming special guests, including former First Lady Rosalyn Carter, to the White House for a special event for mothe

A new comprehensive report on Twitter usage released April 29 by Edison Research and Arbitron reveals, among other things, that the service "does appear to be disproportionately popular with African-A

Black fraternity moves convention out of Arizona to protest Immigration law. Alpha Phi Alpha the nations oldest black fraternity has moved it's annual convention out of Arizona to protest the new i

It isn't the National Guard that will stop young black males from killing one another in Chicago, but instead black men taking a stand and the time to guide at-risk youth. Read the entire article h

Black teens more optimistic than their peers. A poll released Thursday by Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., found that 70 % of black teen students thought their standard of living would be better th

73 year old woman in better shape than most. At 73, Ernestine Shepherd is in better shape than most people decades her junior. Up at 3 a.m. every morning, she spends her days running, lifting weights

out this picture of my swearing in as a school board member. I am also happy to say that I was voted vice president of the board by my peers. Those 2 lovely ladies with me are my wife and daughter.

Missing black woman alert! Jeanette DuPriest is missing! 41-year-old Jeanette DuPriest of Philadelphia was last seen on April 2 on Beaumont Avenue. The mother of eight was reported missing April 9.

With actress Gabrielle Union as it's spokeperson Procter & Gamble’s Bounty brand, in partnership with HandsOn Network and the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation has announced the “Make a Clean Differ

'Non Urban Dictate' These three words essentially mean that a company is not interested in the Black consumer. A NUD label means that a company does not want their marketing and advertising materials

Nightline video: Why can't a successful black woman find a man. Check out this 6 minute excerpt from Nightline in which several people including Steve Harvey, Sherri Shepard and Hill Harper discus

The Black Guy Did It: In a new take on "the black guy did it" a white man disguised himself as a black man to commit crimes. Read more and see the pictures here: http://www.letstalkhonestly.com

Dorothy Height, a leading civil rights activist, died Tuesday. Height, who had been chair and president emeritas of the National Council of Negro Women, worked in the 1960s alongside civil rights pion

Is Affirmative Action still needed? Watch very interesting video story from MSNBC featuring real life stories about affirmative action and a very interesting debate afterwards. Watch the video here:

The Red Hot Mammas. The Mamas are a group of mostly African American senior woman all residents of Syracuse and all “over 60” who, according to one of their founders, “refuse to comply with the stere

This is for the old heads out there. I saw this video earlier and really got a kick out of it so I'm sharing it with you. Fred Berry better known as Rerun from the TV Show What's Happening once danced

From NFL MVP to Minnesota supreme court judge: Alan Page is one of the most remarkable men ever to grace the Minnesota sports landscape. The first defensive player ever to receive MVP honors from th