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Hi my name is George Cook. I am happy to announce the release of my second children's book for the Kindle, NAPPY. NAPPY is just 99 cents. There is more great news! You know longer need a Kindle to rea

Forget Joseph Stack. remember the man he killed, Vernon Hunter. Anyone making Joseph Stack a hero should remember the man Stack killed. Vernon Hunter a true American. A man who served his country and

Crystal Gail Mangum the stripper who falsely cried rape and ruined the reputations of three Duke University lacrosse players was charged with trying to stab her lover. She alos tried to burn her boyfr

With black unemployment numbers nearing 17% I think it's important to remind all that the US Census Department is now offering thousands of jobs. Learn more by using the link below: http://www.lets

The "Too Many Aborted" campaign has placed eyebrow raising anti abortion ads featuring a young black child featuring the caption "Black babies are an endangered species" Read more and see the ad by

Earvin Magic Johnson, the Hall of Fame basketball player, is in talks to purchase Johnson Publishing Co., the publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines. Read more here: http://www.letstalkhonestly.com

Check out the new video for We are the world 25 ( For Haiti ) Video featuring Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Usher, Jennifer Hudson and Nicole Scherzinger, Sugarland singer Jennifer Nettles, Barbra S

USA Diving officials say Michael Wright's national championship win in the men's 1-meter springboard competition makes him the first African-American national champion in USA Diving's history. Rea

At a clinic in Gary Indiana if you walk in and ask to see "Dr. Ross", the response would be "Which one?" That's because four African American doctors, a father and his three kids, all practice med

President Barack Obama and three prominent African-American leaders Benjamin Jealous, president of the NAACP; Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League; and the Rev. Al Sharpton, pre

Black History is American History, by U.S. Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke : Check out this great article by a US Congresswoman Yvette D. Clark from New York that reminds us all that Black Hisyory

Academy Award winning actor Louis Gosset Jr has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Read more here: http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

For the love of liberty. PBS miniseries uses letters, diaries, speeches, journalistic accounts, historical text and military records to document and acknowledge the sacrifices and accomplishments of A

Are sports stressed too much in the Black Community? George Cook of www.letstalkhonestly.com discusses how he feels that sports and not education is stressed enough in the Black Community. http://w

Black History Month: Derrick H. Pitts is an American astronomer. He is Chief Astronomer and Planetarium Director for the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Learn more: http://www.let

Was NBC Black History Month menu racist? A special NBC Black History Month lunch spread featuring fried chicken, collard greens and black-eyed peas sparked a commissary controversy. See the menu by u

The leaders of the nation's historically black colleges and universities breathed a sigh of relief this week when they learned that President Barack Obama's fiscal 2011 budget includes a $30 million f

JET magazine, billed by publisher Johnson Publishing Co. as "the world's No. 1 African-American newsweekly," is getting a new design, layout and logo in an effort to expand its content and appeal to a

On Feb. 1, 2010 Brigadier General Mary J. Kight was named as the first female adjutant African-American female National Guard adjutant general in the nation. She will be in charge of the California Na

Jasmina Anema, the leukemia-stricken girl whose brave fight to live captivated the city ( New York ) and inspired thousands to become bone marrow donors, has died. She was 6 years old. In her brief li

The accomplishments of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s younger brother, A.D. King may have been overshadowed by his famous brother. A Baptist minister, A.D. is credited with being a leader of the Poor Peopl

George Cook host of Let's Talk Honestly discusses how he is so happy that President Obama has decided to get things done himself and kicked open the doors of Capital Hill and announced to both Democr

The FBI has released a very sad study. Black Homicide Victimization in the United States. While the fact that Pennsylvania would lead that list in large part due to the black on black murder rate in P

Esscence Magazine celebrating 40 years in 2010. In 2010 beginning in February with Black Hisdtory Month. The magazine will present many special features and events leading up to the September issue wh

Former NBA player and sometime ESPN.com contributor Paul Shirley who averaged an entire 1.8 points while playing profesionally has decided he is much better being an unfeeling idiot who attacks a coun