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Chanequa Campbell is a African-American honors student at Harvard, but was not allowed to graduate with her class last week after she was forced off campus by the university. Campbell's dismissal foll

Murder charges were dismissed Thursday against two men jailed eight months in the death of Brandon McClelland on a rural Lamar County road. It turns out that someone else in a different vehicle acc

Hi this is George Cook the owner/creator of www.letstalkonestly.com. It's with great pride that I tell you that my team, Team Menza ( Democrats independent of local democratic committee ) has advanced

It's with great pride that I tell you that my team, Team Menza ( Democrats independent of local democratic committee ) has advanced to a runoff election in our little town of Hillside NJ. It may not s

Although black women get breast cancer at a lower rate than white women bey die at a higher rate than black women. While cancer screening is very important a new study suggest that black women shou

A new study by Robert Livingston of the Kellog School of Managaement shows that black CEO's who have a babyface tend to have an easier time in the corporate workplace. Read more about the study titl

Civil rights leaders are not that happy with President Obama. It appears that it's not so much what he has done about civil rights issues and race relations as much as it is he doesn't seem to want to

A NY school went without a music program for a year due to budgetary issues. When no adult would step up and volunteer to do the job an 11 year old did. Read more about this remarkable young man by cl

Three people have been injured in a shooting at Hampton University. Watch video of the story by using the link below: http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

An African American family adopted a white child about five years ago. They quickly learned that while many have accepted white parents adopting black children the opposite is not true. In some cases

15 year old Kristen Parm of Riveria Beach Florida has been missing since April 15. Learn more about her case and see her picture here: http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/missingblackwomen.html

Click the link below to check out the winning design for the National Museum of African American History & Culture. The winning design is by Freelon Adjaye Bond. http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/bla

A program in California called Project Best has sent several hundred young black men to college and since it's inception in 1996 200 of the program participants have gotten four year degrees. BEST sta

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In 2009 what is the role of the Black Church in the Black Community? As the black church has lost it's position as the center of many black communities the the situation in many of those communities

Hi George cook here. I am running for councilman in my town of Hillside NJ. Hillside is a predominantly African American town. So you can imagine some of the grief I got after choosing to run on the s

It’s only been about 70 days ( at the time of this show ) since President Obama hs taken office and the relentless criticim is getting ridiculous. It didn’t take 70 days for the economy to get this wa

While you may not be surprised that a Republican would want to bring back hangings as a way to reduce crime it may surprise you to find out that Republican is black. Jackson Mississippi mayoral candid

I am sure by now that many if not of you have heard of the Chris Brown Rihhana incident by now. Chris Brown was dead wrong and as bad as this whole thing was it has opened up the door for us to talk a

Please donate 1$ to help publicize the cases of missing black women. Your donation will ensure the survival of the Missing Black Woman Page ( http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/missingblackwomen.html ) a

Many believe that slavery ended in the United States in 1863. That is wrong. There are known cases of descendants of slaves and share croppers who have been forced into indentured servitude up until 1

I’m sure that we can all agree that a sellout is someone who turns their back on their own community for no other reason than to be accepted by another. But wouldn’t a person that claims to be “dow

ESSENCE.com asked the civil rights leader and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Inc. to pen an "open letter to President Barack Obama." With the passion Jackson is known for, he asks the nation

The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, which helps cut a sexual active female's risk of cervical cancer, is viewed positively by its target audience in the black community, even though few are actual